Low – Ones and Sixes – Review by Killian Laher Of the many bands that emerged in the mid-nineties who couldn’t be pigeonholed into ‘grunge’, it’s perhaps a surprise that one band […]
Low – Ones and Sixes – Album Review
Mark Lanegan – Houston Publishing Demos 2002 – Album Review
Mark Lanegan – Houston Publishing Demos 2002 – Album Review by Killian Laher Mark Lanegan has been a solo artist since the early 90s, initially recording solo albums to free himself from […]
Golden Void – Berkana – Album Review
Golden Void – Berkana – Album Review by Killian Laher American rockers Golden Void return with their second album Berkana. The album sets the tone from the opening bars of Burbank’s Dream, […]
Flesh World – The Wild Animals In My Life – Album Review
Flesh World – The Wild Animals In My Life – Album Review by Killian Laher Flesh World hail from the west coast of America, yet make decidedly non-west coast sounding music. Opening […]
Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There – Album Review
Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There – Album Review by Killian Laher Yo La Tengo are an American institution at this stage. Stuff Like That There is I believe their […]
AERIE – Hatch And Host – Album Review
AERIE – Hatch And Host – Album Review This is a jazz album created by artists across Europe and led by German and Irish saxophonist Ingo Hipp and Sam Comerford. There is […]
Ultimate Painting – Green Lanes – Album Review
Ultimate Painting – Green Lanes – Album Review by Killian Laher Jack Cooper and James Hoare, of Mazes and Veronica Falls respectively, return less than a year on from their debut collaboration […]
Tall Firs – Ghostlight Ensemble – Album Review
Tall Firs – Ghostlight Ensemble Tall Firs are a pair of laid back, laconic American guitar strummers. Signed to Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label, Ghostlight Ensemble is their fourth album. Don’t expect […]
Colaris – Nexus – Album Review
Colaris – Nexus – Album Review by Killian Laher Colaris are a German, heavyweight instrumental band who have released one previous album and a number of EPs. Their new album Nexus opens […]
Andrew Skeet – Finding Time – Album Review
Andrew Skeet – Finding Time – Album Review – Released July 10th Although the name may be new to most people, you may have heard music he has worked on before. Andrew […]
Ezra Furman – Perpetual Motion People – Album Review
Ezra Furman – Perpetual Motion People – Album Review Ezra Furman may be a new name to some. The 28 year old from Chicago already has an impressive array of albums under […]
Collapse. Rebuild – Fail Again, Fail Better – Album Review
Collapse. Rebuild – Fail Again, Fail Better – Review by Killian Laher Italian post-rockers Collapse.Rebuild have just released their rather short (5 tracks) debut album, complete with Beckett referencing title. It’s clear […]
Bully – Feels Like – Album Review
Bully – Feels Like – Album Review by Killian Laher Bully play a brand of shouty, early 90s style alt-rock. Singer Alicia Bognanno does a fine Courtney Love on the sub two-minute […]
Ryan Adams – Live at Carnegie Hall – Album Review
Ryan Adams – Live at Carnegie Hall – Album Review by Killian Laher The ultra-prolific Ryan Adams recently released a collection of live performances – Live At Carnegie Hall. Available as a […]
Coleen – Captain of None – Album Review
Colleen is the name that French artist Cecile Schott uses for her musical pursuits. This new album features a variety of stringed instruments, electronic sounds, percussion and her own delicate, fragile voice […]
Sun Kil Moon – Universal Themes – Album Review
Sun Kil Moon – Universal Themes – Review by Killian Laher MarkKozelekreturnsafterhiscriticallyacclaimedSunKilMoonalbumBenjiwithahastilyreleasedfollowupUniversalThemes. Sorry. That’s my attempt at what trying to convey what listening to the latest Sun Kil Moon album is like. […]
Valet – Nature – Album Review
Valet – Nature – Album Review by Killian Laher Valet’s latest album Nature sure as hell conjures up lazy summer days, from the languid chords and Honey Owen’s blissed out vocal on […]
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Loin Des Hommes OST – Album Review
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Loin Des Hommes OST – Album Review by Killian Laher Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have dipped into instrumental soundtrack work with increasing regularity in the […]
Kid606 – Recollected Ambient Works Vol 1: Bored of Excitement – Album Review
Kid606 – Recollected Ambient Works Vol 1: Bored of Excitement – Album Review by Killian Laher The latest album from Kid606 is a major departure from his glitchy, techno work. As indicated […]
Metz – II – Album Review
Metz – II – Album Review by Killian Laher Canadian trio Metz kick up one hell of a racket on second album, II. It roars out of the speakers right from powerful […]
Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie – Travels In Constant Vol 24 EP – Review
Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie – Travels In Constant Vol 24 EP – Review by Killian Laher Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie, one half of ambient duo A Winged Victory For The Sullen and ex-Stars of […]
And So I Watch You From Afar – Heirs – Album Review
And So I Watch You From Afar – Heirs – Review by Killian Laher And So I Watch From Afar have gone on quite a journey from their hardcore roots. While keeping […]
The Soft Moon – Deeper – Album Review
The Soft Moon – Deeper – Album Review by Killian Laher The Soft Moon is a project dreamed up by the disturbed brain of Luis Vazquez. On the evidence of these eleven […]
Peter Broderick – Colours of the Night – Album Review
Peter Broderick – Colours of the Night – Album Review by Killian Laher Peter Broderick is a pretty productive artist by anyone’s standards. Colours of the Night is his eleventh solo album […]
A Place To Bury Strangers – Transfixiation – Album Review
A Place To Bury Strangers – Transfixiation – Album Review by Killian Laher So you miss the dark, goth sound of the 80s? Fear not, the self-styled loudest band in New York, […]
Paul Tiernan – The Mystery of Others – Album Review
Paul Tiernan – The Mystery of Others – Album Review by Killian Laher Paul Tiernan, formerly of Interference has several solo albums under his belt, his latest, The Mystery of Others is […]
Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld – Never Were The Way She Was – Album Review
Colin Stetson is a familiar name to many who follow the indie scene, having played with royalty such as Bon Iver and Arcade Fire. He plays the bass saxophone in a wild […]
White Men Are Black Men Too – Young Fathers – Album Review
‘Here’s another ticket’ says the whispered voice at the start of the wonderfully titled ‘White men are black men too’, the second studio release for the three piece form Edinburgh. It is […]
Monochromie – Behind Black Clouds – Album Review
Monochromie – Behind Black Clouds – Album Review by Killian Laher Monochromie is the recorded music project of French composer Wilson Trouvé, who deals in ambient, contemporary classical fare. This is serious […]
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