Calexico – Edge of the Sun – Album Review by Killian Laher American duo Calexico have been on the go for nearly 20 years, and return with their eight album, Edge of […]
Calexico – Edge of the Sun – Album Review
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit – Album Review
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit – Album Review We’ve been blabbing on about Courtney for a while now, and we’re not even sure why. […]
Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts – Blaster – Album Review
Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts – Blaster – Album Review by Killian Laher Scott Weiland, formerly of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver has had a somewhat ‘chequered’ career. The Stone Temple […]
Nils Frahm – Solo – Album Review – Free Download
Nils Frahm – Solo – Album Review by Killian Laher German pianist Nils Frahm declared March 29th to be Piano Day in an attempt to celebrate the piano, and has marked it by […]
Caught In The Wake Forever – The Places Where I Worship You – Album Review
Caught In The Wake Forever – The Places Where I Worship You – Album Review by Killian Laher Scottish artist Fraser McGowan records under the name Caught In The Wake Forever. As […]
Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell – Album Review
Described many times as his most intimate album to date, Carrie & Lowell is named after his mother and step father. Sufjan was raised by his father Rasjid and stepmother and he […]
Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear – Album Review
Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear – Album Review Father John Misty really didn’t make sense to me. He released the 2012 album Fear Fun, to little acclaim or excitement. […]
Hail the Ghost – Forsaken – Album Review
Album Review: Hail the Ghost – Forsaken by Killian Laher Irish three piece Hail the Ghost have just released their debut album. The brainchild of singer Kieran O’Reilly (fresh from a stint […]
Swervedriver – I Wasn’t Born To Lose You – Album Review
Album Review: Swervedriver – I Wasn’t Born To Lose You – released 2nd March – Review by Killian Laher All your nineties chancer bands are, one by one, returning with a vengeance. Swervedriver […]
Duke Garwood – Heavy Love – Album Review
Duke Garwood – Heavy Love – Album Review by Killian Laher Blues guitarist Duke Garwood has achieved recent acclaim through his work with Mark Lanegan, so it is perhaps opportune that he […]
Steve Gunn and Black Twig Pickers – Seasonal Hire – Album Review
Seasonal Hire – Steve Gunn and Black Twig Pickers – Review by Tim Moss Seasonal Hire is not a sequel to Way Out Weather, but instead a re-piecing of a prior project […]
The Juliana Hatfield Three – Whatever, My Love – Album Review
Album Review: The Juliana Hatfield Three – Whatever, My Love – Review by Killian Laher After a gap of over 20 years, early 90s alt-goddess Juliana Hatfield has reunited with Todd Phillips […]
Black Rivers – Black Rivers – Album Review
Album Review: Black Rivers – Review by Killian Laher Black Rivers is the new project by Jez and Andy Williams from Doves. From opening track Diamond Days onwards, it’s very much in […]
José González- Vestiges & Claws – Album Review
José González – Vestiges & Claws – Album Review It’s ten years since the release of Veneer (2005), José’s first and break through album. The song ‘Heartbeats’, a cover version of a song […]
Nite Fields – Depersonalisation – Album Review
Album Review: Nite Fields – Depersonalisation by Killian Laher In this day and age it’s rare that a new band emerges out of the blue, without the requisite hype accompanying them. However, […]
Pond – Man It Feels Like Space Again – Album Review
Pond – Man It Feels Like Space Again – Album Review by Tim Moss With five (at one point or another) shared personal with Tame Impala, it’s easy for Man It Feels […]
California X – Nights In The Dark – Album Review
Album Review: California X – Nights In The Dark – Review by Killian Laher California X, despite the name, are bunch of long hairs from Massachusetts, and this is their second album. […]
Belle and Sebastian – Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance – Album Review
So what do we want from Belle and Sebastian’s ninth studio album, in a career that spans nearly twenty years? What expectations do we have from a new album from Stuart Murdoch […]
Best Albums of 2014 – #5 – 1
Ok, so it’s that time for the best and brightest of the year. You can leave the abuse below about the ones that we left out and what a sin it was […]
Best Albums of 2014 – #10 – 5
10. Owen Pallet – In Conflict – Album Review – “This is Owen Pallet’s fourth album, and possibly his most complex and assured. The downside of this is that it is not as […]
The Drink – Company – Album Review
The Drink – Company – Album released 01/12/14 on Melodic – Written by Tim Moss It’s a rare thing to find an unsigned band so complete that Rough Trade stock their first […]
Malcolm Middleton & David Shrigley – Words and Music – Album Review
Malcolm Middleton & David Shrigley – Words and Music – Review by Tim Moss Released 15th of December available through Melodic Records. Back in October, announcements of a collaboration between Malcolm Middleton […]
Ensemble Ériu – Ensemble Ériu – Album Review
Ensemble Ériu are a septet that play traditional Irish music with a subtle twist. They say themselves, the music they perform is “rooted in the styles of West and North County Clare” […]
The Barr Brothers – Sleeping Operator – Album Review
The Barr Brothers are a four piece and sadly not all brothers. Despite this poor start, the music they create can be quite lovely! There are two brothers amongst the group, with […]
Join Me In The Pines – Inherit – Album Review
Dave Geraghty has a couple of solo albums already, as well as his work with Bell X1. This new album and new name is an attempt to do something different. A clean […]
A Winged Victory For The Sullen – Atomos – Album Review
This is the second full length release from duo Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O’Halloran. Adam is better known for his work as part of Stars of the Lid, the ambient drone project […]
Laghdú – Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Dan Trueman – Album Review
There’s an old joke that goes ‘what the difference between a fiddle and a violin’, the answer being ‘you don’t spill beer on a violin’. These are definitely two fiddle players, but […]
Perfume Genius – Too Bright – Album Review
From the opening notes of the new album, you know there has been no radical departure in sound. The first song, I Decline is a simple piano track, showcasing the quality of […]
Kate Ellis – Jump – Album Review
This album is part of the Diatribe Solo series, a collection of four albums by some of Ireland’s most interesting and innovative performers. The series features Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Cora Venus Lunny […]
No More Workhorse 