Seeing Marissa Nadler live experience is an unusual experience. She cuts an interesting figure onstage, and you feel she is never quite at ease with the audience. In some ways she lives […]
Marissa Nadler – July – Album Review
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything – Album Review
‘We live on an island called Montreal, and we make a lot of noise, because we love each other!’ says the voice of a small child to introduce the new album by […]
Warpaint – Warpaint – Album Review
This album quietly took me by surprise. I’d heard the single that was bouncing around the airwaves, but was expecting the album to be patchy at best, but there’s consistency and quality […]
Damien Jurado – Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son – Album Review
Amazingly, this is Damien’s 11th studio album, with the first being released in 1997. Another performer that has endured where many others have fallen in his wake. He must be doing something […]
Mogwai – Rave Tapes – Review
Mogwai return with their first album proper since the 2011 album ‘Hardcore will never die, but you will’, although there has been some remix and soundtrack work in between (let’s just say, […]
Sean Millar – C48 – Album Review
This album is an understated affair with a variety of sounds/ moods all linked by Dr. Millar’s soft voice and quick wit. This is Sean’s sixth album to date, and ‘C48’ owes […]
Robin Pahlman – Self-titled EP – Review
This is a nice piece of work. Pahlman was formerly of Agent Kooper, but has eschewed their altogether more plugged-in sound for a chance to explore his folky, gut-string side. The departure isn’t that […]
Crayonsmith – Milk Teeth – Album Review
With the release of Crayonsmith’s new album ‘Milk Teeth’, Limerick’s Out On A Limb records, have not for the first time, decided against relinquishing their crown, as one of Ireland’s leading independent […]
The Dodos – Carrier – Album Review
This is an album that slipped past me when it was released, I gave it a quick listen, decided it was too similar to their previous work, and that was it. Somewhere […]
Lorde – Pure Heroine – Album Review
Initially signed at the age of thirteen by Universal Records, New Zealand, Lorde has finally released her debut album in Ireland at the tender age of 16. Pure Heroine was already released […]
More Than Conquerors | Everything I’ve Learnt | Album Review
This debut full length offering from Belfast’s More Than Conquerors, is a record which, had it been released while I was in my late teens, would no doubt have been devoured effortlessly, […]
This Is How We Fly – Album Review
The much-anticipated self-titled album from This Is How We Fly has been released and it is a joy to behold. TIHWF is a contemporary folk band consisting of Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on fiddle […]
Bill Callahan | Dream River | Album Review
“The only words I said today are ‘Beer’ and ‘Thank you’” are the lyrics that capture the imagination in the first song of Bill Callahan’s 15th studio album ‘Dream River‘. He’s created […]
Album Review | ReDiviDeR | meets I Dig Monk, Tuned
ReDiviDeR, Matthew Jacobson, Colm O’Hara, Derek Whyte, Nick Roth, have a fondness for word play both in their band name and titles, (anagrams and palindromes feature heavily). This playful inquisitive spirit flows […]
Album Review | Monochromie | ‘Enlighten Yourself While You Sleep’
Album Review: Monochromie – ‘Enlighten Yourself While You Sleep’ If you could, just for a moment, please empty your mind of all thought. Having done so, now try and imagine what melancholic […]
Album Reviews | Hidden Highways | Old Hearts Reborn | Out on a Limb
Ever since I discovered Out On A Limb Records, I have always associated Limerick’s independent label with a long line of fantastically loud and alternative guitar based bands. From Waiting Room and […]
New Music: Raffertie – Rain – Single Review
Having garnered rave reviews earlier in the year following the release of his debut long player Sleep of Reason on the Ninja Tune label, Benjamin Stefanski – AKA Raffertie – is releasing […]
Album Review | Grey Reverend | A Hero’s Lie | Ninja Tunes
“No one wants you quite the way I do” This summer’s haunting EP “Everlasting” from Brooklyn resident L.D. Brown AKA ‘Grey Reverend’ is followed up this September by the full length Album, […]
Cfit | Morning Bruise | EP Review
With this being the first time I’d come across Dubliner’s Cfit, something that initially struck me about this four track EP entitled ‘Morning Bruise’, wasn’t the music but the smart play on […]
The Rattling – Wharfer – Album Review
Kyle Wall is a veteran of the music scene, having played in bands such as ‘The Minor White’ and spending time with Brooklyn’s DIY collective ‘Death by Audio’. His latest creation ‘Wharfer‘ […]
Plankton Wat – Drifter’s Temple (Thrill Jockey) – Album Review
Last May some of us “old workhorsers” were soothed and impressed in equal measure by the subtle shades of tone in Dewey Mahood’s “Fabric of Life”. As “Plankton Wat” Mr. Mahood returns […]
Old Baby – Love Hangover – Album Review
Arguably the first ever recorded blues guitar record was “Guitar Blues”, (New York City – 1923)[1]. The performer and composer was a certain Sylvester Weaver[2]. Mr Weaver was born and bred in […]
Ken Camden – Space Mirror (Kranky) – Album Review
Ken Camden is a member of Chicago based post-rock quartet ‘Implodes‘ who have two albums with Kranky, including the recently released Recurring Dream. This is his second solo release and comes after […]
Grey Reverend – Everlasting – EP Review
‘Grey Reverend’ is the moniker of multi-instrumentalist L.D. Brown. The first full length ‘Grey Reverend’ release was 2011s ‘Of the Days’ and focused on subtle folk guitar and vocal arrangements. This represented […]
Raffertie – Sleep of Reason – Album Review – Ninja Tune
Raffertie (AKA Benjamin Stefanski) will release his debut album on Ninja Tunes on the August 4th, and the reaction to this subtle and impressive new work will be fascinating. His music is […]
Thundercat – Apocalypse – Album Review – (Brainfeeder)
Stephen Bruner aka Thundercat has all the right friends. He’s worked with names such as Erykah Badu and Suicidal Tendencies and has performed live with Snoop Dogg and the Red Hot Chili […]
Kanye West – YEEZUS – Track-By-Track Album Review
Track 1: On Sight The album starts off strong. This Daft Punk-produced electro-noise assault is a confident statement of the album’s electro-minimalist intent but is lyrically full of typical self-‘bigging-up.’ Thankfully, Kanye’s […]
Nancy Elizabeth – Dancing – Album Review – Leaf Label
Nancy Elizabeth’s third album is called ‘Dancing’. It was recorded in a cold flat in Manchester, where she layered piano, guitars and synths along with many vocal harmonies to create this languid […]
Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South – Nonesuch – Album Review
Sam Amidon has been making quiet, subtle and lovely folk music for some time now. If you include his early recordings, this is his 7th album. His first release ‘Solo Fiddle’ came […]
No More Workhorse 