Cowboy Junkies – All That Reckoning – Album Review by Killian Laher All That Reckoning is the first album in six years from the Cowboy Junkies, appearing 30 years on from their […]

Protomartyr – Consolation EP – Review by Killian Laher Protomartyr do not make music to put on in the background.  Their music grabs you viscerally by the lapels, commanding you to pay […]

Lump – Lump – Album Review Release date: Friday, June 1st 2018 If you’re wondering who Lump are, they are the duo of Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay. While Marling is a […]

Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Here Lies The Body – Album Review by Killian Laher One of the highlights of both Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert’s material in the last six […]

Damien Jurado – The Horizon Just Laughed (Secretly Canadian) – Released on May 4th The album opens with the guitar and string track Allocate, which drifts softly past the listener in a […]

Yo La Tengo – There’s A Riot Going On – Album Review by Killian Laher Yo La Tengo return with what appears to be their fifteenth album, and their first album of […]

The Breeders – All Nerve – Album Review Release date: Friday, March 2nd 2018 25 May – BELFAST, BBC’s Biggest Weekend Festival 27 May– DUBLIN, Vicar Street For a certain group of […]

No Age – Snares Like A Haircut – Album Review by Killian Laher LA noisy punks No Age return with their first album in four and a half years.  It acts as […]

Ezra Furman – Transangelic Exodus – Album Review Released 9th February 2018 on Bella Union Ezra Furman @ Tivoli Theatre in Dublin – Tuesday 29 May 2018, 20:00 “I eat an orange […]

The Courtneys – II – Album Review by Killian Laher The Courtneys are a Canadian three piece who trade in catchy melodies combined with fuzzy guitars.  They released their second album a […]

Peter Oren – Anthropocene – Album Review by Killian Laher American artist Peter Oren releases his second album and the influence of Bill Callahan hangs heavily on it.  Maybe it’s the sparse […]

Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolf of the Cosmos – Album Review by Killian Laher Bonnie Prince Billy is not your average artist.  This is his second album inside six months where he […]

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice – Album Review by Killian Laher Australian artist Courtney Barnett and American guitarist Kurt Vile have teamed up for a collaborative album which […]

Protomartyr – Relatives in Descent – Album Review by Killian Laher Bands reviving the post-punk sound were everywhere in the early to mid noughties.  They captured that nervous, jerky rhythm, slow brooding […]

The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding – Album Review by Killian Laher After their breakthrough 2014 album Lost In The Dream which propelled Adam Granduciel and co to critical acclaim, […]

The Last Dinosaur – The Nothing – Album Review by Killian Laher The Last Dinosaur is the recording name of Jamie Cameron, and he has just released his second album.  The album […]

Grizzly Bear – Painted Ruins – Album Review by Zara Hedderman From an outsider’s perspective five years is a substantial gap between albums. Such an absence is felt particularly when a band […]

Angelo de Augustine – Swim Inside The Moon – Album Review by Killian Laher Angelo de Augustine is a 24 year-old American songwriter releasing his second album, Swim Inside The Moon.  Listening […]

James Elkington – Wintres Woma – Album Review by Killian Laher James Elkington is a highly accomplished guitarist, known for collaborating with Freakwater, Jeff Tweedy, Steve Gunn and Richard Thompson.  Until now […]

Jeff Tweedy – Together At Last – Album Review by Killian Laher Jeff Tweedy has recorded a solo acoustic collection of Wilco songs, mostly drawn from Summerteeth, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot & A […]

Dalham – Waves – Album Review by Killiam Laher Electronica outfit Dalham have just released a brief eight track album. At just over twenty minutes in length, an album has to work […]

Thurston Moore – Rock ‘n’ Roll Consciousness – Album Review by Killian Laher Thurston Moore returns with his fourth post-Sonic Youth album. Recorded with a band that includes My Bloody Valentine bassist […]