We asked Lloyd Cole for his thoughts on a year in music. You can see the results below… Tell me about some of the music you enjoyed most in 2015, can […]
Lloyd Cole – A Year in Music
The Hedge Schools – At The End Of A Winding Day – Album Review
The Hedge Schools – At The End Of A Winding Day – Album Review by Killian Laher One of the finer albums released this year was At The End Of A Winding […]
Paul Page (Whipping Boy) – A Year in Music
Paul Page (Between The Bars blog, ex-Whipping Boy) Tell me about some of the music you enjoyed most in 2015, can be new or old. So many great new records in 2015, […]
Top 10 Albums of 2015 – Andrew Darley
Andrew Darley – 10 Albums of 2015 10. Steve Hauschildt – Where All Is Fled On Steve Hauschildt’s newest album, he carves out graceful and melancholic soundscapes. With moods and textures which […]
Top 10 Albums of 2015 – Killian Laher
In our first list of the year, Killian Laher shares his thoughts on a year in music! 10. Juliana Hatfield Three – Whatever, My Love The return of the JH3 was […]
Fragile Balance – Candlelight Sessions – Album Review
Fragile Balance – Candlelight Sessions – Album Review by Killian Laher Fragile Balance are two guitarists from Texas. Their third album, Candlelight Sessions was recorded live in a studio, and consists of […]
We Deserve This – Pacific – Album Review
We Deserve This – Pacific – Album Review by Killian Laher We Deserve This is the brainchild of Jan-Dirk Platek. On his latest album, he introduces us to a set of post-rock […]
Low – Ones and Sixes – Album Review
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Matthew Barks – Top 12 Songs of 2014
What better way to spend the beginning of a new year but to look back on the one that’s just passed. I decided to do a list of songs I liked (rather […]
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 […]
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 […]
Best Ambient Album of 2014
As a big fan of Geotic (Baths main-man Will Wiesenfeld’s side project) I just had to pop this one on here. First in a series of full-length Geotic releases under the Eon […]
The Best Albums of 2014 that are shorter than 20 minutes
It’s a draw. In joint first for the prize of “Best albums of 2014 that are shorter than 20 minutes” we have: 1. Frankie Cosmos – Zentropy (12 minutes long) With hooks to […]
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 […]
Blonde Redhead – Barragán – Album Review
In case you are not aware, Blonde Redhead are a 3 piece from New York. They’ve long since paid their dues, and have been around since ’93 with this new album […]
Eno & Hyde – High Life – Album Review
Eno and Hyde continue their collaboration with this new album, their second in little over three months. Their excuse for the second album in such a length is as good as any. […]
Owen Pallet – In Conflict – Album Review
One name stood out from the others involved in Owen Pallet’s new album, that of Brian Eno. Eno is listed as playing synth, guitar and vocals on the album, which is something […]
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