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 […]
Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell – Album Review
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 […]
Ought – More Than Any Other Day – Album Review
‘There’s something, something you believe you in, but you can’t touch it, and you can’t hold it’ – Habit An honest to God four piece playing quirky guitar based rock? Post punk […]
tUnE-yArDs – Nikki Nack – Album Review
This was probably the album I was most looking forward to this year. It was announced just before Christmas, and out of all the new releases, this was the one I wanted […]
A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Atomos VII – Review
The news of a new release from ‘A Winged Victory for the Sullen’ did set hearts a flutter around here. Their self titled album from 2011 was played on repeat for a […]
Deaf Joe – From The Heights Of A Dream – Album Review
Some movements can be too sudden. The type that catch you off guard and leave the ground feeling less than solid beneath your feet. There has been an alteration to the sound […]
Micah P Hinson and The Nothing – Album Review
This is Micah’s 7th album, if you believe Wikipedia at least (always dangerous) but with a style such as his, it’s easy to rack up the albums. They’re nicely lo-fi and not […]
Real Estate – Atlas – Album Review
Atlas is the third album from our favourite Ridgewood, New Jersey band Real Estate. If their 2011 album Days was one of the best of that year then Atlas is certainly going to be […]
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness – Album Reviews
‘i quit my dreaming the moment that i found you. I started dancing, just to be around you’. Is the opening couplet on the new album from Angel Olsen ‘Burn your fire […]
St. Vincent – St. Vincent – Album Review
St. Vincent or Annie Clark as her mother called her, has kicked off her little known side kick David Byrne, and returned with an album of her own! This is her fourth […]
Sun Kil Moon – Benji – Album Review
Those of you who pay even vague attention to such things will know that the Workhorse appreciates Mark Kozelek. We’ll admit he’s a bit of a moan, but when it comes down […]
Young Fathers – Dead – Album Review
This something out of left field, an unexpected sound that has caught my imagination over the last few weeks. You can tell the roots of their sound, with Massive Attack and other […]
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 […]
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 […]
No More Workhorse 