Cathal Coughlan – Song of Co-aklan – Album Review by Gavin Carville Eleven long years have passed since Cathal Coughlan’s last solo album. 2010’s ‘Rancho Tetrahedron’ saw the Cork-born singer continue his […]
New Music – John Grant – Boy From Michigan You know the drill, there’s a new album on the way from Mr. Grant, and to go with it, he’s just delivered a […]
New Music – [Indistinct Chatter] – My Mother’s Star If the name [Indistincy Chatter] doesn’t mean much to you, then maybe Myles O’Reilly will? Myles is known as a filmmaker and director […]
New Music – Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! GYBE are back with their first album since Luciferian Towers (2017). So, what you can expect? Four songs with […]
The Antlers – Green to Gold – Album Review by Killian Laher The new album Green To Gold. Coming March 26th. The Antlers return after seven years with their sixth album. There’s […]
New Irish Music: For Those I Love – For Those I Love by Killian Laher The debut album from David Balfe, who records as For Those I Love promises to be one […]
Album of the Week – 19-03-21 Listen below to A.A. Williams bang out the indie hits in a new, slower and dreamier fashion with her album called Songs From Isolation! Also, Lana […]
Lambchop – New Single/ Album Announcement While it feels like their 100th album, at best guess, it’s actually their 15th studio album. Kurt seems to have discovered the piano, so you can […]
Albums of the Week – 12-03-21 After the excitement of the last few weeks, we’re back down to earth this week! But fear not noble reader, as we have remixes for your […]
Barróg Lá Fhéile Phádraig – Whelan’s Do you miss Whelans? It’s hard not to, but it feels like another world at this stage! Thankfully, on Paddy’s day, you can at least pretend […]
Album of the Week – 05-03-21 In the last few weeks, this slot has been very obvious indeed, but it’s very hard to ignore new albums from bands/ artists like Nick Cave, […]
Interview with Stuart Staples – Tindersticks by Killian Laher Tindersticks have been around for nearly 30 years, and after the release of their 13th studio album (excluding soundtracks) Distractions, No More Workhorse […]
Interview with Basciville Basciville are a multi-instrumentalist folk/indie duo, based in Co. Wexford, Ireland. Brothers Cillian and Lorcan Byrne began creating music together in 2016. They have just released their debut album […]
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Carnage – Album Review A surprise new album from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, minus the rest of the Bad Seeds has just emerged, without warning! […]
Albums of the Week – 26-02-21 This week sees a new album from Julien Baker (Little Oblivions) which is her first since ‘Turn Out the Lights’ in 2017. It’s a definite reason […]
New Irish Music – J Smith – I’m Sorry While the name J Smith might not mean much to you, maybe ‘Gypsies on the Autobahn’ will strike a chord? The “guitar-based quartet […]
New Irish Music – BK Pepper – Alerts One of our favourite Irish Albums from last year was BK Pepper’s Territories, taking home the prize of our album of the week on […]
Arab Strap – As Days Get Dark – Album Review by Killian Laher Here’s something I did not expect in 2021: the first Arab Strap album in nearly 16 years! Despite the […]
The Cult – Love Removal Machine by Killian Laher A Song and What It Means To Me Growing up in the 80s, there wasn’t an awful lot of good rock music around. […]
Album of the Week – 19/02/21 This week sees new releases from David Gray (Skellig) and The Hold Steady (Open Door Policy) among others. There’s also a debut album from Irish Artist […]
David Gray – Skellig – Album Review by Cathy Brown It’s been just over twenty years since David Gray became a household name with the ubiquitous, multi-platinum selling White Ladder, which still […]
Éiru’s Threshold – Body&Soul’s Short Film Body&Soul has just released a multi-disciplinary project (video!) called Éiru’s Threshold and it will be available to watch online until the 26th of this month. You […]
Invisible Cities OST – A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Album Review by Killian Laher A stately drift from A Winged Victory For The Sullen is always a good way to […]
Album of the Week – 12/02/21 God is an Astronaut return with what is amazingly their 10th album (the clue is in the title). I guess I should stop calling them a […]
Tindersticks – Distractions – Album Review by Killian Laher Tindersticks’ latest album quickly follows up their last, just over a year later. No Treasure But Hope was an album focusing on the […]
Mogwai – As The Love Continues – Album Review by Killian Laher Mogwai have carved out a sort of twin career for themselves: soundtrack work and their extensive catalogue of non-soundtrack albums. […]
Aerial East – Try Harder – Album Review by Cathy Brown Aerial East’s new album Try Harder has been two years in the making and is sonically a world away from her […]
For The First Time – Black Country, New Road – Album Review by Killian Laher Seven-piece band Black Country, New Road have been gaining attention of late with lots of positive noise, […]
Album of the Week – 05-02-21 The dark clouds of January have finally disappeared. You can now expect the wild excitement of February! Woo! This week, we see new albums from John […]
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