Mogwai – The Bombing of Pan Am 103 – Album Review by Killian Laher Mogwai are one of the most prolific bands around, and only four months after The Bad Fire, they […]
Mogwai – The Bombing of Pan Am 103 – Album Review
These New Puritans – Crooked Wing – Album Review
These New Puritans – Crooked Wing – Album Review by Killian Laher These New Puritans’ Jack and George Barnett often leave it five or six years between releases, but their albums seldom […]
Album of the Week – 16/05/25
Album of the Week – 16/05/25 There are a few new releases this week worthy of your attention. We’d recommend you check out Ezra Furman (Goodbye Small Head) along with Ben Frost […]
Album of the Week – 09/05/25
Album of the Week – 09/05/25 New sounds this week from the likes of I’m With Her (Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara Watkins) (Wild and Clear and Blue), Preoccupations (Ill at […]
Preoccupations – Ill At Ease – Album Review
Preoccupations – Ill At Ease – Album Review by Killian Laher For their fifth album, Preoccupations have lightened up considerably, incorporating more keyboards, less misery, and more of a ‘pop’ sound. It […]
Album of the Week – 02/05/25
Album of the Week – 02/05/25 If you’ve ever lived on the second floor, you’ll be excited to hear about the return of Suzanne Vega (Flying With Angels). There are some exciting […]
Suzanne Vega – Flying With Angels – Album Review
Suzanne Vega – Flying With Angels – Album Review by Killian Laher Suzanne Vega was always something of an old soul. Even when she emerged in her mid-twenties in 1985, there was […]
Lael Neale – Altogether Stranger – Album Review
Lael Neale – Altogether Stranger – Album Review by Cathy Brown Lael Neale’s third album for Sub Pop, Altogether Stranger, is a brief yet hauntingly beautiful slice of atmospheric sound. Clocking in […]
Maria Somerville – Luster – Album Review
Maria Somerville – Luster – Album Review by Killian Laher Maria Somerville is a musician from Galway, and for her second album, she has signed to 4AD and conjured up an album […]
Loscil – Lake Fire – Album Review
Loscil – Lake Fire – Album Review by Killian Laher As well as being quite prolific, Scott Morgan, who records as loscil, is releasing music that is consistently at the finer end […]
Album of the Week – 24/04/25
Album of the Week – 24/04/25 We’re almost at the end of April, and the tunes keep coming! This week, we’ve a new album from Jeff Goldblum (Still Blooming)! Yes, you read […]
A Lazarus Soul – Vicar Street – Live Review – 18/04/25
A Lazarus Soul – Vicar Street – Live Review – 18/04/25 by Killian Laher A Lazarus Soul – Vicar Street, Dublin on April 18th 2025 A return visit to Vicar Street, about […]
New Music – Anika – Whelans – 3/05/25
New Music – Anika – Whelans – 3/05/25 An album that was released a few weeks ago, that slipped through our net, is Abyss (released April 4th) by Anika. Anika is the […]
The Cruellest Month – National Concert Hall – 13/04/25 – Live Review
The Cruellest Month – National Concert Hall – 13/04/25 – Live Review by Killian Laher The Cruellest Month – Night 2 – The National Concert Hall, Dublin A second night for the […]
Adrian Crowley – Project Arts Centre – Live Review – 11/04/25
Adrian Crowley – Project Arts Centre – Live Review – 11/04/25 by Killian Laher Adrian Crowley – Foggy Notions presents – 11th April 2025 The Project Arts Centre was the venue for […]
Album of the Week – 11/04/25
Album of the Week – 11/04/25 It’s very hard to complain in a sun-soaked Dublin! And we’ve also got lots of sun-soaked sounds for you to enjoy, including The Album Leaf (Rotations), […]
New Irish Music – Arrivalists – Triúir EP
New Irish Music – Arrivalists – Triúir EP Pat Barrett has been releasing some of the finer Irish music around in the last 15 years, lately under the name Arrivalists. He has […]
Perspectives: The Cruellest Month – National Concert Hall
Perspectives: The Cruellest Month – National Concert Hall The Waste Land – By T. S. Eliot “April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing…” If you’re looking […]
Album of the Week – 04/04/25
Album of the Week – 04/04/25 The band that sounds nothing like the original Black Country, New Road, have released a new album called Forever Howlong. It’s recorder heavy, as you would […]
New Irish Music: David Murphy & Ether Ensemble
New Irish Music: David Murphy & Ether Ensemble by Killian Laher David Murphy is taking a relatively old-fashioned instrument, the steel guitar, and bringing it in a new direction. He is releasing […]
Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds – The Spirit of Man Tour – Review
Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds – The Spirit of Man Tour – Review by Fran Winston March 30th, 3 Arena Starring: Max George, Maisie Smith, Rou Reynolds, Charlie Simpson, Nathan James, […]
Interview with Brian Brannigan – A Lazarus Soul – Part 2
Interview with Brian Brannigan – A Lazarus Soul – Part 2 No More Workhorse sat down with Brian Brannigan of A Lazarus Soul to talk about their forthcoming Vicar Street show and […]
Held By Trees – Hinterland – Album Review
Held By Trees – Hinterland – Album Review by Killian Laher Held By Trees are a collective which came about when Talk Talk fan David Joseph imagined what it would be like […]
Momma – Welcome To My Blue Sky – Album Review
Momma – Welcome To My Blue Sky – Album Review by Killian Laher The new album from US duo Momma sees the band dial back the heavy rock guitars and lean into […]
Facs – Wish Defense – Album Review
Facs – Wish Defense – Album Review by Killian Laher Facs are a band from Chicago who formed out of the ashes of another Chicago band, Disappears, back in 2016. This is […]
Album of the Week – 28/03/25
Album of the Week – 28/03/25 There is so much new music this week, it was hard to pick our favourite! Honestly, an embarrassment of riches with the likes of Destroyer (Dan’s […]
Mark Eitzel – Whelans – Live Review – 26/03/25
Mark Eitzel – Whelans – Live Review – 26/03/25 by Killian Laher Whelans was busy for Mark Eitzel’s first visit to Dublin in eight years. With his most successful material now well […]
The Flying Dutchman – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review
The Flying Dutchman – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review THE FLYING DUTCHMAN – Irish National Opera presents THE FLYING DUTCHMAN coming to Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in 2025. 23 – 29 […]
Interview with Brian Brannigan – A Lazarus Soul – Part 1
Interview with Brian Brannigan – A Lazarus Soul – Part 1 by Killian Laher No More Workhorse sat down with Brian Brannigan of A Lazarus Soul to talk about their forthcoming Vicar […]
No More Workhorse 