Albums & Releases

First Listen: Pavel Dovgal’s electronic jazz-inspired LP The Aura

Russian-born electronic producer Pavel Dovgal’s new album The Aura comes out on Friday on Project…

First Listen: Magic Pockets – Volcano of The Bleeding Skies

Ruadhan O’Meara’s Magic Pockets project indulges the Dubliner’s love of instrumental synthesizer-based music with descriptors…

Album of the week: A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service

An old band comes together for a final statement after years of fighting and estrangement…

Album of the week: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Special Night

It’s been a clusterfuck of a week by any standards, even a year which has…

First Listen: Tomorrows’ new album Another Life

Tomorrows are a band made up of members of defunct Dublin bands Biggles Flys Again,…

First Listen: Swords – Tidal Waves

Diane Anglim (vocals & piano), Jarlath Canning (bass, guitars & synth) and Ian Frawley (drums)…

Album of the week: Bantum – Move

Four years on to the month, Cork producer Ruairi Lynch, Bantum, follows up his debut…

Album of the week: Solange – A Seat At The Table

Solange Knowles’ new album A Seat At The Table, which was surprise released at the…

First Listen: Booka Brass – Chilled Milk

Since appearing on the live scene a few years ago, Booka Brass have built a…

Album of the week: Frank Ocean – Blonde

After its neverending goal post shifting release date since Frank Ocean first announced the retitled…

Album of the week: Roosevelt – Roosevelt

Summer weather can’t be relied on, one day it can be scorching, one day torrential.…

First Listen: Divan’s sweet indie-rock reboot – Modern Knowledge

Formerly known as indie folk band The Ambient Affair, Jamie Clarke and Marc Gallagher have…

Frank Ocean releases a visual album Endless that’s not Boys Don’t Cry

The release of Boys Don’t Cry, Frank Ocean’s upcoming album has been much promised and…

Album of the week: All Tvvins – llVV

Band origin stories are usually littered with groups that weren’t great, were too young to…

First Listen: Everything Shook’s gothic electro debut Drinking About You
https://soundcloud.com/everything-shook/sets/album-drinking-about-you-by/s-ezpB6

Robyn Bromfield, Jessica Kennedy, Áine Stapleton’s music as Everything Shook falls somewhere between ambient electronica,…

Skinner has made 2016’s definitive album about skulling cans and smoking rollies

When the world seems to be turning madder with each passing day, sometimes you need…

First Listen: Pearse McGloughlin’s Nocturnes – The Soft Animal LP

Pearse McGloughlin will release his fourth album of music under the name Nocturnes on Friday.…

The debut album from Icelandic female rappers Reykjavíkurdætur is here

One of the best things I saw at Iceland Airwaves, and last year in general,…

Album of the week: Whitney – Light Upon The Lake

A Chicago band formed by guitarist Max Kakacek (ex-Smith Westerns) and singing drummer Julien Ehrlich…

Listen to the new Death In Vegas album – Transmission

Death In Vegas’ Richard Fearless last appeared with new material in 2011, via Trans-Love Energies,…