Albums & Releases

Album of the week: Skepta – Konnichiwa

The gear change that happens when an artist shifts to the next level of their…

Album of the week: Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool

Five more years. That was the time period that Radiohead needed to step out of…

Album review: Doomsquad – Total Time

The Toronto band Doomsquad began life making “sandpaper-cheesegrater folk music,” but the transition on second…

Bibio – A Mineral Love review

Bibio‘s newest album is the man at his most expressive. Since his 2009 breakout album…

First listen: Lisa O’Neill – Pothole In The Sky

Let it be known that development that is worthwhile and sustainable doesn’t happen overnight. The…

Album of the week: Rusangano Family – Let The Dead Bury The Dead

MynameisjOhn, MuRli and God Knows first appeared in 2014 with an album called Rusangano /…

Bonzai’s new EP Sleep Hungry is a bricolage of club sounds

One of the Nialler9 New Artists of 2016 and a Mura Masa collaborator, the Dublin-raised…

Album of the week: Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered.

As a measure of how next level Kendrick Lamar has become in the last two…

Mmoths’ debut Luneworks is the result of nocturnal experimentalism

It’s been an unusually long journey for Jack Colleran from the time he first appeared…

Album premiere: J. Cowhie – Veil

The music of John Cowhie aka Goodtime, has consistently had a textured appeal to it…

Album of the week: The Gloaming – 2

This weekend, and part of the next week, The Gloaming will take up a sold…

Album of the week: King – We Are King

They might have a generic name and not much of a presence but the music…

Album of the week: Anderson. Paak – Malibu

If you were paying attention to featured guests and collaborators on rap albums in 2015,…

Listen to Cian Nugent’s new album Night Fiction

For a young artist in his twenties, Dubliner Cian Nugent is inspired by music of…

First Listen: Brian Deady’s soulful & substantial new album Non-Fiction

Cork man Brian Deady has returned to long format album for the first time in…

Listen to Augustus & John’s debut LP of “sunshine jams & melodic mood swings”

“Sunshine jams & melodic mood swings” is how Mike Smalle & Matteo Grassi have pitched…

Premiere: Dundalk musician Elephant’s debut album Hypergiant

Dundalk man Shane Clarke has been making a reputation for himself with his gentle falsetto-laden…

Album of the week: !!! – As If

!!! (the world’s only Google-proof band name actually pronounced as Chk Chk Chk) are real…

Album of the week: Kisses – Rest In Paradise

Los Angeles’ Kisses have been knocking around on the periphery of the music blogosphere for…

Album of the week: Girl Band – Holding Hands With Jamie

It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly how Girl Band made the jump from another rock band…