Albums & Releases

Album of the week: Jonnie Common – Trapped In Amber

A jovial intro track called ‘Guesty’, in which Johnnie Common offers to put his mate…

Jessica Pratt – On Your Own Love Again

The San Francisco-based singer/songwriter Jessica Pratt’s first self-titled record felt like it beamed from a…

Premiere listen: Subplots’ new album Autumning

Last year, Subplots returned as a core duo of Phil Boughton and Daryl Chaney with…

Album of the week: Jape – This Chemical Sea

For most of his creative endeavours as Jape, Richie Egan has been juxtaposing traditional guitar-based…

MuRli – Surface Tension EP

My favourite Irish act of 2014 is undoubtedly, God Knows and mynameisjOhn, the Limerick and…

First Listen: Seán Mac Erlaine – A Slender Song

A Slender Song, the second solo album from Seán Mac Erlaine, is a compilation of choice…

Album of the week: Kiasmos – Kiasmos

Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds and Faroe Islands’ synth-pop musician Janus Rasmussen’s first album together as…

Niia – Generation Blue EP

When one of your parents is an Italian classical pianist, you bunk off school to play…

Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2

The sequel to one of the best rap mixtapes in recent times does what many…

Dorian Concept – Joined Ends

With the endless possibilities inherent in the creation of music, it’s a wonder sometimes that…

Album of the week: Lethal Dialect x Jackknife-J – 1988

Cabra native Paulie Allwright has been one of the shining examples of Irish rap for…

Kindness – Otherness

Adam Bainbridge’s Kindness project could have very easily been one of those oddities that never…

Album of the week: Mr Twin Sister – Mr Twin Sister

Mr Twin Sister’s (or Twin Sister as they were then known) debut album In Heaven…

Album of the week: Caribou – Our Love

What a pleasure it is to arrive at the sixth album from an artist to…

Album of the week: Aphex Twin – Syro

When someone has a reputation and a mystique as strong as Richard D James it…

Alt-J – This Is All Yours

Right, your band have won a Mercury, you book a big arena tour (they play…

Hozier – Hozier (review)

It was only this week, last year, that the ‘Take Me To Church’ video was…

Album of the week: Sinkane – Mean Love

Ahmed Gallab has, until now been a musician who was never really in the spotlight.…

Listen to Diamond Dagger’s new album Estate Crudele

Estate Crudele is the latest album from Dublin electro dude Diamond Dagger. It’s nine songs…

Album of the week: The Bug – Angels & Devils

If Kevin Martin’s last album London Zoo was a dystopian soundclash, his first full-length in…