Albums & Releases

Listen to Not Squares’ new album Bolts

Having started as a rambunctious band playing fast and hard dance-punk, the Belfast trio Not…

Ryan Vail & Ciaran Lavery – Sea Legs EP

Sea Legs, the short collaborative album between Derry producer and Belfast singer-songwriter Ciaran Lavery takes…

Album of the week: Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too

There aren’t many bands out there who sound like they care what people think less…

Listen to little xs for eyes’ new album Everywhere Else

The Dublin six-piece band little xs for eyes have lost and gained some members over…

Album of the week: Villagers – Darling Arithmetic

 Darling Arithmetic is the opposite of the Villagers’ second album {Awayland}. Where that album had Conor…

First listen: Spies’ new EP – Sea Creature

Sea Creature is the latest release in the discography of the Dublin indie-rock five-piece band…

Premiere listen: The Mighty Stef – Year Of The Horse

If you want to make classic rock’n’roll, why not turn to someone who has a…

Album of the week: Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell

The Sufjan Stevens that affected me the most was the one that revelled in the…

First listen – The Go! Team – The Scene Between

The Go! Team’s fourth album is a recalibration and a return to the band’s first…

Listen to Twin Shadow’s new album Eclipse

‘To The Top’ and ‘Old Love/New Love’, two of the three songs we heard from…

Review: Leo Drezden – Multi-Moment

Leo Drezden’s debut album Multi-Moment is a colourful ride through post-rock, electronic, jazz and prog.…

Inni-K – The King Has Two Horse’s Ears

If the title gives us a clue about anything about the music of Inni-K beyond…

Cal Folger Day – Adornament EP

With a background conducting orchestras and hosting open mic nights New York’s Lower East Side,…

Album of the week: Wax Stag – II

Something Brian Eno said recently about the importance of limitations has stuck with me over…

Listen to Sunken Foal’s Friday Syndrome Volume 3

What began as a time-keeping measure in order to encourage regular composition for Dunk Murphy…

Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear (review)

I Love You, Honeybear is the equivalent of a friend who is affable, who wears…

Album of the week: All We Are – All We Are

A Cork man, a Brazilian dude and a Norwegian girl meet at a performing arts…

Hear No Monster Club’s new album People Are Weird

If the back catalogue of Bobby Aherne’s No Monster Club has taught us anything is…

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…