Albums & Releases

Album of the week: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-Love

From psychedelic rock outliers to pop flirters, New Zealand’s Unknown Mortal Orchestra have decided to…

Album of the week: Jamie xx – In Colour

Jamie Smith has always been the xx’s weapon in the front view. He might be…

Album of the week: Shamir – Ratchet

Shamir Bailey opens his debut album with a song about his hometown in North Las…

Listen to new albums from Hot Chip, Young Wonder, Lakker, Shamir and Roisin Murphy

It’s May which means that the number of albums that start to get released go…

Premiere: Listen to Fight Like Apes’ brand new album

The third album from Fight Like Apes was born out of a period of upheaval.…

Album of the week: Braids – Deep In The Iris

The music of Montreal via Calgary band Braids has often been characterised by skittering digital…

Download Towkio’s WAV. Theory mixtape featuring Chance The Rapper, Kaytranada, Vic Mensa

Towkio has dropped his free-download WAV. Theory mixtape which is a solid collection of electronic-infused…

Album of the week: Le Galaxie – Le Club

Le Galaxie’s first album Laser Disc Nights 2 was totally immersed in retro futurism down…

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…