Albums & Releases

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…

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…