Albums & Releases

Album of the week: FKA twigs – LP1

Tahliah Barnett wanted to be a dancer. After begging her mother, she finally went to…

Sleep Thieves – You Want The Night

The Dublin-based band Sleep Thieves are a very different proposition from the one that appeared…

Premiere: SlowPlaceLikeHome’s debut album Romola

For his debut album South Donegal’s Keith Mannion aka SlowPlaceLikeHome has moved on from the…

Listen to Adebisi Shank’s whizz-bang third album

We’ve had three pieces of music from Adebisi Shank’s third album – ‘World In Harmony’,…

Listen to Shabazz Palaces’ album Lese Majesty

Shabazz Palaces, the avant-hip-hop project of Ishmael Butler has taken a deeper turn into sculpting…

Listen to I Heart The Monster Hero’s debut album Rhythm & Pals

I Heart The Monster Hero have been playing around Dublin for the last three years,…

Download: Blooms – If EP

Louise Cunnane and Darragh Nolan’s music partnership as Bloom has given us three great tracks…

Orlando Volcano – Nice To Meet You EP

Orlando Fitzgerald’s music as Orquesta already had a global feel to it, through tropical rhythms…

Album premiere: The Dublin Guitar Quartet Performs Philip Glass

The Dublin Guitar Quartet have been transcribing Philip Glass compositions for a number of years,…

Death Grips release another surprise album, with each track featuring Björk

As is their M.O. at this point, Death Grips released Niggas On The Moon. Each…

Album of the week: Glass Animals – ZABA

Since Glass Animals appeared on my radar last year, what has most impressed me about…

Listen to Tomas Barfod’s new album Love Me

As a member of the Danish band Whomadewho, Tomas Barfod was already adept at creating…

God Knows + mynameisjOhn – Rusangano / Family

After their impressive EP of bass-heavy hip-hop last year in collaboration with Graeme S, Limerick-based…

Album of the week: Hundred Waters – The Moon Rang Like A Bell

The Gainesville Florida band Hundred Waters‘ first album was a cherishable collection of abstract folk…

Recommended album: Fatima – Yellow Memories

As the de facto singer on Alexander Nut’s Eglo Records label, Fatima has become the…

Listen to Little Dragon’s new album Nabuma Rubberband

Everything we’ve heard from Little Dragon’s new album Nabuma Rubberband, the Swedish band’s fourth album…

Album of the week: Fatima Al Qadiri – Asiatisch

Listening through the discography of Kuwait-raised Senegal-born artist Fatima Al Qadiri (raised by Russian-educated parents),…

Lykke Li – I Never Learn

For her third album (of a loose trilogy including 2008’s Youth Novels and 2011’s Wounded…

Ramona Lisa – Arcadia

Caroline Polachek debut solo album as Ramona Lisa, Arcadia explores a much more atmospheric and…

Album of the week: We Cut Corners – Think Nothing

The first album from John Duignan and drummer Conall O’Breachain as We Cut Corners clocked in at…