Albums & Releases

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…

Download the free album from The Derevolutions

The Boston band The Derevolutions quietly self-released an album which is available for free recently.…

Joe Goddard – Endless Love EP

Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard has been a man of many fine hats in the last…

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…