Albums & Releases

Listen to Record Store Gay compilation #3

The Outhouse is an LGBT resource centre on Capel Street in Dublin there to support…

Album of the week: Ratking – So It Goes

Introducing your debut album with a statement that suggests discarding hip-hop legacy when comparing today’s…

Album of the week: Todd Terje – It’s Album Time

You could argue that we don’t even need a Todd Terje album. The Norwegian cosmic…

Album of the week: Future Islands – Singles

It was amazing to see Future Islands‘ Samuel T. Herring on US TV rubbernecking, crabwalking…

Deaf Joe – From The Heights Of A Dream

Waterford musician and songwriter Deaf Joe’s debut Burrowings showcased an abstracted folk sound. For the…

Album of the week: Beck – Morning Phase

Despite an audience willing Beck Hansen to do what he does best, it’s been six…

Album of the week: St. Vincent – St. Vincent

Working collaboratively with a visionary artist like David Byrne has only made Annie Clark more…

Album of the week: Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness

When you have a voice so striking you could hang a hat on it, it’s…

Download: CON VOS – Cocoon Bloom EP

Irish folk singer Sorcha Richardson and New Jersey duo Fortunate Ones have showed us the…

Album of the week: Warpaint – Warpaint

Four years after their debut album, Warpaint’s followup release normalises what helped characterise their sound.…

Album of the week: The Gloaming – The Gloaming

Irish traditional music is a stranger to me. It’s always been. I’ve a cursory knowledge…

Album of the week: James Vincent McMorrow – Post Tropical

If you’re looking for the most stark difference between James Vincent McMorrow’s Early In The…

Listen to Paddy Hanna’s solo album – Leafy Stiletto

As noted previously, Paddy Hanna is the lead singer of Grand Pocket Orchestra, perhaps the…

Sunken Foal – Friday Syndrome Volume 2

Dunk Murphy’s regular Friday night musical experiments made at home saw the light of the…

Album of the week: Daniel Avery – Drone Logic

The debut album from London’s Daniel Avery is delightfully out-of-step with what’s going on in…

Emakousma – Island (album stream)

Expressive instrumental guitar melodies, fingerplucked treated string notes, ambient waves of noise, piano chords lumbering…

Somadrone – The First Wave (album premiere)

Neil O’Connor’s fourth album as Somadrone feels like his most complete body of work yet.…

Listen to a DJ Tu-Ki minimix of All City’s brilliant Amada compilation

Mamiko Motto of NTS has put together a compilation called Amada for All City. Featuring…

Ghost Maps – The Ocean From The River (album premiere)

As a member of Halfset, Jeff Martin is no stranger to intricately constructed arrangements. It’s…

Album of the week: Lisa O’Neill – Same Cloth Or Not

Listen to songs from Lisa O’Neill’s 2009 debut long player Has an Album and you…