Albums & Releases

Katharine Philippa – Broken to be Rebuilt EP

Katharine Philippa is one of the most interesting new artists to appear from Northern Ireland…

Listen to the Best Of Champion Sound 2013 label compilation

The Belfast label Champion Sound has only been around a year but in that short…

Mister Goodnite – Songs About Love And Lack Thereof

The plan for a Halloween mix was culled by the ghouls of responsibility and the…

Premiere: Alarmist – Pal Magnet EP

Alarmist debuted the rolling twisted rhythms ‘Bunda Internacionale’, a song which also has African and…

Album of the week: Darkside – Psychic

It’s easy to forget Nicolas Jaar is only 23-years-old. For the last four years, the…

Premiere: Bouts – Nothing Good Gets Away (album stream)

Bouts are a Dublin rock band made up of Barry Bracken (Vocals, Guitar), Colin Boylan…

Four Tet – Beautiful Rewind (review)

Perhaps ill-advisedly, Kieran Hebden, having just finished his latest album in June took to Twitter…

Premiere: The Mighty Stef – Iveagh Flats EP

Stefan Murphy’s name is the title but The Mighty Stef are very much a band…

Ensemble Ériu – Ensemble Ériu (review)

Bringing a new angle to an old music is an admirable quest. Bringing a new…

Mixtape: Kelela – Cut 4 Me

Los Angeles has been home to some of electronic music’s more groundbreaking artists in recent…

Album of the week: Haim – Days Are Gone

Debut albums from ultra-hyped bands aren’t supposed to be this good. Debuts usually have one…

Premiere: Kill Krinkle Club – Oxen Of The Sun

I’ve covered Kill Krinkle Club’s music and music videos a lot here in the last…

Listen to two volumes of Other Voices Series 10 live recordings

The music TV show, Other Voices had a whirlwind of activity in the last year:…

Policy – Postscript EP

100% Silk pitches itself as a label of “diamond-life dance, bliss-disco and basement luxury grooves.”…

Listen to Squarehead’s surprise new album Respect

Over the weekend, Squarehead quietly put out their second full-length album Respect on Bandcamp. After…

Album of the week: Janelle Monáe – The Electric Lady

Thematically following on from Janelle Monaé’s debut LP The Archandroid (and her EP released before…

Album of the week: Holy Ghost! – Dynamics

As purveyors of a very specific modern version of disco dance pop, Holy Ghost! were…

Album of the week: Factory Floor – Factory Floor

Factory Floor first started as industrial post-ravers circa 2005. Their debut physical release in 2010…

Album of the week: King Krule – 6 Feet Beneath The Moon

Released last Saturday on his 19th birthday, the release of Archy Marshall’s King Krule debut…

Teishi-1 – Sunshine Hexagon

Dublin producer Teishi-1 shared Sunshine Hexagon on Boy Scout Records last month. The 14-tracks were…