Albums & Releases

Album of the week: Julianna Barwick – Nepenthe

Julianna Barwick’s 2011 second album The Magic Place used her looped vocal lines to create…

Washed Out – Paracosm

The story of Washed Out really begins with 2009’s Life Of Leisure EP. A collection…

Album of the week: Pearse McGloughlin and Justin Grounds – Idiot Songs

An album by two musicians collaborating via a shared love of Dostoevsky produces a fine…

Marika Hackman – That Iron Taste (mini-album)

From the one that got away department, That Iron Taste is a mini-album originally released…

Listen to Elaine Mai’s Dots EP

Last April, Galway born Elaine Mai released her debut EP Dots, a four-track collection of…

FKJ – Time For A Change EP

French Kiwi Juice or just FJK if you’re texting, brings good vibes with his Time…

Listen to the debut EP from DOGS – Out In Cover

Four men from Dublin make the noise that they describe as DOGS. I’d describe it…

Listen to the new Rotate EP from R.S.A.G.

Jeremy Hickey’s music has always been difficult to describe, let alone categorise. But where others’…

Nialler9’s albums of 2013 so far…

I’m off on holidays for the next ten days. Here’s my parting gift, the top…

Listen to Blondes’ new album Swisher

New York electronic men Blondes dropped a big surprise today: a full stream of their…

Album stream: Come On Live Long – Everything Fall (premiere)

On Friday night, Come On Live Long played at a set at the Nialler9/Le Cool…

Album of the week: Kanye West – Yeezus

Kanye West is never boring. Bratty, self-obssessed, egotistical, lewd and contradictory? Yes, but never boring.…

Disclosure – Settle

I’ve been reading some reviews of Disclosure’s debut album Settle over the last week. I’ve…

Free download: Italians Do It Better – After Dark 2 compilation

It’s kind of bizarre than Johnny Jewel would choose to give away After Dark 2,…

Austra – Olympia (Irish album premiere)

Listen to Austra’s second album Olympia right here courtesy of Deezer. Austra’s debut album Feel…

Album of the week: Mount Kimbie – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

Dominic Maker and Kai Campos’ aka Mount Kimbie were very much at the vanguard of…

Sounds Of System Breakdown – Nomad (review)

The term “electro-rock” always makes me a bit queasy. I just imagine some misguided classic-leaning…

Album of the week: Majical Cloudz – Impersonator

Like the Montreal duo’s intense live show, Impersonator is like being stuck inside the head…

Little Green Cars – Absolute Zero (review)

My first experience of Little Green Cars was of a ragged but talented bunch of…

Listen to debut album from The Redneck Manifesto’s Niall Byrne as Bill Blood

My name is Niall Byrne. There are two other Niall Byrnes I regularly get confused…