Albums & Releases

Album of the week: Ghostpoet – Some Say I So I Say Light

Those familiar with Obaro Ejimiwe’s debut Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam will find much…

Album premiere: Cat Dowling – The Believer

Former Alphastates singer returns with an excellent debut solo album. As former lead singer of…

Album stream premiere: Tieranniesaur – DIYSCO

Tieranniesaur are back with a second album of disco indie jams. Listen to it here.…

Listen to Young Wonder’s Show Your Teeth EP

If you’re a regular reader of this site, you’ll likely have heard ‘To You’ and…

Album premiere: Enemies – Embark, Embrace

The second album from Wicklow band Enemies is the sound of musicians moving further away…

Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (First listen review)

Yesterday, I attended a playback of the new Daft Punk album in Dublin. Those in…

Album of the week: Solar Bears – Supermigration

John Kowalski and Rian Trench’s debut album as Solar Bears, 2010’s She Was Coloured In…

Listen to Record Store Gay 2013 – a compilation of gay covers from Irish bands

Our LGBT brothers and sisters are the focus of lots of attention at the moment,…

Jai Paul’s LP is leaked on Bandcamp – What is going on?

When I got a text from a friend early on Sunday morning alerting me to…

Album of the week: James Blake – Overgrown

In his short time as a prolific musician, James Blake has made music that could…

Listen to the orchestral pop debut album from Sundernix

Back in late January, I debuted ‘Brasserie’ from Sundernix. That song comes from Sundernix’s self-titled…

Listen to The Community Games album featuring No Monster Club, Cave Ghosts, Ginnels, Grand Pocket Orchestra

Popical Island’s The Community Games compilation, which you may have heard a sampler of already…

Album of the week: The Knife – Shaking The Habitual

The Knife’s long-awaited fourth album is terrific, tough, too long but still quite brilliant… Shaking…

Album of the week: Daughter – If You Leave

The music of Daughter has always burned with a smouldering intensity, a brittle air of…

Listen to And So I Watch You From Afar’s new album All Hail Bright Futures

I actually wrote the press blurb for All Hail Bright Futures, And So I Watch…

Listen to the debut album from Biggles Flys Again – Remember Saturday

You can hear a lot of influential touchstones on Remember Saturday, the debut album from…

Album review: Space Dimension Controller – Welcome to Mikrosektor-50

Let’s talk about concept albums for a minute. Taking an overarching concept or theme more…

Album of the week: Rhye – Woman

From the white sleeve with the elegant font to the cover zoomed into the neck…

Review & stream: Kool Thing’s debut album

Jon Dark and Julie Chance’s music as Kool Thing to date, has shapeshifted in forms…

Review: MMOTHS – Diaries EP

It’s been a fascinating thing to watch, the trajectory of 19 year-old Jack Colleran/MMOTHS. The…