Mitski – Be The Cowboy
August 17th, 2018 | by Aoife O'Donoghue
Given the critical success of 2016’s Puberty 2, touring with Lorde and Run the Jewels, and facing into an almost fully …
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Ross From Friends – Family Portrait
July 29th, 2018 | by Mitchell Goudie
What is it about the past that fascinates us? What is it that allows us to romanticise and dream of …
The Ophelias – Almost
July 29th, 2018 | by Will Murphy
Very occasionally you hear an album that neatly demonstrates its full mission statement within seconds of starting. The opening number …
Years & Years – Palo Santo
July 26th, 2018 | by Nicole Glennon
In 1987, the Pet Shop Boys released ‘It’s A Sin’, detailing Neil Tennant’s relationship with his own sexuality and the …
Body/Head – The Switch
July 24th, 2018 | by Will Murphy
“Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be …
Panic! At The Disco – Pray For the Wicked
July 23rd, 2018 | by Christine Costello
Remember that ‘I Like Me’ song from the Simpsons episode with Hank Scorpio? Imagine if Frank Sinatra collaborated with the …
Laurel Halo – Raw Silk Uncut Wood
July 18th, 2018 | by Colin Gannon
Somewhere in Apple Music headquarters, an employee, perhaps under the instruction of watchful label publicists, or not, input “techno” as …
Various Artists – A Litany of Failures Vol. II
July 17th, 2018 | by Eoin Lynskey
To be a contemporary “independent” band in Ireland isn’t merely a genre categorisation, but a complex creative actuality. There’s often …
Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears
July 5th, 2018 | by Colin Gannon
Those who find themselves in their orbit have been quick to describe Let’s Eat Grandma’s rawness and genre-agnosticism as otherworldly. …
Snail Mail – Lush
July 4th, 2018 | by James Cox
Snail Mail’s Lyndsey Jordan has spoken about her frustration at the media’s lingering focus on her age and it’s easy to …
