Cate Le Bon – Reward
June 8th, 2019 | by Maija Makela
The songs on Cate Le Bon’s fifth album, Reward, came about as the result of time spent in a cottage …
Album Reviews
In Their Thousands – Acrasia
June 7th, 2019 | by Caolan Coleman
Donegal’s In Their Thousands are no overnight story, it’s fair to say: brothers Aidan and Declan McClafferty have been playing …
Junior Brother – Pull The Right Rope
May 29th, 2019 | by Colin Gannon
Imagine Joanna Newsom had gorged on grainy VHS tapes of Richie Kavanagh instead of the modernist compositions of Ruth Crawford …
Fixity – No Man Can Tell
May 27th, 2019 | by Ryan O'Neill
Cork has fostered a healthy collaborative atmosphere among its musical populace in the last number of years, with an …
Bitflower Bb – Mastalgia
May 24th, 2019 | by Maija Makela
The word “Mastalgia” is a medical term referring to the heavy, dull tight breast pain commonly experienced by most women, …
The National – I Am Easy To Find
May 23rd, 2019 | by Andrea Cleary
In recent years, The National have shifted towards a communal approach in music making, altering their compositional practices to be …
Arms That Fit Like Legs – Legwork
May 22nd, 2019 | by Dominic Edge
The terms “post-rock” and “math-rock” can leave many eyes rolled firmly back in one’s skull, or just leave some scratching …
Frankie Cosmos – Haunted Items
May 14th, 2019 | by The Thin Air
The word “haunted” brings ghost and ghouls to mind but, in Frankie Cosmos’ latest releases, Greta Kline shows that everyday items …
MARINA – Love + Fear
May 12th, 2019 | by Nicole Glennon
Psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross theorized that there are two primary emotions: fear and love. All positive emotions come from love, all …
Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky – Droneflower
May 10th, 2019 | by Justin McDaid
Ethereal gothic folk and experimental post-hardcore are convenient, if broad, brushstrokes to describe the individual styles of Marissa Nadler & …
