John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts
May 29th, 2013 | by Ross Thompson
What happens to the elephant in the room when somebody talks about it? Contrary to popular opinion, it does not …
Album Reviews
Bibio – Silver Wilkinson
May 27th, 2013 | by Will Murphy
Ambient, electronica, folk, Boards of Canada and a couple of kitchen sinks are the constituent elements of Bibio‘s (aka Steve Wilkinson) seventh album, Silver Wilkinson. The …
Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City
May 27th, 2013 | by Lee Gorman
Ever since Vampire Weekend poked their heads above the sub-Libertines dross of late-noughties indie they have always seemed several steps …
The National – Trouble Will Find Me
May 27th, 2013 | by Ross Thompson
There’s a famous Edward Hopper painting, simply entitled ‘Gas’, in which a solitary, dapper figure stands in the centre of …
The Dillinger Escape Plan – One Of Us Is The Killer
May 23rd, 2013 | by Dave Magee
From opening track and mission statement ‘Prancer’ – resplendent with what are now Dillinger Escape Plan’s signature complex, syncopated guitar …
Robyn G Shiels – Underneath The Night of Stars EP
May 21st, 2013 | by Brian Coney
Almost locally renown for “taking his time” between releases, Belfast-based singer-songwriter Robyn G Shiels is equally – ever increasingly – …
The Dudley Corporation – Everyone Does Everything Wrong
May 22nd, 2013 | by Lee Gorman
It’s been five long years since the Dudleys caressed our lugholes with the slow-burning menace of Year Of The Husband. …
Styles P – Float
May 21st, 2013 | by Dean Van Nguyen
The nineties resurgence sweeping New York hip-hop has primarily been forged by artists born right in the middle of the …
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito
May 20th, 2013 | by Neill Dougan
Ten years on from their garlanded debut, and four years since their last album, much has changed for Yeah Yeah …
Frank Turner – Tape Deck Heart
May 14th, 2013 | by Will Murphy
It’s been ten years since Frank Turner first howled his lungs out on Million Dead’s debut. One band dissolution, a genre hop, …