Reviews

Electronica visionary Mark Pritchard released his latest incarnation of magnificent noise, “The Four Worlds” on March 23. This release is the follow up to his brilliant 2016 venture “Under the Sun”. That album stunned with […]

After over 30 years together the Manics are back with their 13th album Resistance Is Futile. There were some delays and obstacles getting started on the album, but once they did they really put a lot […]

From their inception in 1977, taking their name from a Chinese Communist political faction associated with Mao Zedong’s widow, Andy Gill and his band Gang of Four have shown that they will not compromise the […]

I’ve always had a soft spot for Eels ever since Susan’s House blasted out from the radio back in 1996. Taken from the wonderfully quirky and plaintive album Beautiful Freak I’ve loved their off-beat, emotionally […]

A number of indie aficionados are familiar with the contretemps the Canadian band Preoccupations encountered with their original band name Viet Cong. After the release of their critically acclaimed debut album in 2014, the band […]

“Vessel” is the new album from established New York Twee outfit Frankie Cosmos and their first on famed Indie label Sub Pop. While “Vessel” might just be the band’s most instrumentally refined album yet, it doesn’t […]

Bristol-based electronic artist and producer Henry Green releases his debut album, “Shift” on 30th March via Akira Records. So far Green has two cult adored EPs, over 18m Spotify streams and shows with London Grammar […]

Oh, the allure of what could have been. That is the legacy of Jeff Buckley. As many a music fan from the ’90s knows, Jeff Buckley was standing on the edge of stardom after his […]

The story of Mastersystem began when Scottish band Frightened Rabbit recruited a couple filmmakers: The Lockey brothers (Justin Lockey (Editors lead guitar since 2012) and James Lockey (Minor Victories bass) to follow them around whilst […]

The Decemberists new release, “I’ll Be Your Girl” evinces a notable departure from their trademark Folk infused Alternative sound. Their eighth album released on March 16th follows their remarkable 2015 release “What a Terrible World, […]

Brooklyn rock trio Sunflower Bean are back with the follow-up to their 2016 debut album, Human Ceremony, and this time around, they’re making it clear just how much they’ve grown up since then. The title […]

When the Levellers announced that they were going to release a new acoustic album and that eight of these songs would be reinterpretations of their hit singles including One Way, Exodus and Hope Street, several […]

When Oasis was cited as a key influence on this trio’s sound; it became yet another issue that would divide the Gallagher brothers. Liam, after seeing them live sung DMA’s praises saying “I like what […]

As regular visitors to Ireland, The Stereophonics are well acquainted with Belfast, and up until now, they’ve always appeared to be a little too comfortable in their onstage performance, with it all feeling a little […]

Following the release of their 2015 debut album, A Dream Outside, London indie rockers Gengahr are back with their second studio album, Where Wildness Grows. The band scrapped their initial effort at that clichéd “difficult […]

Despite self-describing their sound as “Indie rock’s lowest common denominator”, in their short existence, Cabbage became the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition winners in 2016. They have released thirty-six singles and played over two hundred gigs. […]

Electro synth pop group Erasure featuring Vince Clarke and Andy Bell returned to Dublin’s Olympia Theatre for the first of three shows after being forced to reschedule Januarys sold-out shows in Dublin’s traditional venue due […]

Last time Brian Fallon visited The Emerald Isle, Belfast wasn’t on the list, and this time the appreciation was wholly evident for The Gaslight Anthem’s charismatic frontman, who was joined in support by Belfast’s own […]