I spent nine months during the pandemic living with my parents in rural west Clare; in the midst of the world falling apart, the appreciation of where I am from sored in heights my teenage […]
It’s a small slap in the face when the reality hits that the nineties are not ten years ago, but thirty. One joyful constant, helping you account for the years making up the last three […]
Music fans missed out on seeing Kelly Lee Owen’s previous album, “Inner Song”, live in 2020. Her track, “Melt”, is the festival anthem that never came to be. Not being able to tour the album did […]
Father John Misty has one of the richest musical repertoires in the present day, a staple of the scene like Leonard Cohen or Scott Walker in their eras (while leaving a legacy of work for […]
This review has been one of the more difficult ones I have ever sat down to write. Not because I did not enjoy the album, far from it, Aldous Harding’s fourth offering is a captivating […]
Jenny Hval’s career to date is rich and vast, just like each and every song she creates. Listening to her work makes you question if you should use the word cosmic to other music outside […]
A few years ago, one could have suspected me of gaining a commission from every Nilüfer Yanya song streamed or ticket sold. My office slack, WhatsApp, even tinder messages were laced with reasons to listen […]
Almost three years since the release of Sasami Ashworth’s debut album, she returns with the ambitious Squeeze. While “SASAMI” was deemed a heartbreaking shoegaze record, her sophomore release has cranked everything up to eleven, with […]
“Act as it is, and then it shall be” I am known as a pretty glass half-empty soul, but I am also weirdly known for saying this specific take on the classic “fake it till […]
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