Book Review: Greetings, Hero – Aiden O’Reilly
Aiden O'Reilly's Greetings, Hero is a collection of stories about in-between men, loners, the alienated.
Book Review: Perfidia – James Ellroy
Perfidia is a WWII-set prequel to Ellroy’s LA Quartet, whose novels LA Confidential and The Black Dahlia both received the movie treatment, which is funny because Ellroy writes the kind…
Album Review: Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love
Sleater-Kinney haven't come back to change the world – they've come back to save it.
Jazz Album of the Month: Stella Bass – Too Darn Hot
Stella Bass' Too Darn Hot is proof positive of a talented artist who can give the greats a run for their money in years to come.
Album Review: James Blake – 200 Press EP
James Blake still wanders the hinterland between his EPs and his albums, between critical acclaim and Mercury nods.
Album Review: Zs – Xe
Zs' music draws both minimalist composers, but also from a heritage of noise and no-wave and eschews any sense of cloying academia.
Album Review: Charli XCX – Sucker
Sucker is like Glamour magazine: a jolly, disposable dose of girliness that the boys can have a cheeky flick through too.
Album Review: Egyptrixx – Transfer of Energy [Feelings of Power]
Canadian Night Slug-er Egyptrixx clatters and clangs with metallic menance on his new record.
Album Review: Belle & Sebastian – Girls in Peacetime want to Dance
The most Belle & Sebastian-named record ever Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance calls to mind latter day Simpsons.
Album Review: Jape – This Chemical Sea
Jape's new record, This Chemical Sea, is a fine addition to the Egan œuvre full of hooky grooves and dancefloor existentialism.
Album of the Month #2: Viet Cong – Viet Cong
Listen after listen, Viet Cong's self-titled debut is an absolutely joyous (if intense) journey, where angular riffing shifts to warm fuzz while cooed pop vocals shift to Spencer Krug yelps…
Album of the Month #1 – Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper
Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper goes hard on the gooey soulfulness underneath the swirl of Lennox's unique soundscapes.
Don’t Fear The Reaper: An Interview with Panda Bear
We talk death and change with Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, releases his fifth solo album Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper this month.
The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind
The Power to Power Ourselves highlights Ireland's potential to harness wind energy technologies to enable energy independence through cleaner, greener energy sources.