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Villagers's Darling Arithmetic’s accompanying blurb reveals it was recorded in O’Brien’s Malahide home and solely by O’Brien himself, which explains in part its pared back sound.

Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h4fMku7iZA&list=PLq7MWRGJO0XwYOxR2xXJHvC8HD0abuqmh The second acts of rappers’ careers have a bad reputation for pandering to the mainstream, but Kendrick Lamar is comfortable

Tandem Felix Comma EP https://soundcloud.com/tandemfelix/nothing-i-do-will-ever-be-good-enough There’s a thing that makes making convincing Americana in Dublin difficult, which is the surfeit of pedal steel players. Lucan lads Tandem Felix’s

Lower Dens Escape from Evil Having seen singer Jana Hunter perform solo and with Lower Dens (which she fronts) supporting Beach House and Deerhunter respectively, it seems appropriate

Waxahatchee Ivy Tripp Youthful aimlessness is supposed to be just that: without focus or direction. So why is it that Katie Crutchfield, on her third and most tonally diverse

Lightning Bolt Fantasy Empire More brown-out inducing, speaker-blowing destroyers-of-worlds than a ‘band’ in the traditional sense, Lightning Bolt’s decision to record this, their first album in five years,

Dick Diver Melbourne, Florida Dick Diver have been delivering low-key classics for a while now with their own brand of lethargic, instantly-recognisable twang. On their latest there’s a pronounced

Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit For a while it seemed we all wanted our indie stars to follow Arcade Fire’s design, all

Jonathan Kreisberg Trio New For Now A distinctive technique and flair is needed to bring the guitar front and centre in jazz. Kreisberg brings it home in spades