During our last interview with Carsie Blanton, she announced a new album in collaboration with The Burning Hell ahead of their upcoming European tour. Everything is Great came out last week and the least I could say is that it reflects a magic...
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Ronan O'BrienCategory - Reviews
BB King Blues Summit 100
By Joe Bonamassa, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Buddy Guy, Christone Kingfish Ingram, Various ArtistsFor some time now, I’ve been living in anticipation. Each song released from this album was played on repeat, keeping me in music for the last months. The BB King Blues Summit, organised by Joe Bonamassa is one of the...
all the stars will fall
By AstrobiteThe sky is falling in the background From airport music (shout out Brian Eno) to fill in the void, to soundtracks for shows such as Normal People. To fill the space while adding to the atmosphere and tone of the show...
Adam Kenny
DJ Set
By MouseatouilleData-driven algorithms for the most part, can be a bit invasive and a big marketing tool. One use, I find, is that it can expose new music that can so easily fall under the radar. Spotify’s algorithm introduced me...
Sleeping With The Light On
By ThumperTHUMPER make a return with their sophomore album, Sleeping With The Light On. A band known for their huge sound, the sextet have taken a step back and looked inward on their latest project. THUMPER THUMPER are, in my...
Hither Thither
By O EmperorIrish albums are essential to my listening. While O Emperor had previously appeared in my rotation, I can’t say I was overly impressed. However, stumbling across their debut album gave me plenty of things to...
Rock Me Baby
By Van Morrison, Buddy GuyIntro to the two Van Morisson is a well know musician whos refuses to be bound to a single genre. From Rock to blues, Jazz to R&B, he’s done it all. Having grown up surrounded by early blues and Jazz, he was ideally...
Attitude Adjustment
By BuzzcocksFew bands in punk history balanced heart and bite like the Buzzcocks. Nearly five decades on, and following the loss of Pete Shelley, Attitude Adjustment arrives with the weight of legacy behind it — and expectations to...
Elvis Presley
By Elvis PresleyIf there is one act that made it through the ages and has earned the status of Legend, this is definitely Elvis Presley. Oh I am sure you all have in mind the ridiculous Las Vegas impersonators, too often commemorating...
Smith/Kotzen Step Into The Light In Manchester
Smith/Kotzen-02 Ritz-Manchester.
Brian Boyle
David Bowie – Station to Station
By David BowieAn Intro the the Legend By the time Station to Station arrived in 1976, David Bowie was already several artists deep into his own career. Born in London in 1947, Bowie showed signs of creative restlessness early on. He...
Spirit’s Not Broken
By Ben ReelBen Reel Himself There’s something reassuring about artists who simply never stop. Ben Reel is one of those musicians — relentlessly creative and deeply committed. Spirit’s Not Broken is his latest reminder that...
Connections
By Hermitage GreenAs Hermitage Green is getting ready for their fifteenth-anniversary concerts in Limerick’s King John Castle and Whelan’s in Dublin, what better occasion to rediscover their latest and more adventurous album: Connections...
Seeking Darkness
By HumericHumeric is not a name you’re going to be too familiar with unless you are keeping an eye on Parannoul. The pseudonym for shoegaze, ambient noise rock project from a South Korean artist that is mostly known as Parannoul...
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
By Arctic MonkeysIt’s incredibly hard to believe it has been 20 years since the Arctic Monkeys exploded onto the music scene with their hard-hitting debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. Probably...
Bloodline
By Mon RovîaThere are debut albums that introduce an artist, and others that quietly lay out an entire life. Bloodlines belongs firmly to the latter. It is not simply a collection of songs, but a carefully shaped narrative in which...
