Zayn - Mind of Mine album review: promising songs, mostly about sexOn his first solo album the former 1D singer proves a great voice can only get you so farThu Mar 24 2016 - 11:05
Richmond Fontaine: You Can’t Go Back if There’s Nothing to Go Back To: Fine end to well-honed careerThu Mar 17 2016 - 21:45
Lucius emerge from the 1960s to embrace the darknessJust when you thought you had the Brooklyn band pegged as cheerful throwback pop, their second album comes along and takes you by surpriseWed Mar 16 2016 - 06:00
Album of the week: Jeff Buckley – You and I: An eclectic selection of early demos and recordingsThu Mar 10 2016 - 21:51
Nathaniel Rateliff: ‘Do I drink a lot? Tell me how much you drink and I’ll let you know’Rateliff gave up missionary work for trucking, and trucking for music. But he and his band The Night Sweats still have plenty of musical roads left to travelThu Mar 10 2016 - 07:00
The Rising stars of folk: a 1916 concept albumJohn Colbert, one half of Black Bank Folk with Jimmy Sheeran, is a grandnephew of executed leader Con Colbert, but their album focuses on smaller storiesFri Mar 04 2016 - 18:53
Dovecote - Dovecote: dig these dusted down tunes by archaeologist Niall ColferThu Mar 03 2016 - 21:15
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It: Ironic or sincere?Thu Feb 25 2016 - 21:15
Walk the Moon: how they shut up and danced their way to a global hitThe Detroit popsters might not yet be household names but you have definitely heard themMon Feb 15 2016 - 06:00
The Cult - Hidden City: only for established fans who already know exactly what to expectThu Feb 04 2016 - 21:45
Lucinda Williams: ‘My stuff is so much more than country’Recognition came late for the Americana musician, but when the accolades came they were big ones: Grammys and having a strand of marijuana named after herTue Feb 02 2016 - 06:00
Walking on Cars: the Dingle band avoiding the pedestrian routePatrick Sheehy and Sorcha Durham from the Irish five-piece discuss their reasons for taking the major-label approach, and why “Ireland is just really small as a market”Fri Jan 15 2016 - 06:00
Panic at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor: time to turn off the lights and lock the doors behind themFri Jan 15 2016 - 00:00
Time to take another ride on the Mystery Jets trainAfter losing a member and a record deal, Mystery Jets are back with some new soundsFri Jan 08 2016 - 06:00
Villagers – Where Have You Been All My Life?: Back-catalogue ‘reimagined’ to interesting effectFri Jan 08 2016 - 00:00
Music preview: albums to look out for in 2016Everybody who’s anybody seems to have a new album lined up for the new year. And there are a few superstar maybes tooWed Dec 30 2015 - 07:25
Patrick Freeman - Cherry Blossom Fall: The roughly recorded nature just adds to the charmDubliner with an eye on ELO, Neil Hannon and The Beatles, and an ear for a good tuneFri Dec 18 2015 - 00:00
Cage the Elephant – Tell Me I’m Pretty: Throwing sounds at the wall to see what sticksFri Dec 18 2015 - 00:00
Various Artists - Rough Trade Counter Culture 15: Does exactly what is says on the tinFri Dec 11 2015 - 00:00
Soulsavers - Kubrick: an interesting listen whether you’re a Kubrick aficionado or notFri Dec 04 2015 - 00:00
Fleur East - Love, Sax and Flashbacks: A puppet from the pop factory come goodFri Dec 04 2015 - 00:00
Air’s Nicolas Godin on why his solo album is a bad ideaOne of France’s great electronic innovators has ignored his own advice and made a solo record. ‘When you’re in band, there’s always a sense of frustration’Tue Dec 01 2015 - 09:00
How to scare your children with the Wainwright Sisters’ creepy songsMartha Wainwright and her half-sister Lucy have a dark, strange new album that they reckon is for all the familyMon Nov 30 2015 - 01:00
Various Artists - ‘Whole Lotta Live’: Numerous gems amidst this charity compilationFri Nov 27 2015 - 00:00
Adele 25 album review - more than just a voice, more than just a break-up albumFri Nov 20 2015 - 12:53
School of rock: life inside a musical hothouse in ParisWith slick studios and heavyweight mentors, the Red Bull Music Academy is a dream come true for musicians who make the cutTue Nov 17 2015 - 06:00
Enya breaks her silence on fame, privacy and musicIt’s seven years since Enya has given an Irish interview. After 80 million album sales, she tells Lauren Murphy why it has never been about hiding away, but rather safeguarding her privacyFri Nov 13 2015 - 15:25
1D's Niall Horan: ‘I can’t dance. I can’t ice-skate and I’m not going in the jungle’One Direction’s only Irishman talks fame, pints with the lads, Zayn's departure and what the band's upcoming hiatus is really aboutFri Nov 13 2015 - 11:00
