I’ve always found Jah Wobble’s musical journey far too prolific to follow with any degree of consistency, and my best effort has been to dip into it every couple of …
JAH WOBBLE – Metal Box Rebuilt In Dub – 2xLP (Cleopatra Records 2021) Read More
For your auricular displeasure, Irish electronic entity ROGUE SPORE presents a new release celebrating 10 years of noise, esoteric and amphibious electronic experiments. A DECADE OF IRONING BOARD ELECTRONICS 2010-2020 …
ROGUE SPORE – A Decade of Ironing Board Electronics 2010-2020 (RS9-2020) Read More
There are few albums as ingrained in my head as GHOSTOWN, and while I thought it would be an easy one to rattle off a few words about, the act …
RADIATORS – GHOSTOWN 40th Anniversary Reissue – Double CD (Chiswick Records 2019) Read More
When UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN was published in 2016, I mistakenly expected it to be a biographical piece on X as told by John Doe. There’s certainly a worthy …
MORE FUN IN THE NEW WORLD – THE UNMAKING OF LA PUNK – John Doe with Tom DeSavia and friends (Da Capo Press 2019) Read More
It’s only fair that I declare a fairly strong bias before I proceed – At a time that I was elbowing my way through what was inspirational and what was …
BAD RELIGION – Age Of Unreason – vinyl LP (Epitaph 2019) Read More
Deadlamb Records seems to have been lurking in the background for some time, with a steady output of Irish and international punk product including Nomatrix, Jobseekers, Disturbance, Greenland Whalefishers, Plan …
VARIOUS – LAMPAIGN – IRELAND – Irish Punk Compilation LP (Deadlamb Records 2019) Read More
Let us get pastoral for a minute – I have always had a love for the bright weak sunshine and shards of long shadow that break the lethargy of a …
THROBBING GRISTLE – Journey Through A Body – Vinyl Reissue (MUTE 2018) Read More
Although theoretically anyone with a laptop, a couple of externals, and a genuine ability to self-edit can build some worthy ambient electronic fodder, high quality seams of creativity appear to …
LIGHTS A.M. – Lightworker – digital single (self-released 2018) Read More
This is a collaboration that looks cautiously promising on paper. I occasionally stumble across Nik Turner’s musical endeavours, and while I cannot confess to being much interested in anything jazzy …
NIK TURNER AND YOUTH – PHARAOHS FROM OUTER SPACE (Painted Word Music 2018) Read More
Until I read the announcement of this release in late March, I honestly didn’t think there would be another Klaus Schulze studio album. Official but vague statements about serious health …
KLAUS SCHULZE – Silhouettes (SPV/Oblivion 2018) Read More
Although few and far between at this point, local compilations are always an education of sorts. From the band you’re sick of seeing to that band name you’ve seen on …
VARIOUS ARTISTS – KARATE KLUB Dublin HC/Punk Compilation (Distroy Records 2018) Read More
The world of recorded noise is a divisive one – deeply personal to those who construct it and abhorred by those who, often for very logical reasons, have no taste …
LUXURY MOLLUSC – Osseous Labyrinth Vestibule (Cursed Monk Records 2018) Read More
The last time The Ex issued a non-collaborative album, it was the sonic & political barrage of CATCH MY SHOE in 2011. Cathartic in its colliding rhythms and subtle in …
THE EX – 27 Passports (Ex Records 2018) Read More
This was never going to be anything but intriguing. Although Chris Carter’s legacy as a synthesist is clear to anyone with an ounce of lateral thought, the wider scourge of …
CHRIS CARTER – Chemistry Lessons Volume One (Mute Records 2018) Read More
In what can be construed as fitting move to represent equality in disfunction, the ubiquitous shot of Richard Ramirez that adorned 2016’s THE NILZ MADE ME DO IT is now …
THE NILZ – Kiss me, My Executioner (self released CD 2018) Read More
This is an exciting prospect. Kronos Quartet was always one of those entities that just kept popping up on my radar, not because (at least initially) I went looking for …
LAURIE ANDERSON & KRONOS QUARTET – Landfall (Nonesuch Records 2018) Read More
This is the limited edition vinyl release of FEELER, an album that was technically launched in early December 2017. Some manner of sleeve manufacturing woe held the physical product to …
ALIEN SHE – FEELER ltd edition 12” Green Vinyl (Art For Blind Records 2018) Read More
Sporadic comes in many forms and The Number Ones, amongst other things, have sporadic down to a fine art with a gap of 3 ½ years since the release of …
THE NUMBER ONES – ANOTHER SIDE OF THE NUMBER ONES 7” EP (Static Shock Records 2018) Read More
2017 has been a busy year for Cosey Fanni Tutti. In February, Hull 2017 UK City Of Culture mounted the first major retrospective of Coum Transmissions, the pre-Throbbing Gristle performance …
COSEY FANNI TUTTI – Time To Tell (vinyl reissue 2017 Conspiracy International) Read More
The enigmatic ¡NO! entity has been lingering on the fringes of Dublin’s musical underground of the last 3-4 years, sporadically birthing a handful of CDR, cassette and download releases, and …
¡NO! – Sediments (Little Gem Records 2017) Read More