Music Review

The debut record of Galway based singer-songwriter Oisin Mod doesn’t often feel like the work of a new artist, so defined are the dreamy soundscapes and hazy textures which Mod constructs his ruminative narratives within. It’s a…

Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Qwerty Mick’s debut EP If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now is a quirky, charming half dozen of lo-fi bedroom-pop tracks that showcases a more inquisitive mind than its playful aesthetic…

Earlier this month, Dublin-born musician CMAT released her debut album, If My Wife New I’d Be Dead, to much acclaim. I don’t know about you, but I, for one, have been biding my time. Waiting for this album. Wishing. Hoping. Praying that it…

Fresh off the release of his mainstream debut Pray For Haiti, the cryptic and mysterious emcee Mach-Hommy has returned with Balens Cho, a stripped-back victory lap of minimal jazz loops and hard-hitting punchlines. After Haiti propelled…

Strange, unique, bizarre or whatever you may call them, Flavour Nurse certainly live up to their name. What started as a kind of live theatre group doing wacky shows in London evolved into a working band that got signed, and they released…

Together, rapper Noveliss and beatmaker Dixon Hill have crafted a remarkable collaboration on Book of Changes. Drawing from spiritual as well as intellectual themes, the duo take inspiration from the I Ching, with each track represented…

Marrying the traditional with the modern and niche domain of prog rock/metal, the music of Pittsburgh-based Beo String Quartet has a unique angle. On paper, it sounds like a potential disaster given how divergent these two styles are, but…

Spiritually infused and with one foot in electronica and the other in nature, Vancouver’s Marc-E creates music called psybient. It’s best described as part ambient and part synthy, with a peppering of world instruments and a healthy dose…

A two-piece made up of brothers Oscar and Thomas Flores, Mother Ghost have gone through a rough period in the last few years, and it shows on Somnámbulo. First there was the tragic passing of producer James Vehslage midway through…

Contemporary classical composer Elliot Cole released his EP, Journals, Vol. 1, through Long Echo Records in September. The NYC musician’s latest effort is a stunningly beautiful collection of accessible and inspiring pieces that were both…