'I can never imagine them being in a studio and someone having to say “One more take, this time with feeling”' - Niall McGuirk on New Model Army's recently released album Between Dog And Wolf.
'Chrome were cyberpunk before there was ever such a thing' - MacDara Conroy on the sci-fi punk futurists' lost tracks set Half Machine From The Sun
WatchingCattle on Tin Charm's recently-released debut, The Engine Is Bleeding.
'The Necks' patient, subtly dramatic approach to their sounds encourages close listening' - MacDara Conroy on the ambient jazz trio's latest, Open
'a work of controlled aggression and angst which sounds and feels suitably otherworldly, intriguing, threatening and, most importantly, thrilling' - WatchingCattle stops complaining for just long enough to enjoy Psychic Teens' Come.
'more mangy fuzz than a suicide bombing on Sesame Street, sinewy pummelling bass and drums that fill in every available syllable of space' - WatchingCattle on Whores' Clean.
'when Red Fang escape the shadow of their lineage they manage to craft some really damn fine songs' - WatchingCattle on Red Fang's Whales And Leeches
'Positive pop melody is pushed to the fore' on Melt-Banana's Fetch 'and the results are pretty damn infectious,' says MacDara Conroy
Daughn Gibson's Me Moan is 'a soundtrack to a journey through middle America' Niall McGuirk would not like to take.
"There's a huge richness to it all" says Niall McGuirk of God Is An Astronaut's seventh LP, Origins.