"it's less The Pogues and maybe more The Clash or even Against Me at times" - Niall McGuirk on Dropkick Murphys' 11 Short Stories Of Pain And Glory
Junk Son's Beginning Ending Pretending "is at its heart a nocturnal beast" says Dara Higgins
Dara Higgins revisits 2016 releases from Julia Jacklin, Tim Burgess, Dinosaur jr, The Divine Comedy, Mick Harvey & The Felice Brothers
"an aural guide book, one that’s living and breathing and in constant motion" - Dara Higgins on Fiona Brice's Postcards From
'a triumph of non-understanding over literalness; of reaching and grasping and flailing in the dark and realizing you enjoy that a lot more than having an issue spelled out to you' - John Lynch on 50FootWave's Bath White
Katie Kim's fourth LP Salt is "a fairly staggering leap forward" says Dudley
"When I play the songs I forget about all this" - Niall McGuirk on Arbor Labor Union's Sub Pop debut I Hear You
"The sound of a gig happening in a barely furnished bedsit on the 3rd floor of a Georgian tenement" - Dara Higgins on Globelamp's The Orange Glow
"So, maybe after all, the kids are sometimes alright" - Dara Higgins on FEWS recently released debut, Means
"This is a surprisingly good album. I love surprises" - Dara Higgins on The Monolith of Phobos from Les Claypool & Sean Lennon, aka The Claypool Lennon Delirium