'It’s oddly fun, a Halloween thrill, a dark romance at the back of the cinema, all red velour and art deco stucco' - Dara Higgins on Ritual Howls' Turkish Leather
MacDara Conroy surveys the landscape of heavy, noisy and interesting music over the past 12 months
'odd, experimental and yet defiantly tuneful' - Neill Dougan on Panda Bear's Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper
'It’s what I’d imagine chatting to JG Ballard is like' - Watchingcattle on Protomartyr's Under Colour Of Official Right
'I have listenened to this record at least 10 times in two days, it’s that good' - Niall McGuirk on Stay Clean Jolene's self titled debut LP
'to be honest I did feel like I was listening to Shine 6 (anyone under the age of 30 will not get that reference, but fuck you and your painless spines and working hamstrings)' - Watchingcattle revisits his 90's youth for a second opinion on Pink Mountaintops' Get Back
'Let's get things clear right from the start: Fugazi are more than a band' - Niall McGuirk reflects on Fugazi's impact, their legacy, and the release of their First Demo
Niall McGuirk on King Champion Sounds' Songs For The Golden Hour
'Is there such a thing as prog folk rock?' - Niall McGuirk on the self titled EP from Jeffrey Lewis & The Jrams released earlier this year
'This isn’t ‘verse - chorus - verse’ or ‘quiet bit - loud bit’. Everything here is loud' - WatchingCattle on Hands Up Who Wants To Die's Vega In The Lyre