Music

Album review: CMAT – EURO-COUNTRY

Album review: CMAT – EURO-COUNTRY

Dublin’s Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson has delivered something truly special with EURO-COUNTRY. After years of relentless touring, musical growth, and well-earned momentum, her third album arrives as a sharp statement of both artistic and critical triumph – distilling everything that makes …read more

Album review: Big Thief – Double Infinity

Album review: Big Thief – Double Infinity

Big Thief’s latest album since 2022’s sprawling indie-folk magnum opus Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, makes no attempt to replicate that expansive approach. Instead, Double Infinity emerges as their most sonically and compositionally cohesive work yet. The …read more

Album review: Primal Scream – Come Ahead

Album review: Primal Scream – Come Ahead

Primal Scream have always been difficult to pin down – which is saying something with the array of genres that music journalism feels the need to create. Primal Scream are a band who can swagger through Stones‑inspired rock one minute, …read more

Product review: Audiolab 6000A MKII

Product review: Audiolab 6000A MKII

The original 6000A was one of those amps that quietly won people over. Solid, musical, and priced sensibly, it became a bit of a staple in budget‑conscious hi‑fi systems. The Mk2 version doesn’t rip that formula up, but it does …read more