Lorna Irvine

Lorna Irvine is a Glasgow based arts critic with a profound fear of marzipan.

Reviews: 155

Other Articles: 4

tanya tagaq

Tanya Tagaq
Saputjiji

Latest album highlights the tender side of the intense Canadian Iruk throat singer

joshua idehen

Joshua Idehen
I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try

Beautiful, brave existentialist bangers and mashups

gorillaz

Gorillaz
The Mountain

Ninth album is a dizzying global jukebox

hen ogledd

Hen Ogledd
DISCOMBOBULATED

Fourth album is another triumph of experimental playfulness

gogol bordello

Gogol Bordello – We Mean It, Man!

New, smoother sound from the tearaways

lisa o'neill

Lisa O’Neill
The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right

Compassion, protest and poetry

mavis staples

Mavis Staples
Sad And Beautiful World

Another powerhouse performance from the legendary singer

shrine maiden

Shrine Maiden
A Theory of /Cloud/

LA couple make noise to cherish

hilary woods

Hilary Woods
Night CRIÚ

A thing of understated beauty

sprints

Sprints
All That Is Over

Second album from the Irish band is good, if a little polite

cate le bon

Cate Le Bon
Michelangelo Dying

Sublime sadness from the Welsh singer-songwriter

royel otis

Royel Otis
hickey

Second album exudes confidence and hooks

tops

TOPS
Bury The Key

New one from the Montreal band has its moments, but struggles to separate pastiche and inspiration

wet leg

Wet Leg
Moisturizer

Second album from the breakthrough band feels dull and uninspired

gina birch

Gina Birch
Trouble

Inconsistent second solo album still has some glorious moments

WITCH

WITCH
Sogolo

Effortless euphoria from the reformed Zambian band

planning for burial

Planning for Burial
It’s Closeness, It’s Easy

More bruises and burns from the Pennsylvania artist

tune-yards

Tune-Yards
Better Dreaming

The avant-pop duo return with dynamism and soul

andy bell

Andy Bell
Ten Crowns

Glorious solo album for heart and dancefloor

self esteem

Self Esteem
A Complicated Woman

Third album from Rebecca Lucy Taylor is gritty and beautiful

divide and dissolve

Divide and Dissolve
Insatiable

Melbourne metallers’ latest epic is a triumph of power and politik

death hilarious

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
Death Hilarious

Inconsistent but fine fifth album from the Tyneside porkers

sacred paws

Sacred Paws
Jump Into Life

A tentative leap, rather than a long jump

jeffrey lewis

Jeffrey Lewis
The Even More Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis

Nice and sweary; does it every time