Lorna Irvine

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

Reviews: 136

Other Articles: 4

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

the horrors

The Horrors
Night Life

Synth pop’s darkest corners are explored as The Horrors return

pom poko

Mono

Pom Poko

Sweet and incendiary shenanigans from the Norwegian band

goat

Goat
Goat

Eccentric Swedes return for more neo-Pagan psychedelia

gazelle twin

Tramway

Sonica Festival: Gazelle Twin

A gloriously dark double bill of electronic music

Swans The Beggar

Swans
The Beggar

Swans are on fine, elliptical form on their sixteenth album

Skating Polly - Chaos County Line

Skating Polly
Chaos County Line

Punk rather than pop works best for Oklahoma band

Jarak Qaribak

Dudu Tassa and Jonny Greenwood
Jarak Qaribak

Predictably, a brilliant meeting of minds

Sparks - The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks
The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

The critic is sobbing in her cappuccino

Live Skull Party Zero

Live Skull
Party Zero

NY cult band still have fire in their bellies

JFDR Museum

JFDR
Museum

Still, occasionally lifeless, album from Icelandic artist

Kid Koala Creatures of the Late Afternoon

Kid Koala
Creatures Of The Late Afternoon

Canada’s first man of hip hop returns with the goods to match the ambition

Callum Easter Get Forever Delete Dont Want

Callum Easter
Get Forever… Delete Don’t Want

A unique, inspired artist making a glam racket

The-Tubs-Dead-Meat

The Tubs
Dead Meat

Scrappy punky jangly melee from Sniffany and the Nits members

Abracadabra - Shapes and Colors

Abracadabra
Shapes and Colors

Oakland band mine the past, but have an eye on the future

thomas-truax-with-budgie-and-mother-superior-dream-catching-songs

Thomas Truax and Budgie
Dream Catching Songs

Inventions, dreams and chansons

Fela Kuti Shakara

Fela Kuti
Shakara

50th anniversary re-release still sounds timeless

Liela Moss Internal Working Model

Liela Moss
Internal Working Model

Third album sees Moss take on big issues

John Robb
The Art of Darkness: A History of Goth

Dark entries get put under the spotlight

Martin Rev To Live

Martin Rev
To Live

Another reissue is brutal and industrial