Lorna Irvine

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

Reviews: 146

Other Articles: 4

Eerie Wanda - Internal Radio

Eerie Wanda
Internal Radio

Expansive third album by Dutch/Croatian artist is a thing of disturbing beauty

Hungry Beat

Douglas Macintyre & Grant McPhee with Neil Cooper
Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground (1977-1984)

Superb, vivid book for throbbing indie hearts everywhere

Sniffany & The Nits

Sniffany & The Nits
The Unscratchable Itch

Itchy and scratchy punk goth brilliance in assured debut album

Mush - Down Tools

Mush
Down Tools

Leeds scamps breathe new life into indie

Uffie - Sunshine Factory

Uffie
Sunshine Factory

Global citizen of pop has a few great ideas in new album

Otoboke Beaver - Super Champon

Otoboke Beaver
Super Champon

Japanese bad-asses bring the noise, and much more

Japanese Television Space Fruit Vineyard

Japanese Television
Space Fruit Vineyard

Space is the place for retro futurists

Alabaster-dePlume-Gold

Alabaster DePlume
GOLD (Go Forward In The Courage Of Your Love)

Little pockets of resistance work

Lydia Lunch

Opinion

Podcast Review: The Lydian Spin

Lorna Irvine cocks an ear to no wave icon Lydia Lunch’s podcast zingers

Adult Becoming Undone

ADULT
Becoming Undone

Duo’s strict machine is fine in parts

Metronomy - Small World

Metronomy
Small World

Beautiful seventh album from Joe and co proves pop can transcend frivolity

Combo Chimbita - IRE

Combo Chimbita
IRE

Latinx quartet excel in mix-up of genres

Tanya Tagaq - Tongues

Tanya Tagaq
Tongues

Inuit artist brings more bold and uncompromising visions

Love Object New Flesh

Love Object
New Flesh

Russian duo’s album is like a grating 80s pastiche

Closet Disco Queen

Closet Disco Queen
Stadium Rock For Punk Bums

Excellent EP from Swiss duo blows the dust from 2021

ItsNotAllRockNRoll

Interview

Jim Burns

Director of It’s Not All Rock & Roll, a new documentary about Hamburg duo Swearing At Motorists, talks to Lorna Irvine about putting the film together

Soft Cell live at London Eventim Apollo 4 (c) David Pearce 2021

Academy Glasgow

Soft Cell

Wonderful evening of greatest hits proves there’s still fire in their bellies

Mogwai

Royal Concert Hall

Mogwai

Glasgow legends play a triumphant homecoming show

Nation Of Language A Way Forward

Nation Of Language
A Way Forward

Second album from Brooklyn band has the chops

Julia Shapiro Zorked

Julia Shapiro
Zorked

Goth and dream pop-influenced solo album is beautiful but gloomy

Efterklang - Windflowers

Efterklang
Windflowers

Denmark’s ambient pop trio return with pretty if unremarkable album

Philip Frobos Vague Enough To Satisfy

Philip Frobos
Vague Enough To Satisfy

First solo album by Omni frontman comes over like lo-fi Alan Partridge

Nick Cave Warren Ellis

Theatre Royal Glasgow

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

An immaculate conception, and big Nick energy

Karine Polwart - Still As Your Sleeping

Karine Polwart and Dave Milligan
Still As Your Sleeping

Simple, pure and beautiful storytelling