Lorna Irvine

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

Reviews: 170

Other Articles: 5

Karine Polwart - Still As Your Sleeping

Karine Polwart and Dave Milligan
Still As Your Sleeping

Simple, pure and beautiful storytelling

Stills of a Lockdown City

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Stills of a Lockdown City – Brian Hartley and Dylan Lombard

Inventive exhibition in a Glasgow tenement garden documents the city in lockdown

Flowerland Pearl & The Oysters

Pearl and the Oysters
Flowerland

French-Americans’ third album is nice, if too summery

Kat Von D - Love Made Me Do It

Kat Von D
Love Made Me Do It

Impressive guest list can’t save celebrity tattoo artist’s debut from being style over substance

Dot Allison Heart Shaped Scars

Dot Allison
Heart Shaped Scars

Scottish singer-songwriter’s seventh album feels familiar

Piroshka - Love Drips and Gathers

Piroshka
Love Drips And Gathers

Second album is an intimate and beautiful look at family

Supermilk Four By Three

Supermilk
Four By Three

Beautiful album that invokes many first times

St Vincent Daddys Home

St Vincent
Daddy’s Home

Introspection and retro influences make for a satisfying album

Buffet Lunch The Power Of Rocks

Buffet Lunch
The Power Of Rocks

Debut album gives good angular, and much more

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Alan Vega
Mutator

Lost album from the late singer is worth dipping into

New Long Leg

Dry Cleaning
New Long Leg

Debut album is a deadpan mêlée

As Days Get Dark

Arab Strap
As Days Get Dark

Moffat and Middleton return with a pleasing new-ish sound and some familiar themes

Bicep Isles

Bicep
Isles

Perfection, with old-school rave and future facing beats from the Belfast kids

Disco Zombies South London Stinks

Disco Zombies
South London Stinks

Classic punky scamps compilation still holds up

Pom Poko Cheater

Pom Poko
Cheater

Norwegians’ second album brings welcome energy to the new year

Adulkt Life - Book Of Curses

Adulkt Life
Book Of Curses

Uncompromising incendiary noise with a point

Beth Hirsch - LIFE

Beth Hirsch
L.I.F.E.

Fine slinky pop to soundtrack Sunday afternoons

Peter Bibby Marge

Peter Bibby’s Dog Act
Marge

Slacker rock for 2020 gets scuzzy

Bill Callahan - Gold Record

Bill Callahan
Gold Record

Mellow gold from Smog singer-songwriter and pals

LA Witch Play With Fire

LA Witch
Play With Fire

Second album from California trio feels like a real revelation

Oscar Jerome Breathe Deep

Oscar Jerome
Breathe Deep

If ever there was an album exploring our societal dichotomy for 2020, it’s ‘Breathe Deep’ […]

Crack Cloud - Pain Olympics

Crack Cloud
Pain Olympics

One of the year’s most significant debut albums, and albums in general

Beths Jump Rope Gazers

The Beths
Jump Rope Gazers

New Zealand band’s second album is rather lovely, if too polished

Wesley Gonzalez - Appalling Human

Wesley Gonzalez
Appalling Human

Ex Let’s Wrestle man channels some unexpected bits of the 80s