Lorna Irvine

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

Reviews: 127

Other Articles: 4

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

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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

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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

Martin Rev
Les Nymphes

Glorious space age loops and strangeness from one half of a legendary duo

Cluster II

Cluster
Cluster II

On its 50th anniversary, the German trailblazers’ album is still incredible

Nyx Nott - Themes From

Nyx Nott
Themes From

Moody soundtrack homage is perfect late night music

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Queen Margaret Union

Ezra Furman

Flawless set for difficult times

The Ruby Cord Richard Dawson

Richard Dawson
The Ruby Cord

Life, death, and everything in between

Sleep Party People Heap Of Ashes

Sleep Party People
Heap Of Ashes

Mellow and crunchy sounds co-exist on Danish band’s 6th LP

Smut How The Light Felt

Smut
How The Light Felt

80s/90s-inspired album has some lovely indie pop

Lizabett Russo - While I Sit And Watch This Tree

Lizabett Russo
While I Sit And Watch This Tree Vol 2

More beautiful music from a singular singer songwriter

Ezra Collective - Where I'm Meant To Be

Ezra Collective
Where I’m Meant To Be

Absolutely life-affirming album from the Afro jazz act is impossible to resist