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Barra Ó Súilleabháin

Barra Ó Súilleabháin is a science writer at Research2Reality and contributes to outlets such as The Media Editor and Button Masher Magazine. If he's not serenading his bedroom with his Spanish guitar, he can be found most evenings buried in his Nintendo with Flying Lotus as the soundtrack.

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Album Review | Heather Gruber Delivers Catchy Pop Innocence on Dance Into the Desert

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Oct 19, 2018

If the Juno soundtrack got the better of your sentimental side back in 2007, Heather Gruber’s sunny acoustic pop tunes are bound to resonate. Dance into the Desert is a collection of unpretentious and colourful songs designed to be as…

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Album Review | Fields Amaze and Other Strange Music Gets Remastered

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Oct 3, 2018

Patrick Grant’s widely acclaimed album from 2000, Fields Amaze and Other Strange Music, has been remastered and rereleased, and it remains an avant-garde triumph with a bountiful creative spirit, especially as it relates to all things…

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Album Review | For Those Who Craved a Sci-Fi Country Album, I Present Alien Country’s Like My Life…

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Sep 25, 2018

It’s hard to imagine how Liam Torres pitched the concept for Alien Country’s Like My Life Depends on It. But after listening through the finished product, it’s a bit easier to comprehend – this sci-fi country project isn’t as dangerous or…

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Single Review | WeatheredMan + Danii Roundtree – ‘Too Much To Say I Love You’

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Sep 11, 2018

‘Too Much to Say I Love You’ is the electrifying new collaborative track by WeatheredMan and Danii Roundtree, taken from the former’s duet album. Described on his SoundCloud page as fond of playing with artists “way cooler than he is”,…

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EP Review | The Slang’s Clarity And Charisma Shine Through on Desperate Times

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Sep 7, 2018

Indie/alt trio, The Slang, arrive with an EP that can’t be faulted for its studious replication of modern pop rock radio. What it can be faulted for is a glaring lack of identity on a well-trodden path; an accomplished replication that’s…

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Album Review | Halfwait Reopen The Gates To 90s Grunge with The Official

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Sep 6, 2018

Australian rockers, Halfwait, have reopened the gates to the once inescapable melting pot of 90s grunge/alt-rock/punk, in all its angsty, raucous glory. ?? Heavy rock may have waned considerably over the last decade, but bands like Halfwait…

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Single Review | Geoff Gibbons – ‘Rollin’ Free’

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Sep 5, 2018

Vancouver singer/songwriter Geoff Gibbons new single, ‘Rollin’ Free’, embodies the classic 70s Americana/soft rock blend that dominated the airwaves once upon a time. It’s smooth and breezy, though strikingly bland lyrically, yet for…

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EP Review | DDLO Deliver Fusion Delights On Suenas de Luna y Mar

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Aug 29, 2018

Many fusion subgenres live and die over short periods and are often reflected on as obscure eccentricities of the era – ‘spiritual jazz’ via Alice Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders being a prime example. Conversely, Latin jazz remains one of the…

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Album Review | Ajay Mathur’s Little Boat Has Something For Everyone

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Aug 27, 2018

It’s been two years since Ajay Mathur received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song, lending great anticipation to fans and critics over his next move. Born in India, though a resident of Switzerland and inspired by the tapestry of…

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Album Review | Gideon King and City Blog – Upscale Madhouse

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Aug 23, 2018

Comparisons to Steely Dan are a rarity in today’s musical landscape, but this is the unanimous verdict of commentators when it comes to Gideon King and City Blog. New album, ‘Upscale Madhouse’ edges closer to the jazzier side of that…

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