Kill Shuffle Podcast

Familiar faces, callbacks and old favourites pepper a new episode of everyone’s favourite bi-weekly album review programme! THIS WEEK: Sleeps Society by While She Sleeps / The Seed, The Vessel, The Roots and All by New Pagans / ULTRAPOP by The Armed / Gorillaz (2001) by Gorillaz Hosts: Dónal Kennedy and Dylan O’Connor. Music: Dónal […]

We reassess probably the best album ever made by a bunch of 16-year-olds, plus the triumphant return of electrometal heroes, new Irish sounds and more. THIS WEEK: Dream Weapon by Genghis Tron / Famous World Tour by Wavedash / Waves EP by NewDad / Fang of Deception OST by LITE / All We Know is […]

We celebrate 100 episodes the only way we know how: getting excited about albums! Dyl brings one of his all-time favourites to Time Machine while our review slate gets multilingual and multicultural. THIS WEEK: 2 by Zachary Garren / Liebe Macht Monster by Eisbrecher / Really From by Really From / Hysteria (1987) by Def […]

Where are we going, fellas? To the toppermost of the poppermost! Our lead reviews also lead the UK album charts in a heartwarming twist of fate, plus a globetrotting mix of new and classic releases. THIS WEEK: For Those That Wish to Exist by Architects / Nature Always Wins by Maxïmo Park / NIRATIAS by […]

We’ve exterminated some technical gremlins to bring you a show that’s twice as late but twice as large as usual! Featuring some of the most exciting new releases of the year so far across the musical spectrum. THIS WEEK: Earth is a Black Hole by Teenage Wrist / Good Woman by The Staves / Ghost […]

Hey Joe, you wanna give it a go? Join us as we crown the one true Lady Marmalade and dive into albums and EPs from familiar friends and new faces. THIS WEEK: Takaisin by Radio Supernova / Unseen World by BAND-MAID / Blame Game EP by Beach Bunny / Covers 2 EP by Hovvdy / […]

2021 gets off to a flying start with some brand new releases, some late-December surprises and a fresh look at one of the late great Alexi Laiho’s most distinctive albums. THIS WEEK: Infinity Stare by Alpha Male Tea Party / Fuck Art by The Dirty Nil / Spectrum by Chalk Dinosaur / Into the Cosmos […]

Finding yourself with a little extra time this New Year? Lucky for you, we’re here to zap five (yes, five) hours of lockdown 3.0 with our Top 20 Albums of 2020 special! During a historically awful year for almost everything, music was a notable exception. Join Dónal and Dylan for a countdown of the records […]

The boys see off a year of regular review shows and prepare their hibernation nests to a soundtrack of satisfying career progressions, returns to form and displays of blinding consistency. Some heavy, some light, all good! THIS WEEK: Sleepless by Palm Reader / Your Fault EP by HORSE the band / Impulse Voices by Plini […]

Hard work pays off for a Dublin band and there are some surprising differences of opinion on a decidedly piquant penultimate podcast for 2020. THIS WEEK: Staring at Clocks by Bitch Falcon / Circadian by Intervals / Black Foxxes by Black Foxxes / Self Worth by Mourn Hosts: Dónal Kennedy and Dylan O’Connor. Music: Dónal […]

The Failureverse is the gift that keeps on giving with a surprise release from 90s cult hero and superproducer Ken Andrews, as well as the return of Bring Me the Horizon and new records from Chinese and Japanese artists we’ve had our eye on. THIS WEEK: What’s Coming EP by Ken Andrews / 100,000 Whys […]

A crop of young artists drawing on the best bits of the 80s and 90s grab the headlines in our first Lockdown 2.0 episode, plus quick (sonic) trips to the Japan and Serbia. THIS WEEK: Fake It Flowers by beabadoobee / 10 by tricot / Somewhere Nowhere by Hundredth / Sordid Pink by Sordid Pink […]

One fashionably late and thee surprisingly early releases go under the musical microscope in an episode populated by podcast favourites. THIS WEEK: Ohms by Deftones / Over the Top by TWRP / Blue Hearts by Bob Mould / Trash Earthers by Pet Shimmers Hosts: Dónal Kennedy and Dylan O’Connor. Music: Dónal Kennedy. Follow our Spotify […]

In our latest Time Machine segment a Dreamcast classic gets a fascinating tribute album, plus we review new releases from a set of returning artists. THIS WEEK: Re-Animator by Everything Everything / ABRACADABRA by BUCK-TICK / Tautology III by El Ten Eleven / Memories of Tokyo-To (2018) by 2 Mello Hosts: Dónal Kennedy and Dylan […]

Dónal and Dylan chat about Failure’s spectacular 1992-1996 box set, plus reviews of new albums from across the world and a retrospective on a curious release that blends jazz and tech metal. THIS WEEK: Lie Out Loud by BLOXX / Moon Mermaid by Kow Otani / 12th House Rock by Narrow Head / Lingua Franca […]

New Biffy is always an interesting conversation, and this time around is no exception! Plus an NYC lockdown time capsule, Antipodean ambience and an overlooked goth classic. THIS WEEK: A Celebration of Endings by Biffy Clyro / Odd Cure EP by Oddisee / Freeze, Melt by Cut Copy / Believe in Nothing by Paradise Lost […]

Nobody’s perfect, not least your dear hosts who bungled the audio for this week’s show leaving it two reviews short – all apologies to The Fall of Troy and Fontaines DC whose new albums you should certainly check out. The surviving half, however, is business as usual with three more in-depth discussions. Do not adjust […]

The 80s, the 90s, the 00s and the 10s all make reappearances in one way or another in a nostalgic new episode of Kill Shuffle! THIS WEEK: Domingo by Chip Tanaka / The Kingdom by Bush / Tautology II by El Ten Eleven / Immersion (2010) by Pendulum Hosts: Dónal Kennedy and Dylan O’Connor. Music: […]

A brilliant Irish band stake their claim on the emo revival, post-rock goes 80s (again), there’s a surprise release from a podcast favourite and plenty of weird and wonderful noises to discuss on our new episode. THIS WEEK: New Ways of Living by The Winter Passing / How Do We Want to Live? by Long […]

Reunited and it sounds so good! After three months of remote recording, the boys are back together to talk all things metal, folk, jazz, indie and… witch house? THIS WEEK: Lamb of God by Lamb of God / Sideways to New Italy by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever / Sleep on the Wing EP by Bibio […]