Orla Gartland, “Everybody Needs a Hero.” Irish singer-songwriter Orla Gartland is back with another album of enigmatic pop on the vulerable Everybody Needs a Hero. Everybody Needs a Hero Orla Gartland New Friends, Oct. 4 8/10 Get the album on Amazon Music. Gartland continues her style of substance over flash,…

Cannons, courtesy. We’ve got alt-rock from Hank May, experimental electronic music from Sandunes, pop by Laura Groves and CANNONS, atmospheric Western melodies by McKowski and pop-punk from… Orla Gartland (wait, what?!) Hank May, “I’m Just a Lover” — From the word art in the video to observational lyrics like,…

The best albums of 2021 include Adele, Chvrches, Sufjan Stevens and Angelo de Augustine, Halsey, Lil Nas X, J. Cole, Orla Gartland, Black Country, New Road, Aesop Rock and Blockhead, and Black Veil Brides. Down to the top 20. Whew! Now’s a good time for you to let us…

Orla Gartland is so unflashy with her artistic gifts that more jaded listeners might overlook them altogether. The young Irish singer-songwriter’s debut album, Woman on the Internet, doesn’t have any in-your-face revelations. Her spare, elegantly quirky electro-pop will sound familiar to anyone who’s heard Imogen Heap, Sylvan Esso, or St.…