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This is one of Guy Delisle’s earliest Travelogues, with a trip to Shenzhen, China to oversee the completion of a children’s cartoon in 1997. Delisle spent a three month period in China, […]
Something a bit special, a lovely song and a nicely bizarre video to go along with it! Details below. Enjoy! We are excited to announce the release of the official Sound of […]
Oh yes indeed, Mr. Cave is back with some sort of a movie which has been featuring in film festivals including Sundance, among others. The first clip has emerged onto the internet, […]
Love is in the air…. everywhere I look around… do do do, do do do. Yes, it’s another one of those holidays created by greeting card companies, if you want to be […]
Humble apologies dear reader for my absence last week. I can only imagine your disappointment as you sat down with your cafe au lait and softly boiled egg last weekend and opened […]
Breathless By Joseph Kearney February 3rd to 15th 8pm Review by Joseph Kearney John McKenna has created a four woman piece. A man has stepped inside the minds of four women and […]
Here’s another chance to see the documentary on the National, made by the brother of the lead singer! Yes, the director is Tom Berninger, who went on tour with his brothers band […]
The song debuted last night on Zane Lowe’s BBC One show and this morning saw the unveiling of the official video for Villagers’ new – between-albums – single ‘Occupy Your Mind.’ It […]
Stanley Tucci is one of those actors who has quietly had an amazing career in Hollywood. Just this week he is the voice of Leonardo Di Vinci in Mr. Peabody, and he […]
This is almost a perfect week, three new releases, all of them good (well, Robocop is only kinda good, but that’s still better than I was expecting) and something for everyone. We […]
This is almost a hip-hop version of the gig guide, with Jurassic 5 (17-6), Homeboy Sandman (06-03), Young Fathers (14-02-2014) and Schoolboy Q (27-05) all announcing gigs over the last few days. […]
This something out of left field, an unexpected sound that has caught my imagination over the last few weeks. You can tell the roots of their sound, with Massive Attack and other […]
A little ditty I thought was worth sharing from D. Charles Speer & the Helix called Wallwaker, and you can download it for free on their Soundcloud site! Their album is out […]
If you don’t know the work of William Klein, I can’t think of a better place to start, and you can get to meet the man himself, at the IFI. Check out […]
Jezebel – Review by Emily Elphinstone 4th – 6th Feb: Civic Theatre, Tallaght http://www.civictheatre.ie Traditionally, Jezebel is associated with promiscuity and manipulation; but that couldn’t be further from the truth in Mark […]
The Leaders of Men want the world to be a better place, and I commend them for it! See what you think of their new release below. Leaders of Men are gearing […]
I Draw Slow are about to explode back into our world with a new single, album and gig on the way! Exciting news. For those that haven’t been paying attention, they’re a […]
‘To give the mind to chemistry, to numb it to the truth’ – Lamotrigine Lamotrigine is the first song and lead single of Dylan Tighe’s new album. It is also an anticonvulsant […]
Yes, we have survived the cold of January and are now entering Spring, by most people’s reckoning. February is starting out pretty wild, but we’ll give it time to settle. This week, […]
Dotter of her Father’s Eyes – Written by Mary M Talbot, Drawn by Bryan Talbot. Published by Jonathan Cape. This is a graphic novel written by Mary Talbot and illustrated by her […]
The Hugh Lane concert series is one of those hidden treasures of Dublin, that everyone should know about. There is a strong focus on classical music, but next week (Feb 9th 2014) […]
Review by Dan O’Neill The Corrib Gas Line has been one of those subjects in Irish life that has been either ignored or forgotten about by most of the domestic media. The […]
Broken Song Screening and Q&A – 7.30pm, 4th February, Twisted Pepper, €5 Admission. Broken Song is a fascinating documentary on the Rap scene in Ballymun, directed by Claire Dix that was released […]
St. Vincent is one of those artists that loves the dying art of videos! It’s rare these days to see someone that actually cares about videos, as they seem a product of […]
So, is that it? Is it officially the end of Oscar season? It’s like a kid at Christmas that has opened all their presents too quickly, we are left with a slight […]
Journal de France – Film Review by Niall Curran Raymond Depardon is an old man with piercing blue eyes who travels around France in his camper van enjoying the silence. He likes […]
Some softly spoken indie pop/ folk music all the way from Utrecht! I can’t say I know too much about the Dutch music scene, but if this is anything to go by, […]
The Dig – Review by Emily Elphinstone Theatre Upstairs is kicking of their 2014 season in style, with the World Premiere of ‘The Dig’, from Yes Productions. ‘The Dig’ tells the story […]
Yes, there’s lots and lots of new additions, as we haven’t had a good look at the gig scene for a while now! The big ones are the National, the Arctic Monkeys […]
No More Workhorse 