A Tender Thing asks the question what if Romeo and Juliet had lived full lives, and what would happen when they eventually had to be parted through death. This play was written […]
A Tender Thing – Project Arts Centre – Review
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A Skull in Connemara – Gaiety Theatre – Review
A Skull in Connemara – Review by Helen O’Leary The first peals of audience laughter come a bit reluctantly. After all it seems a bit inappropriate to be chuckling at a husband […]
The Awkward Moment – Film Review
The Awkward Moment – Film Review – by Niall Curran – Released Jan 29th Behold the Brom-Com Billed as “The Brom-Com”, an ingenious new genre of romantic comedy dreamed up by the […]
Out of the Furnace – Movie Review
Out of the Furnace – Review Emily Elphinstone After some of the far more flashy films that have been nominated during awards season, ‘Out of the Furnace’ is a breath of fresh […]
Sparks – The Teachers’ Club – Review
Sparks by Pat Hynes Scéal Eile are an interesting new theatre company based in a bookshop in Ennis, Co.Clare. Their current offering at the Teacher’s Club on Parnell Square, is ‘Sparks’ written […]
Willy Vlautin (Richmond Fontaine)- Gutter Bookshop – 28th Jan
Willy Vlautin may not be a household name, but many will know him better as the lead singer with the band Richmond Fontaine! Willy has also written a number of books, including […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (27-1-14 – 2-2-14)
Bill Callahan is in Dublin, yes, that Bill Callahan, of Smog fame, and even (Smog) fame, if you want to get precious about it. It’s hard to compete with that for your […]
TV: Looking, Bonnie and Clyde, True Detective
Is Looking (Sky Atlantic, Monday: 10.35pm) America’s answer to Queer as Folk, or an all male Sex and the City? Set in San Francisco, it follows the lives of three men. Patrick, […]
Cuba in Revolution – Book Review
Why is Cuba Beautiful? Review by Sean Sheehan Cuba in Revolution, texts by Richard Gott, Peter Kornbluh, Mark Sanders (Hatje Cantz) Cuba, Andrew Moore (Damiani) There should be a place in everyone’s […]
Jezebel – Rough Magic – Interview with Margaret McAuliffe
Jezebel – Interview with Margaret McAuliffe by Emily Elphinstone According to Jezebel, Rough Magic’s new production; 15% of the population have had a threesome. Who knew the Irish were such a kinky […]
New Movie Releases – 24-01-14
We’re approaching the end of Oscar season, and there’s a few new releases, but strangely they’re the ones that didn’t get too many nominations. How does that work? Does anyone care to […]
August: Osage County – Movie Review
Film Review – August :Osage County By Niall Curran Another year, another Oscar nomination for Meryl Streep in her first dramatic role since her oscar-winning role in The Iron Lady in 2011. […]
Meteor Song of the Year – Nominees
Song, another list to pick from, this time for the Meteor Song of the Year. I’ve a long tradition of getting these things completely wrong, but if you made me choose, I’d […]
Teenage – Movie Review
Dir: Matt Wolf Running time: 78 mins. Release Date: January 24th Review by Sean Kingston The “teenager”, as we accept the definition today, is a demographic generally accepted as having been born […]
Winter Season – Last Days of Peter Bergmann – Freemasons Lodge – Jan 30th
This is another event from the Happenings and Le Cool folk, and sounds an interesting one. There’s a screen of various shorts, and also a screening of ‘The Last days of Peter […]
Listen at Lilliput – 26-01-14
It’s only three days until this months Listen at Lilliput, and it’s not to be missed. With Everything Shook, Sean Mac Erlaine (This is how we fly) and Sallay will perform in […]
New Music: Jalapeno Funk Vol. 5
Hump day blues? Well, it could be worse, right. There’s an instant cure below with the wonderful mix by Jalapeno, and the world just seems…. funkier! The Jalapeno Funk series is our […]
Asgeir – Sugar Club – 11th April
John Grant thinks he’s dead ace and peachy keen, so what more do you want? Any friend of Johns and all that. Asgeir will arrive to play Dublin in April, in possibly […]
Druid – Colleen Bawn – Gaiety Theatre – Review
A once wealthy family faces financial ruin as their debts continue to mount and payment is due. The only thing that can save them from losing their estate is the marriage of […]
New Music – The Rubberbandits – Dads Best Friend
‘I’m picking out the hooker that I like the best, I’m crying on her toilet coz my life’s a mess’ Moments of genius are few and far between, but this could be […]
Belle & Sebastian to record Eurovision album?
Maybe Belle & Sebastian might be able to enter the Eurovision for Scotland in a few years, you never know. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone Stuart Murdoch confirmed they’ll start […]
New Irish Music – Girl Band – Lawman (Video)
The video has just been released for the wonderfully controlled noise-fest that is Girl Band’s new single Lawman. It’s a joyously scuzzy videotape-esque promo (made by Second/Frame) and it works beautifully. The […]
JDIFF Events, Workshops and Talks
Tickets went on sale for the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival this morning, and already a few of the bigger events have sold out! Still, there’s lots of work shops, free events, […]
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything – Album Review
‘We live on an island called Montreal, and we make a lot of noise, because we love each other!’ says the voice of a small child to introduce the new album by […]
New Music: Damon Albarn – Everday Robots (Longitude Appearance?)
This is the first release of Damon’s new album, and the title track no less. The album will be released on April 28th. He has just been announced as a headliner in […]
JDIFF 2014 Preview – Movies to see
The programme for the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2014 has just been released and there’s more than a few gems in there. The festival runs from February 13th to 23rd in […]
Four Tet Release Early Albums
Four new Four Tet albums dropped this morning, as a new Band Camp site came into existence. The albums vary in length and cost, but if you’re a purist, and want to […]
New Music – Fox Jaw – Kerosene
It’s one of those ‘will he, won’t he’ videos that makes you watch right through to the very end! This song is taken from their second album, Ghost Parade which will be […]
Warpaint – Warpaint – Album Review
This album quietly took me by surprise. I’d heard the single that was bouncing around the airwaves, but was expecting the album to be patchy at best, but there’s consistency and quality […]
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