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To Be a Machine (Version 1.0) – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review Continues until October 10th (Sold Out) Mark O’Connell’s book “To Be A Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the […]
Interview with Brendan Tallon – Revelino – Part 1 by Killian Laher No More Workhorse had a chat with Brendan Tallon of Revelino about the reissue of their debut album. You can […]
Television Picks of the Week – 05/10/20 by Alison Traynor You might not have noticed as 2020 has been a perpetual horror show, but spooky season is officially here! Although Halloween costumes […]
Lila Tristram – Our Friends – Album Review by Killian Laher Lila Tristram is an English singer-songwriter. Half the songs on her debut album came out as an EP a few months […]
Rialto – Film Review by P McGovern Director: Peter Mackie Burns Writer: Mark O’Halloran Stars: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Tom Glynn-Carney, Monica Dolan In the sea of recent overhyped movies, propped up by the reputation of fashionable directors, […]
Album of the Week – 02/10/20 First off, how is William Shatner still making music? You have to love him really. This time he tackles “The Blues” and it kinda sounds like […]
Mary Lattimore – Silver Ladders – Album Review by Killian Laher Mary Lattimore is an American harpist who has played with the likes of Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile. On this album, […]
Dances For Inside and Outside – Live Stream – 2/10/20 “The Dancers are searching for a safe space and a safe way to be together” – John Scott This new work by […]
Yo La Tengo – Sleepless Night EP – Review by Killian Laher After the ambient delights of their recent album We Have Amnesia Sometimes, Yo La Tengo are very much in laid […]
Bob Mould – Blue Hearts – Album Review by Killian Laher Just 19 months on from the comparatively upbeat Sunshine Rock, Bob Mould returns with a complete 180 degree turn for his […]
Thurston Moore – By The Fire – Album Review by Killian Laher With Sonic Youth very much in the rearview mirror, Thurston Moore has released his latest song-based album. Again working with […]
TV Picks of the Week – 28/09/20 by Alison Traynor As September gives way to October and the weather grows colder, nothing sounds more appealing than settling down in front of the […]
Album of the Week – 25/09/20 Remember last week we were saying it was a slow week? Well, this week is a bit of an avalanche of new music and a lot […]
A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles – Audible Book Review In this work, we are introduced to Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov. He is a man from a different age. He was […]
Monsoon – Film Review by Frank L Director: Hong Khaou Writer: Hong Khaou Stars: Henry Golding, Parker Sawyers, David Tran In this film, a young man called Kit (Henry Golding) takes a […]
18th IFI Documentary Festival – Online In case you’ve been living under a rock, you might not know that Dublin has been plunged into the depths of Level 3, meaning all cinemas […]
The Apartments – In and Out of the Light – Album Review by Killian Laher Albums from The Apartments don’t come around too often, the new one from Peter Milton Walsh and […]
Black Phoebe – Black Phoebe – Review by Killian Laher Mark Lanegan has been dabbling with dance music for a couple of years. A couple of his recent albums received a dance […]
Television Picks of the Week – 21/09/20 by Alison Traynor Now that trips to the cinema are out of the question for many people in Ireland, television recommendations are needed more than […]
The Long Balconies, Tales from a City – Online Tonight If you’re looking for an event to fill your evening, this may be of interest…‘The Long Balconies, Tales from the City – […]
Album of the Week – 18/09/20 It’s a slow week for new releases, but there are still a few to keep you entertained. We’d recommend you check out the new releases from […]
An Open Letter from the Live Events and Entertainment Sector It does strike me as fairly ridiculous that the arts, in general, have been singled out for the worst of the restrictions. […]
Nocturnal – Film Review by Hugh Maguire Director: Nathalie Biancheri Writers: Olivia Waring (screenplay by), Nathalie Biancheri (screenplay by) Stars: Cosmo Jarvis, Sadie Frost, Yasmin Monet Prince ‘It’s grim up North’ is […]
Ed Harcourt – Monochrome To Colour – Album Review By Cathy Brown It has been almost twenty years since Ed Harcourt released his Mercury Prize-nominated debut Here Be Monsters and in recent […]
Bill & Ted Face the Music – Film Review by Fran Winston Director: Dean Parisot Writers: Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen Schaal Nearly thirty years after their […]
IDLES – Ultra Mono – Album Review by Killian Laher IDLES have dished out some of the finest in-your-face punk rock in recent years. They really delivered on 2018’s Joy As An […]
Television Picks of the Week – 15/09/20 by Alison Traynor In case of the likely event that the sun once again crawls behind the clouds – an apt if obvious metaphor for […]
New Music – Niamh Regan – Hemet Niamh Regan’s album Hemet was released on September 4th with barely a ripple. Since that time, it has gone on to receive a number of […]
Album of the Week – 11/09/20 This week we have a multitude of new work (and a lot of it worth checking out) but no obvious stand out album! There is new […]
