John Grant – Grey Tickles, Black Pressure released Friday, 2nd OCTOBER 2015 via BELLA UNION Some exciting news on John Grant as he has just announced his new album Grey Tickles, Black […]
John Grant – Grey Tickles, Black Pressure – Album Announcement
Nellie – Viking Theatre – Review
Nellie – Viking Theatre – Review by Frank L. Nellie (the extraordinary story of a home birth midwife) – Written by Aileen Wymes. Although the programme notes states that the play is […]
She’s Funny That Way – Movie Review
She’s Funny That Way – Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Peter Bogdanovich Starring: Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Rhys Ifans Peter Boogdanovich’s She’s Funny That Way attempts to strike out at […]
The Laramie Project – Teacher’s Club – Review
The Laramie Project – Teacher’s Club on Parnell Square East – June 22-26th at 7.30pm In 1998 a young gay student by the name of Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten, tied to […]
New Music – Mercury Rev – The Queen of Swans
It seems a long time since we’ve heard from Mercury Rev, and indeed their last album Snowflake Midnight was released in 2008! Some good news then in the form of a new […]
The Look of Silence – Movie Review
The Look of Silence – Review by Frank L. Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer This is a companion piece to Oppenheimer’s “Act of Killing”. It relates to the same massacre of a million […]
Slow West – Movie Review
Slow West – Review by C.K. MacNamara Writer/Director: John Maclean Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Caren Pistorius, Ben Mendelsohn Newly minted Director John Maclean’s debut film “Slow West” adopts an appropriate title […]
The Go! Team – Whelan’s – 20-06-15 – Gig Review
It is fair to say that the Go! Team seemed like a big band playing a small venue! The six piece band complete with roadies and sound engineer took to the stage […]
Things To Do In Dublin (22-06-15 – 28-06-15)
This is something of a gap week with the various music festivals that have taken over for the last few months. The Dublin LGBTQ Pride festival has already starter and runs until […]
The Shadow Of A Gunman – Abbey Theatre – Review
The Shadow Of A Gunman – Abbey Theatre – Review Donal Davoren (Mark O’Halloran) is a man of words, a poet who is staying with Seamus Shields (David Ganly) in a Dublin […]
Once The Musical – On Grafton Street
Were you on Grafton street last Thursday (18th of June) at 1.20pm? If you were, you may have seen some buskers with a difference, as the cast of Once the musical were […]
Entourage – Movie Review
Entourage – Movie Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Doug Ellin Starring: Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Dillon, Kevin Connolly, Debi Mazar, Haley Joel Osmet, Billy Bob Thornton Based on the TV […]
Mogwai – The Olympia – 18-06-15 – Gig Review
Mogwai @ The Olympia, Dublin – 18-06-15 – Review by Killian Laher Hard to believe Mogwai have been around for twenty years as this is billed as their 20th anniversary tour. On […]
Gavin Glass – Sunday Songs – Album Launch – Whelan’s – 28-06-15
Songwriter and sometimes DJ for TX FM, the great Gavin Glass will have his official album launch in Whelan’s next Sunday. It’s already one of the Irish albums of the year, so […]
Mr. Holmes – Movie Review – V2.0
Mr. Holmes – Review by Frank L. Directed by Bill Condon Starring: Ian McKellan, Laura Linney, Hattie Morahan, Milo Parker, Patrick Kennedy, Phil Davis, Roger Allam, Hiroyuki Sanada Adapted from the novel […]
Ezra Furman – Workman’s Club – 20-10-15
October may seem a long way away right now, but I’d imagine if you leave this much longer these tickets could be a distant memory! Ezra Furman is just about to release […]
Bully – Feels Like – Album Review
Bully – Feels Like – Album Review by Killian Laher Bully play a brand of shouty, early 90s style alt-rock. Singer Alicia Bognanno does a fine Courtney Love on the sub two-minute […]
Les Combattants – Movie Review
Les Combattants – Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Thomas Cailley Starring: Kévin Azaïs and Adéle Haenel The award winning Les Combattants is an example of extreme polarity; a quirky spin on the […]
Schnellertollermeier & Twinkranes – Twisted Pepper – 18-06-15
If only for their very rocking names, we had to feature them! Schnellertollermeier & Twinkranes are two names that roll off the tongue nicely. This is a double header of power-guitar trio […]
The Longest Ride – Movie Review
The Longest Ride – Movie Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: George Tillman Jr. Writers: Nicholas Sparks (novel), Craig Bolotin (screenplay) Stars: Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson, Alan Alda As a Nicholas Sparks adaptation, […]
A Lesson In When To Quit – Theatre Upstairs – Review
A Lesson In When To Quit – Theatre Upstairs – Until June 27th Ruby was a child star. She went for an audition with Mr. Headski and despite her obvious lack of […]
Glorious Madness – Anu Productions – From June 23rd
A little surprise landed in my in box yesterday in the form of a new Anu production based around 1916 which kicks off next week (June 23rd). It follows on from the […]
Ryan Adams – Live at Carnegie Hall – Album Review
Ryan Adams – Live at Carnegie Hall – Album Review by Killian Laher The ultra-prolific Ryan Adams recently released a collection of live performances – Live At Carnegie Hall. Available as a […]
The Burning – Movie Review
The Burning – Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Pablo Fendrik Starring: Gael García, Alice Braga, Claudio Tolcachir, Julián Tello Written more as a fan adaptation than original concept, Pablo Fendrik’s The Burning […]
Mairead O’Neill Laher – In My Element – Exhibition
This is a new exhibition by Mairead O’Neill Laher which is currently running in the Signal Arts Centre in Bray. They are a collection of paintings based on coastlines and skylines that […]
Kilkenny Arts Festival Programme – 7-16 August 2015
Details of the Kilkenny Arts Festival have just dropped, with names such as DruidShakespeare, Martin Hayes, Toumani Diabaté, Robert Pinsky and Mick O’Dea catching the eye. There’s also going to be a […]
Mr. Holmes – Movie Review
Mr Holmes – Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Bill Condon Starring: Ian McKellan, Laura Linney, Hattie Morahan, Milo Parker, Patrick Kennedy, Phil Davis, Roger Allam, Hiroyuki Sanada In cinemas June 19th […]
The Ulysses Guide – Robert Nicholson – Book Review
This is an updated edition of the Ulysses Guide – Tours through Joyce’s Dublin. This new edition aims to take into account a number of the changes that have happened in Dublin […]
Things To Do In Dublin (15-06-15 – 21-06-15)
It’s another busy one, so without further ado… The IFI Open Day takes place this week, on June 20th to be exact! There’s a great line up of movies, so well worth […]
No More Workhorse 