The Soft Moon – Deeper – Album Review by Killian Laher The Soft Moon is a project dreamed up by the disturbed brain of Luis Vazquez. On the evidence of these eleven […]
The Soft Moon – Deeper – Album Review
Mad Max: Fury Road – Movie Review
Mad Max: Fury Road – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by George Miller Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Rosie Huntington-Whitely. After dalliances with talking pigs and dancing penguins, septuagenarian George […]
Competition – Win Tickets to Jameson Cult Film Club – Lethal Weapon
Win tickets to the Jameson Cult Film Club screening of LETHAL WEAPON. Christmas has come early to Dublin as the Jameson Cult Film Club is returning for an explosive double screening of […]
Peter Broderick – Colours of the Night – Album Review
Peter Broderick – Colours of the Night – Album Review by Killian Laher Peter Broderick is a pretty productive artist by anyone’s standards. Colours of the Night is his eleventh solo album […]
A Place To Bury Strangers – Transfixiation – Album Review
A Place To Bury Strangers – Transfixiation – Album Review by Killian Laher So you miss the dark, goth sound of the 80s? Fear not, the self-styled loudest band in New York, […]
Things To Do In Dublin (11-04-15 – 17-05-15)
ILFD starts on the 16th of May, which is the International Literature Festival Dublin. There’s a mass of events around the city, with some big names including Peter Carey, Jon Ronson and […]
Picnic on the Battlefield – Pearse Centre Theatre – Review
Picnic on the Battlefield – Review by Conor MacNamara Director – Liam Hallahan Written by – Fernando Arrabal Starring: Kyle Hixon, Síofra O’Meara, John Smyth, Sharon Skerritt, Sebastian Stephenson, Reka Ferencz Liam Hallahan, […]
Angels in the Park – Shiva Productions
After the storm from yesterday has lifted, what better way to spend your day than watching theatre outside! Shiva Productions are back with more Angels in the Park, touring some of the […]
The Tribe – Movie Review
The Tribe – Movie Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Miroslav Slaboshpitsky Writer: Miroslav Slaboshpitsky Stars: Grigoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy It’s clear from the outset that Miroslav Slaboshpitsky’s film The Tribe […]
Paul Tiernan – The Mystery of Others – Album Review
Paul Tiernan – The Mystery of Others – Album Review by Killian Laher Paul Tiernan, formerly of Interference has several solo albums under his belt, his latest, The Mystery of Others is […]
Being Norwegian – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
Being Norwegian written by David Greig – Review by Frank L May 05 – 30, 2015 Time: 1pm (doors at 12.50pm) – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre @ Powercourt Starring Karl Shiels and Gemma […]
Fables Vol 19 – Snow White – Comic Review
Fables Vol 19. Snow White – Comprises Fables 114-129 This series of Fables starts with the adventures of Bufkin, who is trapped in Oz and determined to set the people free! This […]
I’m Going Through Something – Cobalt Cafe – Review
I’m Going Through Something – Cobalt Cafe – Review by Battus – 5th – 9th May Title: I’m Going Through Something Sub-heading: Before I speak with Putin Country: Russia (performed in English) […]
Electric Picnic 2015 – New Acts Added!
Electric Picnic just added a bunch of new names to their list of performers, with one standing out in the form of Grace Jones. Blur too obviously! Otherwise there’s Interpol, Mac DeMarco […]
Heaven Adores You – Movie Review
Heaven Adores You – Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Nickolas Dylan Rossi Stars: Rossie Harris, Jon Brion, Elliott Smith | Elliott Smith and his music helped create some of the most memorable […]
The Twilight Sad – Whelans – 02-05-15 – Gig Review
The Twilight Sad, Whelans, Dublin, May 2nd – Review by Killian Laher On a rainy night in May, a sizeable crowd braved the elements for the penultimate night of the curiously named […]
Interview With Adrian Fitz-Simon On Faking His Own Reviews
Adrian Fitz-Simon is a crook, plain and simple, but you have to admire his moxy! If you click on his website, you will see a page of glowing reviews for his new […]
Before Monsters Were Made – Project Arts Centre – Review
Before Monsters Were Made – Project Arts Centre – Review Vincent (Lorcan Cranitch) has been teaching piano for many years. He is a pillar of the community and well loved by the […]
Things To Do In Dublin (04-04-15 – 10-05-15)
Some good gigs around Dublin this week, with Philip Glass, Calexico, Public Service Broadcasting and Tobias Jesso Jr to name but a few. There’s also Canalaphonic 2015 in the Rathmines and Portobello […]
The Districts – Academy – 02-05-15 – Preview
Have you your Saturday night sorted yet? If not, then the Academy 2 is possibly the place to be, with one of those bands that could explode over the course of the […]
Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld – Never Were The Way She Was – Album Review
Colin Stetson is a familiar name to many who follow the indie scene, having played with royalty such as Bon Iver and Arcade Fire. He plays the bass saxophone in a wild […]
Far from the Madding Crowd – Movie Review
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) – Movie Review by Frank L. Director: Thomas Vinterberg Writers: Thomas Hardy (novel), David Nicholls (screenplay) Stars: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen Thomas Hardy knew […]
Dublin Book Doctor – ILFD – 16th & 23rd May 2015
Dublin Book Doctor – International Literature Festival Dublin Date: Sat May 16 / 2pm – 6pm, Sat May 23 / 2pm – 6pm – Venue: Various – Price: €5 When was the […]
Meteor Choice Music Prize 10th Anniversary – Gig Review
Meteor Choice Music Prize celebrated its 10th anniversary last night with a variety of old friends turning up to perform including We Cut Corners , Adrian Crowley, Riptide Movement, Delorentos, Julie Feeney, […]
The Field – Gaiety Theatre – Review
John B Keane’s The Field – Gaiety Theatre – Review by M. Quinn 23 April 2015 – 30 May 2015 The Widow Maggie Butler has decided to sell her field. It is […]
Lucinda Sly – Civic Theatre – Review
Lucinda Sly – Civic Theatre – Review by Paul McKeown With marital rape and extra-marital affairs, it is clear that, whatever about Philip Larkin’s England, sex began in Ireland long before 1963. […]
My Fair Ladies – Viking Theatre – Review
My Fair Ladies – Written by Des Keogh Des Keogh has created this monologue from George Bernard Shaw’s liaisons with various actresses over his long life. He did not marry until he […]
Tobias Jesso Jr. – The Button Factory – Friday December 4th
He hasn’t even played his sold out gig in the Unitarian Church (May 10th) and Tobias has already booked his next gig in Dublin in a substantially bigger venue! Pitchfork have the […]
White Men Are Black Men Too – Young Fathers – Album Review
‘Here’s another ticket’ says the whispered voice at the start of the wonderfully titled ‘White men are black men too’, the second studio release for the three piece form Edinburgh. It is […]
No More Workhorse 