Bill Callahan – Resuscitate! – Album Review by Killian Laher Those who have seen Bill Callahan live will realise that these days, his live experience is night and day to the recorded […]
Bill Callahan – Resuscitate! – Album Review
Deadpool & Wolverine – Film Review
Deadpool & Wolverine – Film Review by Fran Winston Director – Shawn Levy Writers – Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick Stars – Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Rob Delany, Matthew […]
New Music – Chrystabell & David Lynch – Sublime Eternal Love
New Music – Chrystabell & David Lynch – Sublime Eternal Love If you’re missing regular film releases from David Lynch, you might have to make do with the music video below (directed […]
Album of the Week – 19/07/24
Album of the Week – 19/07/24 We’ll start with a new album from Childish Gambino (Bando Stone & The New World). There’s a suitably cinematic video below for a ‘movie’. He says […]
Dancing at Lughnasa – The Gate – Review
Dancing at Lughnasa – The Gate – Review by Frank L. Dancing at Lughnasa written by Brian Friel Photo by Ros Kavanagh Dancing at Lughnasa premiered in 1990. Friel was specific to […]
New Music – Can U Hear – Alan Sparhawk
New Music – Can U Hear – Alan Sparhawk Alan Sparhawk (Low) has been through a lot in recent years with the death of his wife Mimi Parker. It’s good to see […]
Postcards from Scotland – Scottish Independent Music 1983-1995 – Grant McPhee – Book Review
Postcards from Scotland – Scottish Independent Music 1983-1995 – Grant McPhee – Book Review by Killian Laher Grant McPhee has taken on quite the undertaking with this exhaustive study of independent bands […]
Twisters – Film Review
Twisters – Film Review Director – Lee Isaac Chung Writers – Mark L. Smith, Joseph Kosinski, Michael Crichton Stars – Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos As Michael Stipe once sang “Should […]
Album of the Week – 12/07/24
Album of the Week – 12/07/24 This week sees a new release from Cigarettes After Sex (X’s) along with Julia Holter (Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). There’s also […]
Mogwai – If The Stars Had A Sound – Film Review
Mogwai – If The Stars Had A Sound – Film Review Director – Antony Crook Stars – Dominic Aitchison, Stuart Braithwaite, Martin Bulloch When Mogwai formed in the mid-nineties, few would have […]
Longlegs – Film Review
Longlegs – Film Review by David Turpin Director – Oz Perkins Writer – Oz Perkins Stars – Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood It’s a minor miracle that, after months of tantalising […]
Fly Me to the Moon – Film Review
Fly Me to the Moon – Film Review Director – Greg Berlanti Writers – Keenan Flynn, Rose Gilroy, Bill Kirstein Stars – Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson Set in 1969, we […]
Hundreds of Beavers – Film Review
Hundreds of Beavers – Film Review Director – Mike Cheslik Writers – Mike Cheslik, Ryland Brickson, Cole Tews Stars – Ryland Brickson, Cole Tews, Olivia Graves, Doug Mancheski Screening at the Lighthouse […]
Pretty Woman: The Musical – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review
Pretty Woman: The Musical – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review by Fran Winston Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Grand Canal Square, Docklands, Dublin 2, D02 PA03 Nightly at 7.30pm with matiness at […]
Album of the Week – 05/07/24
Album of the Week – 05/07/24 This week, the best of the Irish is a lazarus soul with their new album ‘No Flowers Grow in Cement Gardens‘. I suspect they mean concrete, […]
Suede & Manic Street Preachers – Trinity College – Live Review – 02/07/24
Suede & Manic Street Preachers – Trinity College – Live Review – 02/07/24 by Killian Laher Interesting that these two stalwarts of nineties rock have decided to tour together, taking turns each […]
Real Life – Project Arts Centre – Review
Real Life – Project Arts Centre – Review by Frank L Theatre / 27-29 June 2024 Real Life – Written and Directed by Aisling Byrne and co-created with the Run of the […]
Wilco – Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP – Review
Wilco – Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP – Review by Killian Laher Wilco are really on a creative roll at the minute. Having released two of their strongest albums in the last […]
2:22 – A Ghost Story – 3Olympia Theatre – Review
2:22 – A Ghost Story – 3Olympia Theatre – Review Dates: Thu 20th Jun 2024 – Sun 11th Aug 2024 Photos by Helen Murray Ben (Colin O’Donoghue) and Jenny (Shona McGarty) are […]
James Joyce’s Dubliners: Counterparts and A Little Cloud – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
James Joyce’s Dubliners: Counterparts and A Little Cloud – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review by Frank L. Dates – June 24th – July 20, 2024 at 1pm The set is simple with […]
Dirty Three – Love Changes Everything – Album Review
Dirty Three – Love Changes Everything – Album Review by Killian Laher The gaps between Dirty Three albums have grown ever longer in recent years, 7 years between Cinder and Toward The […]
Kinds of Kindness – Film Review
Kinds of Kindness – Film Review by Brian Merriman Director – Yorgos Lanthimos Writers – Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou Stars – Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe The multi-award-winning Element Pictures co-produces […]
Pearl Jam – Marlay Park – Live Review
Pearl Jam – Marlay Park – Live Review by Killian Laher Marlay Park, Dublin Pearl Jam’s first visit to Ireland in 14 years has seen them receive something of a negative reaction, […]
Album of the Week – 23/06/24
Album of the Week – 23/06/24 With the festival season in full swing, it’s time to focus on the live scene for our album of the week! Yes, of course, it’s Lankum’s […]
Ciseach – Project Arts Centre – Review
Ciseach – Project Arts Centre – Review Dates: 20 Jun 2024 – 22 Jun 2024 ciseach, f. (gs. -sí, pl. ~a).1. Wattled causeway; improvised path, footbridge, over soft ground or drain. Mil:~ […]
The Sugar Wife – Abbey Theatre – Review
The Sugar Wife – Abbey Theatre – Review 13 June – 20 July 2024 Written by Elizabeth Kuti Directed by Annabelle Comyn Hannah (Siobhán Cullen) and Samuel Tewkley (Peter Gaynor) are a […]
The Bikeriders – Film Review
The Bikeriders – Film Review by Frank L Director – Jeff Nichols Writer – Jeff Nichols Stars – Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy In 1967, Danny Lyon published a photobook entitled […]
Q&A with Ultan Pringle – Writer of Boyfriend – Project Arts Centre
Q&A with Ultan Pringle – Writer of Boyfriend – Project Arts Centre We had the chance to put some questions to Ultan Pringle ahead of the opening of his new play Boyfriend. […]
Album of the Week – 15/06/24
Album of the Week – 15/06/24 The Decemberists are back with their first album in 6 years! Even stranger is that it’s not our album of the week. That can only mean […]
No More Workhorse 