“Please, we’re separated by the thinnest filament” First published by boutique publisher McSweeney’s Press in July 2012 Dave Eggers’ novel “A Hologram for the King” hits the shelves this autumn in paperback. […]
Book Review – A Hologram for the King – Dave Eggers
The Walking Dead – Season 4 Premiere – Review
The Walking Dead returned last week with a cracker of an episode. The finale of season three shifted the boundaries quite considerably with the lead villain on the run, the perils of […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (21-10-13 to 27-10-13)
Yes, it’s that time of year when the border between this world and the next becomes slightly blurred, and the streets of Dublin are filled with ghosts, ghouls, zombies, even if they […]
TV Preview – American Horror Story: Coven
TV Preview – American Horror Story: Coven – Fox October 29th 10pm Improbable as it may seem that the creator of Glee came up with the American Horror Story series, now entering […]
Fishamble’s Guaranteed Returns – Irish Tour
Guaranteed! is a fascinating new work by Colin Murphy that deals with the recent financial disasters of this fair nation. It covers the events that led up to the bank guarantee, which […]
Competition – Win ‘Go Back For Murder’ Tickets @ Gaiety Theatre – 11-11-13
Go Back for Murder is running in the Gaiety Theatre for one week only, from November 11-16th. This is a chance to see the Agatha Christie Theatre company in Ireland and should […]
New Irish Music – Women’s Christmas – Bubble On A Shelf
So Ireland has a brand new scuzzy, alt-rock, all-male trio. They’re called Women’s Christmas (Feast of the Epiphany, January 6th if you must know!) and they’ve just released a wonderfully lo-fi song – […]
New Movie Releases – 18-10-13
Ah yes, the last work of the legend that was James Gandolfini. The Sopranos was one of my favourite TV shows, and Gandolfini’s depiction of a nice man who occasionally murdered people […]
One Night Stands: Sonya Kelly – Joinery – 17th Oct
Anyone that saw ‘Wheelchair on my face’ will know the obvious talents of Sonya, her wonderful brand of self deprecating humour and wit is great to watch and the one woman show […]
Leah Hewson Exhibition – The Picture Room
This is an interesting looking exhibition from artist Leah Hewson, that is worth checking out. Her work draws from images of childhood/ fairy tale but always with a nicely twisted vision. You […]
ISLA Festival 2013 – Instituto Cervantes Dublín – Oct 18th-20th
This is probably the best literary festival you haven’t heard of, certainly it nearly passed me by without noticing it. It has some familiar faces such as Marina Carr, Paula Meehan, John […]
New Music – James Vincent McMorrow – Cavalier
James Vincent returns to the fold, with the first track off his new album ‘Post Tropical’. It sounds like the new album will carry on in a similar fashion to what has […]
New Irish Music – Bouts – Jittery/Nothing Good Gets Away
Irish indie-alt-rock outfit BOUTS have just unleashed the playful new music video for their song ‘Jittery.’ It comes just a week (and a bit) ahead of the release of their brand new […]
Kim Newman Interview – Bram Stoker Festival Preview
Kim Newman is an expert in all things that go bump in the night. He is the writer of the Anno Dracula series and a regular film reviewer for the Guardian. He […]
More Than Conquerors | Everything I’ve Learnt | Album Review
This debut full length offering from Belfast’s More Than Conquerors, is a record which, had it been released while I was in my late teens, would no doubt have been devoured effortlessly, […]
New Music – Brokeback and Daughn Gibson – Whelans -25th November
Some good news for a Tuesday lunchtime, with Brokeback announcing their European tour, and including a date in Whelans on Monday November 25th! See Brokeback’s new video for Tonight at Ten / […]
Sufjan’s Open Letter to Miley Cyrus
I miss Sufjan, he hasn’t made any noises in a while, so it’s good to here him spouting his usual nonsense, and this time Miley takes the full two barrels. Ok, possibly […]
Competition – Win Efterklang Tickets @ Button Factory – 26-10-13
Efterklang are back in town in a little under two weeks time, as they play the Button Factory on Saturday the 26-10-13. We have two tickets to give away to one lucky […]
This Is How We Fly – Album Review
The much-anticipated self-titled album from This Is How We Fly has been released and it is a joy to behold. TIHWF is a contemporary folk band consisting of Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on fiddle […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (14-10-13 to 20-10-13)
So, the Dublin Theatre Festival is at an end, and we’re all a bit exhausted by it all. We need some time to recover, right? Well, sadly, it’s another busy week out […]
Bill Callahan | Dream River | Album Review
“The only words I said today are ‘Beer’ and ‘Thank you’” are the lyrics that capture the imagination in the first song of Bill Callahan’s 15th studio album ‘Dream River‘. He’s created […]
Protected: Fury – Movie Preview
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TV Preview – Glee “The Quarterback” Sky1 Friday 8pm
How do you address the issue of one of your stars dying during a break in filming? This was the quandary facing the writers and producers of Glee when Cory Monteith died […]
The Rape of Lucrece – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review
“Just to warn you, there may be some singing,” Camille O’Sullivan’s tone was playful as she welcomed a full house at the O’Reilly Theatre, safe in the knowledge that they were there […]
New Music: Wife – Workman’s Club – 12-10-13
Wife play tomorrow night in the Workman’s club in Dublin, and are well worth the massive outlay of €12. Wife is James Kelly, whose day job is playing with metal band Altar […]
New Movie Releases – 11-10-13
So what has arrived in our cinemas this week? What new gems have been delivered to our doors? Well, not that much in truth, but there’s a few worth a look if […]
Neutral Hero – Porject Arts Centre – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review
As you enter the theatre, twelve empty chairs fill the back of the stage. They are in a line and several of them have instruments beside them. As the piece begins, the […]
IMMA Reopens – Oct 11th 2013 – Opening Weekend Events
The Royal hospital in Kilmainham is a lovely building, but the difficulties of housing important art in a building of that age were all too obvious. I was at a talk with […]
The Bruising of Clouds – Civic Theatre – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review
Kelly lives across the hall from Martin in a bedsit in a Victorian house in Fairview. One night she sees him in hall, to drunk to open his front door. She helps […]
No More Workhorse 