A Musical Preview of 2023 by Killian Laher It’s safe to say that the music world is approaching normality after a strange couple of years. On the live front, virtually everybody who […]
A Musical Preview of 2023
Best Films of 2022
Best Films of 2022 For our final post of the year, we’ve decided to have a look back on what we enjoyed in the cinema over the last 12 months! it was […]
Corsage – Film Review
Corsage – Film Review by Hugh Maguire Director – Marie Kreutzer Writer – Marie Kreutzer Stars – Colin Morgan, Vicky Krieps, Finnegan Oldfield The Empress Elizabeth of Austria (1837-98) was the longest-serving […]
Sun Mahshene / Keeley – Workman’s Cellar – Gig Review – 22/12/22
Sun Mahshene / Keeley – Workman’s Cellar, Dublin – Gig Review – 22/12/22 by Killian Laher The Workman’s Cellar was the venue for a pre-Christmas show b/y Irish band Sun Mahshene. First […]
Peter von Kant – Film Review
Peter von Kant – Film Review by Frank L. Director – François Ozon Writer – François Ozon(screenplay), Rainer Werner Fassbinder(based on the film by) Stars – Denis Ménochet, Isabelle Adjani, Khalil Ben […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Karl Whitney (Author)
A Year in Music – 2022 – Karl Whitney (Author) Karl is the author of “Hit Factories: A Journey Through the Industrial Cities of British Pop”, a personal exploration of the musical and […]
Corsage – Film Review
Corsage – Film Review by Frank L Director – Marie Kreutzer Writer – Marie Kreutzer Stars – Vicky Krieps, Colin Morgan, Ivana Urban Elisabeth or Sissi of the royal family of Bavaria […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Zoe Howe (Author)
A Year in Music – 2022 – Zoe Howe (Author) What was your main musical highlight of 2022? Probably hearing and seeing Redcar – the compelling new incarnation of Christine and The […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Robert Baker (The Crayon Set)
A Year in Music – 2022 – Robert Baker (The Crayon Set) How was music for you in 2022? Music is always good. It seems to be becoming even more important in […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Jacob Ware (Rapt)
A Year in Music – 2022 – Jacob Ware (Rapt) How was music for you in 2022? Music was kind to me, I’ve played some great shows and have been very moved […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Jamie Cameron (The Last Dinosaur)
A Year in Music – 2022 – Jamie Cameron (The Last Dinosaur) How was music for you in 2022? I’m proud to have book-ended 2022 with two collaborative releases, The Arteries of […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Pat Barrett (Arrivalists)
A Year in Music – 2022 – Pat Barrett (Arrivalists) How was music for you in 2022? Nostalgic. Spent a lot of the year wandering through old tunes, records. I lost my […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Paul Page (ex Whipping Boy)
A Year in Music – 2022 – Paul Page (ex-Whipping Boy) How was music for you in 2022? If I am honest, I thought it was a disappointing year in terms of […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Cormac Gahan (plus band) of Boa Morte
A Year in Music – 2022 – Cormac Gahan (plus band) of Boa Morte How was music for you in 2022? We’ve been listening to a lot of new music this year […]
Love Songs – Project Arts Centre – Review
Love Songs – Project Arts Centre – Review Dance: 14-17 December 2022 Love Songs – Cork Opera House on February 22 Find out more about Philip Connaughton here. This is a new […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Trevor Ristow (Author)
A Year in Music – 2022 – Trevor Ristow (Author) Trevor Ristow has written a book, Waiting for Another War, covering the early days of seminal 80s indie band, the Sisters of […]
A Year In Music – 2022 – Ben Vendetta
A Year In Music – 2022 – Ben Vendetta by Killian Laher “Ben Vendetta is a former freelance music journalist who published Vendetta Magazine from 1995 to 2002, and was director of […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Paul McDermott
A Year in Music – 2022 – Paul McDermott How was music for you in 2022? The deaths of Mimi Parker and Cathal Coughlan are foremost in my mind as I try […]
A Year in Music – 2022 – Scott Morgan (loscil)
A Year in Music – 2022 – Scott Morgan (loscil) We asked some of our favourite artists/ writers to tell us about their year. You can see the results below… How was […]
Piaf – Gate Theatre – Review
Piaf – Gate Theatre – Review December 7th to Saturday January 28th 2023 We meet ‘Little Sparrow’ (Zara Devlin playing Piaf as a young girl) as she is singing on a street […]
Sleeping Beauty – The Civic – Review
Sleeping Beauty – The Civic – Review by Brian Merriman Produced by The Civic Theatre and Rob Murphy Directed by Rob Murphy Duration 150 minutes including interval (15 minutes) – 2 shows […]
White Noise – Film Review
White Noise – Film Review by Frank L. Director – Noah Baumbach Writers – Noah Baumbach (written for the screen by), Don DeLillo (based on the book by) Stars – Adam Driver, […]
Top Ten Albums of 2022 – CB
Top Ten Albums of 2022 – Cathy Brown We’ve asked some of our writers for their thoughts on the Best Albums of the year. you can see Cathy’s thoughts below… 10. Loose […]
Nocebo – Film Review
Nocebo – Film Review by Frank L. Directed – Lorcan Finnegan Stars – Eva Green, Mark Strong, Chai Fonacier Lorcan Finnegan follows his perturbing 2019 film Vivarium by also entitling his new […]
Lila Tristram and The Last Dinosaur – Black and White Memories Ignited by the Scent of Springtime Explode in Colour – Review
Lila Tristram and The Last Dinosaur – Black and White Memories Ignited by the Scent of Springtime Explode in Colour – Review Lila Tristram and Jamie Cameron, who records as The Last […]
The Ghosts of Baggotonia – Film Review
The Ghosts of Baggotonia – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Alan Gilsenan Baggotonia is an area in Dublin around Baggot Street Bridge which was, during the forties, fifties and sixties, […]
Top 10 Albums of 2022 – KL
Top 10 Albums of 2022 – KL by Killian Laher We’ve asked some of our writers for their thoughts on the albums of the year. you can see Killian’s thoughts below… The […]
Selvage – Smock Alley – Review
Selvage – Smock Alley – Review 1 – 4 Dec – 8pm – Boys’ School Brú Theatre Company presents Selvage Joe Fanny lives with his Granny in a small town. One day, […]
Album of the Week – 05/12/22
Album of the Week – 05/12/22 Things are getting very slow in the music world, with very few major new releases this week, but fear not… there is one absolute gem for […]
No More Workhorse 