Solitude Sounds: The Sewing Room – And Nico by Killian Laher The Sewing Room was a sort of off-shoot of the Stars of Heaven, the sort of softer side to them. The […]
Solitude Sounds: The Sewing Room – And Nico
Album of the Week – 30-05-20
Album of the Week – 30-05-20 This week is a little bit slow, but there are a few albums worth checking out with some interesting new Irish music from Brigid Mae Power […]
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways to New Italy – Album Review
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways to New Italy – Album Review by Killian Laher One of the hotter guitar bands around is the Australian group Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. They are […]
New Irish Music – Paddy Hanna – Cannibals
New Irish Music – Paddy Hanna – Cannibals The Hill – New album out September 25th – New single “Cannibals” out Friday 29th May Some a little left of centre from Paddy Hanna with the […]
Rialto – Film Review
Rialto – Film Review by P McGovern Director: Peter Mackie Burns Writer: Mark O’Halloran Stars: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Tom Glynn-Carney, Monica Dolan In the sea of recent overhyped movies, propped up by the reputation of fashionable directors, […]
Control – Playstation 4 Pro – Game Review
Control – Playstation 4 Pro – Game Review by Oliver Mooney Control is an award-winning videogame by Remedy Entertainment, released in August 2019. The game begins with Jesse, the protagonist, arriving at […]
Carlow Arts Festival Presents ‘Slices’
Carlow Arts Festival Presents ‘Slices’ Find out more about the Carlow Arts Festival here. I can only imagine the amount of work that goes into planning an arts festival! Carlow Arts Festival […]
Interview with Ash Orphan – Part 2
Interview with Ash Orphan – Part 2 We had the chance to put some questions to Ash Orphan about his new album ‘The Man who fell from the Moon’ which was released […]
Solitude Sounds: Soundgarden – Down On The Upside
Solitude Sounds: Soundgarden – Down On The Upside by Killian Laher Soundgarden released Down On The Upside in 1996, just before the band went on hiatus for a number of years. This […]
Dublin Dance Festival Digital Capsule
Dublin Dance Festival Digital Capsule 29 May – 7 June – Full Lineup While the Dublin Dance Festival was just one of the many casualties of our current crisis, they have managed […]
Album of the Week – 22/05/20
Album of the Week – 22/05/20 Tim Burgess has created something quite lovely with his album listening parties! It’s an exploration of music, new and old and gives many insights into the […]
Solitude Sounds: The Posies – Frosting On The Beater
Solitude Sounds: The Posies – Frosting On The Beater by Killian Laher The impression I had of The Posies is that of a slightly fey, strum along band who listened to a […]
Beatlebone – Kevin Barry – Audible Book Reivew
Beatlebone – Kevin Barry – Audible Book Review Narrated by: Kevin Barry Where can the most famous man in the world find peace and calm? Where can he just be himself without the […]
Trial by Media – Netflix – Review
Trial by Media – Netflix – Review Streaming now on Netflix True crime documentaries really helped put Netflix on the map as a streaming service and this is the latest addition to […]
And The Music Plays On…
And The Music Plays On… by Fran Winston For many artists, the CoVid lockdown is proving extremely frustrating. Perhaps especially for musicians as they can have a wonderful track due to land […]
Solitude Sounds: Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella
Solitude Sounds: Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella by Killian Laher Lou Reed was on a particularly strong creative streak in the late 80s/early 90s, and in 1990 he […]
Interview with Ash Orphan – Part 1
Interview with Ash Orphan – Part 1 We had the chance to put some questions to Ash Orphan about his new album ‘The Man who fell from the Moon’ which was released […]
Scoob – FIlm Review
Scoob – FIlm Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Tony Cervone Starring the voices of: Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Gina Rodriguez, Zac Efron, Amanda Seyfried, Kiersey Clemons, Ken Jeong, Tracy […]
Album of the Week – 16/05/20
Album of the Week – 16/05/20 It’s an interesting week for new music with releases by The Magnetic Fields and Perfume Genius being the main points of interest, but there are also […]
Dead to Me – Season 2 – Netflix – Review
Dead to Me – Season 2 – Netflix – Review by Fran Winston Starring: Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, James Marsden. Max Jenkins, Sam McCarthy, Luke Roessler Season 2 now streaming on Netflix […]
Mark Lanegan – Sing Backwards and Weep – Book Review
Mark Lanegan – Sing Backwards and Weep – Book Review by Killian Laher There was great excitement for fans of Mark Lanegan with the recent release of his autobiography. First things first, […]
Hollywood – Netflix – Review
Hollywood – Netflix – Review by Fran Winston Starring: David Corenswet, Darren Criss, Laura Harrier, Joe Mantello, Dylan McDermott, Jake Picking, Jeremy Pope, Holland Taylor, Samara Weaving, Jim Parsons, Patti LuPone Streaming […]
The Dears – Lovers Rock – Album Review
The Dears – Lovers Rock – Album Review by Cathy Brown In a press release issued for the release of The Dears eighth studio album Lovers Rock, frontman Murray Lightburn may not […]
Solitude Sounds – Viet Cong – Viet Cong – Album Review
Solitude Sounds – Viet Cong – Viet Cong – Album Review by Killian Laher Canadian band Viet Cong released a debut in 2015, before changing their name to Preoccupations. Kicking it off […]
Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story
Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story by Fran Winston Directed by: Daniel H Birman Available now on Netflix If you haven’t heard of Cyntoia Brown, she was a 16-year-old runaway […]
Album of the Week – 09/05/20
Album of the Week – 09/05/20 This week we have a lovely version of Music for 18 Musicians by Erik Hall and a new release from I Break Horses, among others. There’s […]
Becoming – Film Review
Becoming – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Nadia Hallgreen Starring: Michelle Obama Streaming now on Netflix This documentary follows former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama on the […]
Sea Fever – FIlm Review
Sea Fever – FIlm Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Neasa Hardiman Starring: Connie Nielsen, Hermione Corfield, Dougray Scott, Olwen Fouéré, Jack Hickey, Ardalan Esmaili, Elie Bouakaze Streaming now on Volta and […]
Interview with Kevin Murphy – Slow Moving Clouds – Part 3
Interview with Kevin Murphy – Slow Moving Clouds – Part 3 by Killian Laher No More Workhorse caught up with Kevin Murphy just before the world changed to discuss Slow Moving Clouds, […]
