Thurston Moore – By The Fire – Album Review by Killian Laher With Sonic Youth very much in the rearview mirror, Thurston Moore has released his latest song-based album. Again working with […]
Thurston Moore – By The Fire – Album Review
TV Picks of the Week – 28/09/20
TV Picks of the Week – 28/09/20 by Alison Traynor As September gives way to October and the weather grows colder, nothing sounds more appealing than settling down in front of the […]
Album of the Week – 25/09/20
Album of the Week – 25/09/20 Remember last week we were saying it was a slow week? Well, this week is a bit of an avalanche of new music and a lot […]
A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles – Audible Book Review
A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles – Audible Book Review In this work, we are introduced to Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov. He is a man from a different age. He was […]
Monsoon – Film Review
Monsoon – Film Review by Frank L Director: Hong Khaou Writer: Hong Khaou Stars: Henry Golding, Parker Sawyers, David Tran In this film, a young man called Kit (Henry Golding) takes a […]
18th IFI Documentary Festival – Online
18th IFI Documentary Festival – Online In case you’ve been living under a rock, you might not know that Dublin has been plunged into the depths of Level 3, meaning all cinemas […]
The Apartments – In and Out of the Light – Album Review
The Apartments – In and Out of the Light – Album Review by Killian Laher Albums from The Apartments don’t come around too often, the new one from Peter Milton Walsh and […]
Black Phoebe – Black Phoebe – Review
Black Phoebe – Black Phoebe – Review by Killian Laher Mark Lanegan has been dabbling with dance music for a couple of years. A couple of his recent albums received a dance […]
Television Picks of the Week – 21/09/20
Television Picks of the Week – 21/09/20 by Alison Traynor Now that trips to the cinema are out of the question for many people in Ireland, television recommendations are needed more than […]
The Long Balconies, Tales from a City – Online Tonight
The Long Balconies, Tales from a City – Online Tonight If you’re looking for an event to fill your evening, this may be of interest…‘The Long Balconies, Tales from the City – […]
Album of the Week – 18/09/20
Album of the Week – 18/09/20 It’s a slow week for new releases, but there are still a few to keep you entertained. We’d recommend you check out the new releases from […]
An Open Letter from the Live Events and Entertainment Sector
An Open Letter from the Live Events and Entertainment Sector It does strike me as fairly ridiculous that the arts, in general, have been singled out for the worst of the restrictions. […]
Nocturnal – Film Review
Nocturnal – Film Review by Hugh Maguire Director: Nathalie Biancheri Writers: Olivia Waring (screenplay by), Nathalie Biancheri (screenplay by) Stars: Cosmo Jarvis, Sadie Frost, Yasmin Monet Prince ‘It’s grim up North’ is […]
Ed Harcourt – Monochrome To Colour – Album Review
Ed Harcourt – Monochrome To Colour – Album Review By Cathy Brown It has been almost twenty years since Ed Harcourt released his Mercury Prize-nominated debut Here Be Monsters and in recent […]
Bill & Ted Face the Music – Film Review
Bill & Ted Face the Music – Film Review by Fran Winston Director: Dean Parisot Writers: Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen Schaal Nearly thirty years after their […]
IDLES – Ultra Mono – Album Review
IDLES – Ultra Mono – Album Review by Killian Laher IDLES have dished out some of the finest in-your-face punk rock in recent years. They really delivered on 2018’s Joy As An […]
Television Picks of the Week – 15/09/20
Television Picks of the Week – 15/09/20 by Alison Traynor In case of the likely event that the sun once again crawls behind the clouds – an apt if obvious metaphor for […]
New Music – Niamh Regan – Hemet
New Music – Niamh Regan – Hemet Niamh Regan’s album Hemet was released on September 4th with barely a ripple. Since that time, it has gone on to receive a number of […]
Album of the Week – 11/09/20
Album of the Week – 11/09/20 This week we have a multitude of new work (and a lot of it worth checking out) but no obvious stand out album! There is new […]
The Broken Hearts Gallery – Film Review
The Broken Hearts Gallery – Film Review by Hugh Maguire Director: Natalie Krinsky Writer: Natalie Krinsky (screenplay) Stars: Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery, Utkarsh Ambudkar This would make a good date movie – […]
New Music – Seamus Fogarty – Johnny K
New Music – Seamus Fogarty – Johnny K New album A Bag Of Eyes for November 6th We have some new sounds from Seamus to celebrate this lunchtime! The single Johnny K […]
Susanna – Baudelaire & Piano – Album Review
Susanna – Baudelaire & Piano – Album Review Release date: Friday, September 11th 2020 via SusannaSonata. French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821 – 1867) was a literary enfant terrible who had issues with […]
The Gifts you Gave to the Dark – Watch Online
The Gifts you Gave to the Dark – Watch Online Another (online) chance to scratch your theatre itch has arrived! Irish Repertory Theatre has just launched an interesting new work written by […]
Initiation – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Initiation – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review Initiation – Matthew Bratko & Frank Sweeney Performances – 10 – 12 & 17 – 19 September, 22:00, €12 Other Performances – 5, 11, 12, […]
Television Picks of the Week – 07/09/20
Television Picks of the Week – 07/09/20 by Alison Traynor With travel restrictions still firmly in place, it is a time of mourning for the foreign holidays that were meant to be […]
Looking back: The Cult – The Cult
Looking back: The Cult – The Cult by Killian Laher By the time the nineties rolled around The Cult seemed out of time and out of touch. They had released Ceremony in […]
Away – Netflix Review
Away – Netflix Review Created by: Andrew Hinderaker Starring: Hilary Swank, Ato Essandoh, Mark Ivanir, Ray Panthaki, Vivian Wu, Talitha Bateman, Josh Charles All 10 episodes available to stream on Netflix from […]
Mulan – Film Review
Mulan – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Niki Caro Starring: Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Gong Li, Jet Li Available to rent on Disney+ from September […]
Album of the Week – 04/09/20
Album of the Week – 04/09/20 There are weeks the choice is so obvious it’s hardly worth having this slot! This, dear friends, is such a time. It would be like trying […]
No More Workhorse 