Dublin Buskers: Alex
A glowing and exotic melody drew me around the corner of Suffolk Street to the front of St Andrew’s Church where Alessandro ‘Alex’ was serenading Molly Malone with his bright…
Candlelit Tales – A Once Upon a Time occasion not to be missed
It’s Wednesday night, I try to slip into the packed crowd. The atmosphere is brimming with excitement and Guinness perfume, some candles are weakly flickering against the deep red, rather…
One from the Crate: The Popgun Plot
A really nice find with an unfortunate sour note to it. Having picked up ‘The Popgun Plot’ in Tower Records, listened through front to back and really liked what I’d…
King of West Kerry
Early in February, music editor Kevin O’Reilly bagged a rare interview with a living legend. Read on to find out more about his chat with radio broadcaster and distinguished music…
Lady Leshurr
Kevin O’Reilly spoke to the up-and-coming British freestyle rap sensation to find out more about her music and her online and international stardom. From a very early age Melesha O’Garro…
Savvy Saving; Spring Sessions
As the college year draws to a close, many of us are thinking of ways to stretch out those last few euros. This being Ireland, it can be really difficult…
Summer of Sound: Festival Season Highlights
Ignoring the obvious juggernauts on the Irish festival calendar that are EP and Longitude, music editor Kevin O’Reilly takes a look at just some of the incredible array of music…
Warner Brothers’ Studio Tour, London
It isn’t often that an opportunity comes along to explore the hidden magic behind one of the biggest movie franchises of all time, and the Warner Bros. Studio Tour presents…
Review: Troye Sivan- Blue Neighbourhood.
‘Youth, Life, Love and Sexuality’ December 4th marked the release of the highly anticipated debut studio album by Australian artist (and YouTube sensation) Troye Sivan. This album marks a follow…
International Film Review: “Loulou” 1980
If you’re looking at this feature in search of an original narrative, keep going. It’s the characters, and by extension the actors, that make this drama work. Directed and co-written…
From One Weird Ginger to Another: A Tribute to David Bowie
Over the last few weeks, the music world has lost some of its brightest stars. Lemmy and Glenn Frey were enormous talents, and their loss broke the hearts of so…
BiggerBetterBiggerBetter
There’s been a bit of commotion lately. Dublin City Council has decided they’re reducing the standard size of apartments and our citizens just aren’t having it. We’d be mad to…