Retrogaming
Darragh O’Connor provides a blast from the past in his selection of bygone games There are literally hundreds of “retro” video games that are worth playing. People are most familiar…
Video saved the radio star
Lisa Gorry takes a look and a listen at TV/music crossovers There’s a lot to be said for a good soundtrack. How often have you watched a movie and thought…
Triangles Are My Favourite Shape
Kathryn Toolan takes a look at Mercury Prize 2012 winners Alt-J, their winning album and what this means for the band's future On Thursday evening Lauren Laverne gave Alt-J some…
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra – THEATRE IS EVIL
(8 Ft. Records, 2012) It’s rare anyone these days refers to a group of distinctly rock-flavoured songs as a “great pop record”, let alone such a group released by a…
Taylor Swift – Red
Red is topping both the UK and US charts. Released on October 22nd it is Swift’s fourth studio album, following the success of Speak Now in 2010. Whether you are…
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
In the run up to the American Presidential Election, Ciaran Breslin looks at the increasingly nuanced role of music in politics In the wake of Bruce Springsteen recently releasing a…
First Aid Kit: The Lion’s Roar- Deluxe Edition
If someone were to mention Swedish pop and you first associate the atrocity that is Basshunter with this, treatment then First Aid Kit’s The Lion’s Roar- Deluxe edition is clearly…
Awards Season
Joseph Gallagher assays a selection of films that have been predicted to do well this coming awards season Argo, malady from Ben Affleck, recipe chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to…
Of Montreal- Paralytic Stalks
Paralytic Stalks marks -I was shocked to realize- the 11th studio album from American indie/pop outfit of Montreal. A project that has become an ever increasingly idiosyncratic affair from Kevin…
Review: One Man Star Wars Trilogy
Not so long ago, levitra in a theatre not so far away… A Halloween audience was treated to the genius that is the One Man Star WarsTrilogy. This Off-Broadway play…
Brewing up a Storm: Bob Dylan’s Tempest
Ciaran Breslin looks at the implications of Tempest on Dylan’s catalogue, as well as his influence on popular music Thirty-five studio albums in and Bob Dylan’s latest offering provides the…