Lunice
Lunice’s first gig in Ireland at the Twisted Pepper was the right in the middle of a tour that would wear out even the most seasoned producers. Kicking off his
Footloose
The original Footloose, rife with self-conscious absurdity, is now an established icon of popular culture. Released in 1984, it has been the subject of a revamp in order to translate
Justice – Interview
It’s only five years since Kitsuné and Ed Banger ran the world. Fuelled by a hybrid nostalgia for rave fashion eccentricity and that exact moment disco morphed into house, French
Nicola Roberts – Cinderella’s Eyes
Forget Born This Way, 4, and, uh, Jedward’s Victory, Cinderella’s Eyes is far and away the pop album of the year so far. If the Diplotastic Beat of My Drum
Lisa Hannigan – Passenger
While Sea Sew was (literally) homespun and charming and garnered a positive reception, it was a bit plain song and arrangement-wise, only really enlivened by the loveliness of Lisa’s pipes.
Lil B – Black Flame
Still dropping innumerable mixtapes per year, Lil B finally held good on his promise to continue the series that the Romulus and Remus of swag rap, Red Flame and Blue
Four Tet – FabricLive 59
In some ways post-dubstep is in fact a devolution, a 10 year trip backwards to reappraise UK Garage as it might have existed with different technology and more adventurous personnel,
Das Racist – Relax
Self-awareness is something only comedy rap troupe ever to school you on Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak possess in almost dangerous quantities, so there’ll always be something slightly unwholesome about their off-hand
Darklight Film Festival
The Darklight Film Festival has become somewhat of an institution on the Dublin Film scene developing a reputation of excellence in eclectic, lo/no budget film. With 2011’s events already underway,