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In the Fold at London Fashion Week
In The Fold, an exhibition at London Fashion Week, indicated that young Irish fashion talent very much has a place at the top table.
Soundbite: Beth-Ann Smith The Lismore Food Company
Beth-Ann Smith and brothers Owen and Ken Madden, three artisans with impressive family lineages in food, have combined their collective experience to launch The Lismore Food Company. Based in the…
Home from Home: Karl on London
Moving to London seemed like a way to have a clean break and start focusing much harder on a "career" and being an adult and so forth. All that being…
Music Interview: Áine & Andy from Record Store Gay
An all-day, all-welcome festival of music and art complete with a limited edition tie-in record featuring a slew of Irish acts covering their favourite ‘gay anthems’, Record Store Gay is…
Barfly: Aja at J.J. Smyth’s
It’s nearly seven years since I’ve been to a gig in J.J. Smyth’s and, neatly, we’ve stumbled upon what is announced by lead singer John Graham as the seventh anniversary…
Bitesize April 2015
In Totally Dublin's Bitesize roundup for April: To Drink: Great Irish Beverages - Dublin Wine Fest, To Eat: Doughboys, To Try: Cocu, To Visit: New Carluccio’s in Glasthule
Lisa Ryder Interview
"I’m not for everybody, I’m not throwaway fashion." Lisa Ryder is the queen of printed leather handbags. Her distinctive and dynamic designs are a captivating snapshot into the imagination of…
Barfly – Green Man Wines
Wine bars are hard to find in Dublin suburbs. The hallmark of your local is the quality of its black stuff and thus, the proliferation of Dublin’s wine offerings is…
Artsdesk: Rose Wylie | Cú Chulainn Comforted
There is a strong sense of Wylie’s painting process in her work. Her embrace of mistakes is made transparent through corrective painting; smooth white and pink patches stand out against…
Album Review: Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
Forget the erstwhile States project that is so often identifies him; what defines Sufjan Stevens is the single-minded intensity he brings to any project he works on.
Album Review: Villagers – Darling Arithmetic
Villagers's Darling Arithmetic’s accompanying blurb reveals it was recorded in O’Brien’s Malahide home and solely by O’Brien himself, which explains in part its pared back sound.
Album Review: Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h4fMku7iZA&list=PLq7MWRGJO0XwYOxR2xXJHvC8HD0abuqmh The second acts of rappers’ careers have a bad reputation for pandering to the mainstream, but Kendrick Lamar is comfortable
Album Review: Tandem Felix – Comma
Tandem Felix Comma EP https://soundcloud.com/tandemfelix/nothing-i-do-will-ever-be-good-enough There’s a thing that makes making convincing Americana in Dublin difficult, which is the surfeit of pedal steel players. Lucan lads Tandem Felix’s
Album Review: Lower Dens – Escape From Evil
Lower Dens Escape from Evil Having seen singer Jana Hunter perform solo and with Lower Dens (which she fronts) supporting Beach House and Deerhunter respectively, it seems appropriate
Album Review: Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp
Waxahatchee Ivy Tripp Youthful aimlessness is supposed to be just that: without focus or direction. So why is it that Katie Crutchfield, on her third and most tonally diverse
Album Review: Lightning Bolt – Fantasy Empire
Lightning Bolt Fantasy Empire More brown-out inducing, speaker-blowing destroyers-of-worlds than a ‘band’ in the traditional sense, Lightning Bolt’s decision to record this, their first album in five years,
Album Review: Dick Diver – Melbourne, Florida
Dick Diver Melbourne, Florida Dick Diver have been delivering low-key classics for a while now with their own brand of lethargic, instantly-recognisable twang. On their latest there’s a pronounced