“F*ck coolness” – Dan Deacon Interview
We chat to DIY electronic music godhead Dan Deacon ahead of his appearance at Body&Soul festival.
Re: Joyce It’s Bloomsday
The first recorded Bloomsday celebration held just outside Versailles, in 1929, started as a rather grand affair, but took a suitably raucous turn, with Joyce and Samuel Beckett losing all…
Another Island Life: Aonrú
Set around the Cape Clear Island off the South West coast of County Cork, Aonrú is a lyrically shot, 30 minute short film that explores the landscape and the voices…
Totally Dublin Weekender | June 11 – 14
Weekender: |wiːkˈɛndə|– noun – what to do in Dublin this weekend.
Restaurant Review: Bread and Bones
Bread and Bones have thankfully moved their menu beyond the proliferation of pulled pork and slaw, and are instead catching up with the more internationally current trend of Asian influenced…
Home From Home: Tom on Brussels
I can walk down the street and be as likely to hear any language in the world as English, French or Dutch. I regularly meet people from all over the…
NCAD Fashion Graduates 2015: Ailbhe Doyle
I wanted to create a space between the body and the garment, to highlight the connection/disconnection of technology with the person, as with our generation we are constantly connected to…
NCAD Fashion Graduates 2015: Daniel Roden
It all started with Cruella De Vil and the concept drawings for her by Mark Davis. I interned with Philip Treacy for the summer last year and I think that’s…
NCAD Fashion Graduates 2015: Alice Langton
I think that a lot of fashion at the moment is moving at such a fast pace. I wanted to make articles or artefacts that can be kept and are…
NCAD Fashion Graduates 2015: Adam Henderson
My two loves are fashion and art history, so a lot of my inspiration would come from history and the past. I went to an exhibition in Collins Barracks, it…
Book Review: A Decent Ride – Irvine Welsh
Welsh is an incredibly repetitive writer. The oddly decent character has corkscrew curls which are mentioned almost as frequently as female genitalia, although admittedly in less colourful terms.
Book Review: The Nearest Thing to Life – James Wood
Rather than dazzling with novelty, Wood scrutinises devastatingly simple ideas. He does the work of the novelist in making his reader examine these concepts anew through gorgeously accomplished, apt language.
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Nice Gaff: South Studios 27/28 New Row South Dublin 8
At numbers 27 and 28 on New Row South in Blackpitts sits an old calp limestone, brick and slate warehouse currently home to South Studios. A former distillery, tannery, warehouse,…
Bitesize: Dublin Gin & Tonic Fest
Summer’s here and the Dublin Gin & Tonic Fest from Great Irish Beverages puts the spotlight firmly on three of Ireland’s best.
Album Review: Coming of Age – Ben Williams
Ben Williams has now released his second record, aged 30. What he does with Smells Like Teen Spirit is magical. So, whaddya waitin’ for?!
Album Review: Birth – Young Wonder
Young Wonder's chopped drum beats, samples from far-flung influences and dream-like vocals make for a compelling sonic front.
Restaurant Review: Taco Taco
The flavours at Taco Taco have Garner’s stamp all over them. They’re powerful without being gratuitous, with an unfussy attention to detail that sees ingredients reach their full potential. For…