Audio Review: Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs
A vital and unique work with a hypnotic power that will draw you back for progressively rewarding rewinds.
Bitesize: Strong Roots
Frozen food specialists Strong Roots have recently added two interesting new products to its range.
Ukulele Tuesdays
Brendan Duffy photographs some of the Ukulele Tuesdays regulars in what one may consider a conventional ukulele pose and then captures their rock star alter-egos.
Cinema Review: Vice
A solid satirical takedown of Cheney, his cohorts and all they stand for.
Roadmap: Roll It There
We're salivating at the prospect of some great Irish films and documentaries making their debuts at Sundance and Berlinale this year.
Nineteen For ’19: Niall Sweeney
“Other things can be difficult, but a home should be a given, from this all else follows”
Hemlines: 20,000 Shades Under the Sea
With Pantone picking ‘Living Coral’ as their latest Colour of the Year, what better feed to source your new-season shades from than @coralmorphologic?
Top Five Flicks in January
January usually heralds peak quality in terms of cinema releases as Oscar contenders come to the fore. Here’s five for your consideration.
Passing Through: Julia Holter
“There was nothing really conceptual about this record. It was based on improvising and the sound forming the record".
Book Review: Virtuoso – Yelena Moskovich
An entrancing work of literature that will suck you into its dreamlike world and consume you for days afterwards.
Roadmap: 81 Hollybrook Grove
A house in a garden is a new house situated in a garden at the end of a short terrace in Clontarf.
Cinema Review: Beautiful Boy
To the film’s credit, it avoids being a victim narrative.
Nineteen for ’19: Niamh McCabe – Spacey Studio
"Dublin is already so cool, but it took me moving home from abroad to really recognise the beauty of the old architecture throughout the city".
Brand New Retro: The Specials & The Beat Stardust Ballroom Jan 1981
Despite the chaos, violence and poor organisation, the gig was memorable for many.
Bitesize: Weekend Roast at The Butcher Grill
The perfect comfort food combo to tide you through the worst of January.
Cinema Review: Mary, Queen of Scots
Is it feminist? Enough? Too much? It doesn’t matter. It’s a good film about two incredible women from history.
Hemlines: Fashioning Actions from Artistry
Operating on opposite sides of the island, NCAD and LSAD signal the forward-moving strides of Irish fashion education
Nineteen for ’19: Wendy Crawford – Scout
"I feel our city is in danger of fast becoming boring and uninteresting as it supposedly develops."