Garb: Witness The Fitness – Edel Traynor
Utilitarian crispness and undulating blocky shapes form the Edel Traynor collection for SS16. Edel, who cut her teeth at the Grafton Academy and assisting Danielle Romeril, has branched out to…
What if…. Dublin Was Weather-Proofed?
With a sea front, rivers and canals cutting through the city, Dublin too is vulnerable to a rise in sea level, floods and heavy rainfall. How can we prepare and…
Feb Audio Reviews: Sun Kil Moon, David Bowie & more
February's Audio Roundup includes new releases from Sun Kil Moon, David Bowie, Animal Collective, Toby Kaar, No Monster Club, Fat White Family and more.
February Games Round-Up: Tharsis – Pony Island – Saren
"If you figure out a way to get through without cannibalising the crew, let me know". In February Games Round-up reviews Tharsis, Only Island and Saren.
Barfly – Bow Lane
Pontification aside, the transformation that has happened within Bow Lane is striking, and they have done a classy job on it.
Album Review: Adore Life – Savages
Adore Life is a record built on the dialogue between act and audience, a collection of transmissions often aimed squarely at their fans.
Jazz CD of the Month: Camila Meza – Traces
It’s just impossible to pick a favorite track on this cd. Everyone is a winner. If I knew her agent, I’d ring him tomorrow and declare “Dublin is waiting. Come…
Critical Hit: Boss Fight Books
It’s a good time to be a fan of reading about videogames. Whether you aspire to be a DIY programmer, a gonzo games writer, or a radical writer-programmer hybrid, inspiration…
Interview: The Altered Hours – Time Out Of Mind
One of Cork’s most talked about musical exports in recent years, The Altered Hours unique blend of lo-fi, psychedelia-tinged post-punk has slowly developed over time. The group’s frontman, Cathal MacGabhann,…
Album Review: Big Black Coat – Junior Boys
Mixes carefully controlled emptiness of minimal techno with the embracing warmth of the titular object. An early contender for blah blah blah.
Book Review: Citizens – Kevin Curran
While the novel ostensibly tells two stories, it gradually builds to brilliantly portray the human interdependency that an entire nation is built upon.
Book Review: The Long Room – Francesca Kay
The titular room of Francesca Kay’s third novel refers not to the Old Library of Trinity College, but to a ministerial office in early 1980s London.
Book Review: A Brief History of Seven Killings – Marlon James
A Brief History of Seven Killings is the Booker-winning third novel by Jamaican writer Marlon James. It forms around a sprawling and messy plot that centres on the attempted assassination…
Cinema Review: Freeheld
The decision to basically ignore the women around which the story is supposed to revolve causes the bottom to fall out of this film, sapping the story of its impact.
Cinema Review: Trumbo
Trumbo, to its credit, finds no easy heroics and largely spares the platitudes within this difficult historical context, but accomplishes the rare feat of finding credible familial pathos in this…
Book Review: Mr. Splitfoot – Samantha Hunt
Samantha Hunt’s third novel, Mr. Splitfoot, is a modern day gothic about hucksterish faith-peddlers, haunted spaces, and the fetishising of the freakish.
Cinema Review: Our Brand is Crisis
The potential for the film to be a biting and hilarious satire is adulterated by the treacly and overly sentimental scenes focused on the rife poverty in Bolivia, which ring…
Cinema Review: Youth
That the film’s central conflict is over whether Caine’s character will conduct an old composition of his in a special performance for the Queen and Prince Philip suggests the degree…