Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able
Judging from the collective sighs and swoons after their recent sold out Vicar Street date, Grizzly Bear came up trumps once again in the live stakes in what was show
Marilyn Manson – Running to the Edge of the World
When shock tactics are your bread and butter, what do you do when you’re just not shocking anymore? That appears to be the dilemma for Marilyn Manson, Middle America’s favourite,
Four Tet – Love Cry
All signs point towards a purple patch. From the once-upon-a-time single of the year Wolf Cub/Moth release with Burial through to this second salvo, Kieran Hebden’s got a dubstep bottle-rocket
Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
Just because it’s an immediately obvious comparison does not mean it should be left unsaid: Yeasayer’s first drop from their forthcoming sophomore album bears more than a passing resemblance to
Nihon Eiga: The Japanese Film Festival
In response to the level of interest shown in last year’s event the Japanese Film Festival has broadened its horizons, now taking in three locations across the country before making
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With a budget large enough to erase the debt of a small country, Roland Emmerich elaborately indulges in his strange obsession with global destruction in 2012. Emmerich’s is one of
Japanese Popstars
The Japanese Popstars are having a whale of a time at the moment. Between remixing everyone from Beyonce to Editors and a hugely successful tour of the festival circuit during
Terrence Parker: Grand Social November 12th
Terrence Parker has been a DJ for over thirty years, and it’s fair to say the man’s got skills. Parker cut his teeth playing hip-hop in the early eighties, but
Vampire Dad: Peter Facinelli on Twilight: New Moon
Catherine Hardwicke’s adaption of the popular Stehanie Meyers book mixed high-school drama with supernatural fantasy to pleasing effect, making overnight stars of its young cast. Having changed directors for the
Love and death with The Antlers
Concept albums are naff, received wisdom states. They’re the domain of longhaired dinosaurs, writing delusional, overwrought epics about dull mythology. But then, I suppose, it depends on your concept. Sufjan
Interview With Knives in Hens Director Alan Gilsenan
Reuniting the team behind What Happened Bridgie Cleary, Knives in Hens is “a raw, brutal, dangerous play about love, desire and the power of words”. Set in a God-fearing, pre-industrial
Vitalic
Whether it be trendy sunglasses or Hawaiian shirts, Vitalic is a man who genuinely wears – and does – what he wants; though he has one of the most instantly
Shakira – She Wolf
Some undeniably terrific moments aside, Shakira’s albums up to now have been a bit underwhelming, but happily She Wolf delivers and is Shakira’s most consistent album to date. The title
The Antlers – Hospice
The most difficult thing the average person will ever have to do is watch a loved one die. Those days tend to be a blur, becoming more disconnected from reality
Alexandra Burke – Overcome
Topped and tailed by the grab-you-by-the-balls brilliant Bad Boys and the perfectly-judged Hallelujah, Overcome is a fairly solid album. The guest turns from Flo Rida and Ne-Yo work quite well,
Music – Interview – Cymbals Eat Guitars
Out of the frying pan and into the fire with a helpful prod from Pitchfork; after their self-released debut Why There Are Mountains was scored an 8.3 and given a
Our Friend Electric – Gary Numan Interviewed
From those stark old videos of his Kraftwerk-styled robotic performances to the synth blizzards that made his name, I’m obviously chattering at the prospect of talking to Gary Numan, even
Hunter-Gatherer & Angkorwat: the DEAF 2009 Irish Interest
With the main draws of the DEAF 2009 line-up focused very much on the pioneers of the past, the glut of lesser-known acts can get lost in the tiny 6-point