Book Review: After the Funeral – Tessa Hadley
"The veteran Tessa Hadley’s latest short story collection, After the Funeral, cracks soul specificities open." - Ágnes Fodor
Audio Review: Rónán Ó Snodaigh + Myles O’Reilly – The Beautiful Road
"It softly hums beneath the frequencies we know. The Beautiful Road asks us to hear this hum, grow to know it and want, on behalf of the collective, to amplify…
Audio Review: Softer Measures – Feather Beds
"Despite the fact that there is little to connect one track to another, at least at a surface level, Softer Measures achieves a satisfyingly chaotic cohesion from start to finish."…
Sound: Greater Than Or Equal To The Bonk – Phillip Christie
"Comprised of a coterie of Christie’s like-minded longtime friends and collaborators, The Bonk are a live outfit to rival all comers.” - Danny Wilson
Book Review: The Ballycotton Job – Tom Mahon
In a tone reminiscent of a storyteller gathering people around a campfire, Tom Mahon ends the first chapter of The Ballycotton Job; ‘But we’re jumping ahead of ourselves. How did…
Ringsend Godsend – Artisan Parlour and Grocery
Conceived by Martin Thomas and Venetia Quick, Artisan Parlour & Gocery, there’s an unvarnished loveliness to it, reminiscent of old Mediterranean tavernas serving up generous dollops of sunshine or soft…
Writer/Performer/Salesman (A New Play About Retail): A Review
Shopping around with TheatreClub's new production.
Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
10, 000 feet deep bass droning from the esteemed Manc producer.
Titus Andronicus – Local Business
New Jersey rockers' third full-length leaves something to be desired.
Death Grips – No Love Deep Web
California experimental hip-hop group Death Grips flip the bird to their record label, with earth shattering results.
Slomatics – A Hocht
Belfast doom merchants show that they know their way around spacey dynamics as well as gargantuan riffs.
Swans – The Seer
Michael Gira leads his band of not-so-merry men to more ambitious heights than ever before. Ivan Deasy reviews.