Spring has sprung, and so have an abundance of new releases. The amount of wonderful albums released already this month has been astounding, so we’ve tried to give a nod to a lot of them in the March playlist. Continue reading Playlist: March 2015
Acclaimed MC and producer Novelist discusses the ins and outs of grime as a genre and a way of life.
Continue reading Rhyme and Reason: Interview with Novelist
It’s spring time and love is in the air. Well maybe not love, but definitely a few tracks from the Fifty Shades Soundtrack, as well as from our cover stars Ibeyi, along with Jessie Ware, Dawn Richard and more. Continue reading Playlist: February 2015
Our cover stars, French-Cuban twins Ibeyi, chat to Music Editor Tara Joshi about their upcoming debut album. Continue reading Mirror Mirror: Interview with Ibeyi
February 12 ROADKILL Launch Coinciding with IMMA’s ongoing exhibition Primal Architecture, ROADKILL will see an evening of live performance, installation, video and music take over the gallery as an extension of the show. It will also mark the launch of … Continue reading What’s On: February 12- March 11
Film scoring is a balancing act. Music Editor Tara Joshi considers how scores can complement or crush the success of a film. Heart-wrenching, suspenseful or just plain annoying, what makes a good score tick? Continue reading Even the Score
It seems a fair assertion to make that there is no equivalent in Dublin — or, indeed, in Ireland — to eight-piece Nova Collective, with their gorgeously breezy bossa nova melodies and the smooth-as-honey combined vocals of Luana Matos and Dónal Kearney. Continue reading Homegrown: Nova Collective
It is difficult to say where exactly 2015 might take us when this month has already seen a surprise collaboration between musical behemoths Kanye West and Paul McCartney. Continue reading Playlist: January 2015
Our picks for what to see and do over the next month. Continue reading What’s On: December 10-25
There’s a distinctly rich, decadent feeling to a lot of this month’s sounds: we open with the stupidly fun, honeyed brass swing of the Mark Ronson and Mystikal collaboration, the funky sway of Delroy Edwards and the intense, seductive opulence of Beyoncé’s brilliant new party anthem. Continue reading Playlist: December 2014
The anxiety of merely playing a subsidiary, passive role in one’s own life is something that springs to mind when Dublin solo artist Stephen Tiernan elucidates the reasons for his choice of moniker: Participant. Continue reading Homegrown: Participant
From a Lord of the Rings marathon to a Wilde Christmas Dinner, here’s our picks for what to see and do over the next month. Continue reading What’s On: November 19-December 8