Music
Sussed: Metropolis 2016
Ireland’s biggest winter festival returns to the RDS after a stellar debut outing. Chic, Hot Chip and Le Galaxie were the highlights of a serious couple of days’ dancing in Donnybrook last year – but Read more…
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The Hype
Sussed: October Poems
In Battle of The Eighth, Zainab Boladale highlights how historically and traditionally women have always been the victimised by the laws that govern our society. The very same victimisation that can be seen in the arguments Read more…
Television
Coppers, contraceptives and craic: Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope
Last week saw the dramatic season finale of RTÉ’s female led dark comedy, Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope. Written by playwright Stefanie Preissner, the show hits a little too close to home with its eerily accurate Read more…
Music
Review: American Football – American Football
Opening with a track entitled ‘Where Are We Now’ seems pretty apt considering that this is the first LP American Football has released this century. Though their sophomore offering is still self-titled, the album is Read more…
Features
The Suss on Halloween
As a child, Halloween was always one of the biggest events of the calendar year. Trick or treating, fireworks,and pumpkin carving were all highlights of our more innocent years. Unfortunately, once you get beyond a Read more…
Music
Did Bob Dylan deserve the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. “Wait, literature?” I hear you say. That’s right. The Swedish Academy has awarded him “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
Music
Review: Death Grips at the Academy
It’s a long flight of stairs up to the Academy’s main room and on this night, getting close to Samhain, it felt like a liminal space, a passageway between the relative sanity of the street Read more…
Television
4 reasons why you should be watching The Night Of
HBO are no strangers to producing great drama series. With titles such as Game of Thrones and True Detective under their belt it’s only natural that they added to the CV this year with their Read more…
Television
Gillian Anderson ensures show doesn’t Fall on Feminism
The Fall came crashing back into our lives at the end of September to remind us that not all cop shows have to be one dimensional. The Northern Irish drama revolves around murderer, Paul Spector Read more…
Flux
Flux
How Mick Flannery rages against the capitalist ideal
“I’m just one person, I have to look after my own life. I can’t save this stuff… so I’m gonna have a pint,” Mick Flannery tells me over the hubbub in the Dame Tavern, reaching Read more…
Film
Movie remakes: Will the new Lion King be a sure thing?
We live in a world where technology is constantly developing and improving. This can be seen across all forms of media, and one aspect of media where this can be seen clearly is film. The Read more…
Flux
The Gospel according to Luke: Marvel lift the Cage surrounding representation
Luke Cage is Netflix and Marvel Studio’s 3rd superhero venture following Daredevil and Jessica Jones. After the critical success of the aforementioned shows, there was a lot for Luke Cage to live up to, and Read more…
Music
Review: A Seat at the Table by Solange
Eight years on from the groovy, upbeat album Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, Solange Knowles has emerged with a clean, crystal cut album full of emotion and thought. Solange Knowles has invited us to Read more…
Flux
How Scream Queens allows for a true American Horror Story
Ryan Murphy, screenwriter and producer extraordinaire, can never be called narrow and repetitive in his concepts. Murphy’s oeuvre is something of a mixed bag, stretching from the downright ridiculous musical drama GLEE to the reality Read more…
Music
All roads lead to ROMES
ROMES are a half Irish, half Canadian alternative pop band made up of childhood friends Jacob Bitove on vocals, his brother Nick Bitove on drums, Andrew Keyes on Bass and James Tebbit on guitar. Earlier this Read more…
Articles
The Suss’ Summer: Longitude
As crowds of people swarmed into Marlay Park, it was clear that Longitude was going to be a weekend to remember. The atmosphere was full of excitement for a fantastic lineup. Laura Mulva, Daughter and Read more…
The Hype
How South Park stays relevant 20 years on
20 years may as well be an eternity in pop culture. 20 years ago, the brand new musical phenomenon worldwide was the Macarena. Dancing at the Crossroads, a tribute song to Wexford’s All Ireland winning Read more…
The Hype
The Get Down should not be in Stranger Things’ shadow
Many students have spent their summers indoors intoxicated by Netflix content. This summer was a particularly fruitful one for the company with new seasons of the charismatic Orange is the New Black and the addictive Read more…
The Hype
The Suss’ Summer: Electric Picnic
There it is, in the distance, voice soaring over a thundering rhythm: “Cloooooooud, block out the sun.” The call to rise. Eyes bleary, legs weary, it’s 8:30am on the second day of Electric Picnic, and Read more…
The Hype
Arts Editorial #1
Hi pals! I’m Stephen Keegan and I’m your Arts Editor for the year. I’m coming off the back of a great year as deputy and I’m looking forward to working towards making this a dream Read more…
Music
Review: No Man’s Sky: Music for an Infinite Universe by 65daysofstatic
It might take 5 billion years to fully explore the vast, procedurally generated universe of No Man’s Sky – but it only takes 65daysofstatic to soundtrack it. Few bands could take up the task of Read more…
Music
Review: Mind of Mine by Zayn Malik
Zayn Malik’s debut album has been highly anticipated since his departure from One Direction just over a year ago. In a boyband, his role was clear: brooding, mysterious, soulful. As a solo artist, he seems Read more…
The Hype
Finding the formula for a musical comeback
The music industry is no stranger to stars trying to make a comeback, however whether they fail or succeed is a separate entity.
Music
“We’re doing it for Ireland” say Rusangano Family
In the Shona language of Zimbabwe, the word Rusangano means togetherness, and it’s clear that the concept resonates strongly with Rusangano Family’s members – MCs God Knows and MuRli, from Shannon by way of Zimbabwe Read more…