Music
Will Zayn go the same Direction as Robbie?
There comes a time in each successful boyband’s lifespan where one member throws a spanner in the works and decide to leaves the band, disappointing fans all over the world.
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Music
European festival forecast
It’s beginning to feel a lot like summer. The grey skies and morning drizzle may beg to differ, but with Electric Picnic’s lineup launched festival season is right around the corner. LCD Soundsystem and Lana Read more…
Music
Review: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats at the Olympia Theatre
The beautiful Olympia Theatre played host to the grooviest rockabilly party Dublin has ever seen. The men in charge of it all? Nathaniel Rateliff and his masterful band, the Night Sweats. Often at gigs the Read more…
Music
How one band’s album review could signal change in music journalism
The 1975 have just released their sophomore record, ‘I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful, yet so unaware of it’. The LP went to number one in both the UK and Read more…
Film
Oscars: Spotlight shines on Leo’s glory
The race for best picture at the 88th Academy Awards was said to be the closest for years and so it proved. Alejandro González Iñárritu won best director for frontier revenge drama The Revenant, and Read more…
Television
REVIEW: Why Love is on the air
You know it’s good when you watch all ten episodes in one sitting, without food or human contact. Netflix original series Love follows the unfortunate love lives of Gus and Mickey in what can only be Read more…
The Hype
REVIEW: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Bord Gais
Classic musicals like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will always have special meaning to people of all ages. They always seem to take me back to my childhood Christmas holidays, and the small pile of chocolate Read more…
Television
REVIEW: Scorsese sets record straight with Vinyl
Shane O’Mahony takes on Scorsese’s newest small screen effort, Vinyl. Read more…
Flux
Panic over politicised pop hinders progress
Rebecca Keane explores the reaction to Beyoncé’s “Formation” video and Superbowl performance and asks why it’s no longer ok to make political pop. Read more…
Music
The Life of Pablo and the controversial life of Kanye West
Though Kanye West’s latest release The Life Of Pablo has had a chaotic release and early life, Stephen Keegan explores how chaos has never held Kanye back. Read more…
Music
REVIEW: All Time Low at the 3Arena
Contributer Emer Handly reviews All Time Low at the 3Arena. Read more…
Film
REVIEW: Deadpool
Daniel Troy reviews the latest Marvel Superhero to hit the big screen, Deadpool. Does it live up to its legendary marketing campaign? Read more…
Music
Was the Grammys’ Bowie Tribute just Gaga?
Keava O’Loan asks if Lady Gaga’s Grammys tribute to David Bowie was befitting of the chameleonic pop legend. Read more…
Features
REVIEW: Sum 41 at the Academy
Veteran punk rockers Sum 41 return to Ireland. Read more…
Features
REVIEW: Foals at the 3Arena
Aisling Louglin reviews Foals on the first night of their arena tour. Read more…
Film
INTERVIEW: Glenn Keogh
Gary Grimes interviews LA-based Irish actor Glenn Keogh about his latest venture. Read more…
Film
REVIEW: ‘Room’
Colleen Brady reviews the Irish hopeful at this year’s Oscars – ‘Room’. Read more…
Music
REVIEW: Villagers at Vicar Street
Villager’s Conor O’Brien brings new album ‘Where Have You Been All My Life?’ to the stage. Read more…
FluxFeat
The funniest women in comedy
Rebecca Keane looks at the women changing the world of comedy. Read more…
Flux
REVIEW: Mayday Parade at The Academy
It’s easy to think that the music you used to listen to disappeared when you grew up. Mayday Parade’s gig at the Academy this week shows just how wrong that notion is. The band roared Read more…
Music
Rihanna ups the ‘Anti’
Michelle Townsend looks at the run-up to the infamous R8 – does it deliver? Read more…
Film
#OscarsSoWhite: Can a hashtag change an industry?
As Hollywood continues to be challenged about representation in film, editor Fionnuala Jones wonders how a hashtag can change an industry. Read more…
Flux
REVIEW: Ash at the Olympia Theatre
Our review of Ash at the Olympia Theatre in support of their album, ‘Kablammo’. Read more…
Music
REVIEW: Star Wars – The Force Awakens
Shane O’Mahony reviews the most anticipated movie of the year. Read more…
Music
REVIEW: Kodaline at the 3Arena
Editor Fionnuala Jones review’s Kodaline’s recent stint at the 3Arena. Read more…