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Editorial: To Pimp an Ideal
It was released as a surprise and in barely enough time to give it a full listen was being hailed as a classic; the immediate reaction to Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly said more Read more…
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The Hype
Review: Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliot Smith
Five and a half studio albums and one Oscar nomination into his career, 34-year-old singer-songwriter, Elliot Smith was found dead in his California home – his life taken by two knife wounds to the heart Read more…
Music
Interview: No Monster Club
Bobby Aherne of No Monster Club is pretty damn close to how you would imagine, based on the output of his band No Monster Club. He’s funny, modest about the music he makes and very Read more…
Music
One-line reviews
Action Bronson’s Mr. Wonderful: Two Big Body Bes features on an album is two too many. RATKING’s 700 Fill: Any album with a Despot feature is worth listening to by virtue of that alone, doesn’t Read more…
The Hype
Review: Marina and the Diamonds – Froot
Almost three years after the release of her second album, pop queen Marina Diamandis – better known by her stage name, Marina and the Diamonds – is back in the charts with her new record, Read more…
Books
Review: Hawaiian Shirts in the Electric Chair by Scott Laudati
Hawaiian Shirts in the Electric Chair bears the marks of experience. Scott Laudati, in his first book of poetry, summons a plethora of different situations to describe a world view that is at times cynical, Read more…
The Hype
Sharp darts
Not content with releases from Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Action Bronson to name a few, hip-hop in 2015 has decided to reward us again; Earl Sweatshirt has released a new surprise album. I Read more…
Television
Reflections on House of Cards after watching all of it in two sittings
“Claire” The final word of the third season of House of Cards comes as a relief. I rub my eyes. Embracing my exhaustion at last I make a halfway sincere promise never to watch this Read more…
Music
Review: Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
This album, prematurely or not, is being labelled as one for the ages, and is getting mentioned in arguments over the Best Rapper Alive title. Offensive, ground-breaking and anchored in social awareness, To Pimp a Read more…
Film
They Should’ve Stopped at One: Sequels That Never Should Have Happened
Inspired by the impending release of Fight Club 2: The Cult, Gavin Nolan takes a look at some sequels that should never have happened. Read more…
Music
Electric Picninc’s bottom line acts: Who are they?
Looking at the line-up for Electric Picnic? Bit confused about who all the small guys are? No worries, we’re here to help you suss out the bottom line: Read more…
Music
Review: Tuxedo – Tuxedo
Katelyn Harrop takes a look at the debut album of the funky collaboration between Mayer Hawthorne and producer Jake One. Read more…
The Hype
Review: Public Service Broadcasting – The Race for Space
It’s a mid-Autumn afternoon in Houston, Texas. Some 35,000 people are gathered in an American football stadium, but there is no game to be played. Instead, President John F. Kennedy steps forward. The year is Read more…
Music
The Suss’s Spring Playlist
Spring has finally sprung. A week after the odd snowfall that inspired thousands of hilarious and totally original “lousy Smarch weather” social media posts, the sun is out, kind of, and it’s getting warm, kind Read more…
Music
Review: Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear
Scout Mitchell reviews the new album of former Fleet Foxes drummer Josh Tillman, also known as Father John Misty. Read more…
The Hype
Sharp darts
Kanye West has announced the title of his seventh solo studio album. No release date has been announced for So Help Me God, but recent weeks have seen the release of singles “All Day” – Read more…
The Hype
One-line reviews
Heems’s Eat. Pray. Thug.: Better than anyone could have hoped for; “Home”, “Flag Shopping” and “Patriot Act” are all absolute must hear songs. Kanye’s performance at the BRITs: How long you been laughing at Lionel Read more…
The Hype
Neil Gaiman says Sandman script is “best in 20 years”
While accepting an award in UCD, Neil Gaiman spoke of the Sandman film, his journalistic past and why he doesn’t believe in writer’s block. Read more…
Features
Editorial: Why Always Kanye?
Arts editor Odrán de Bhaldraithe looks at the curious treatment of Kanye West in the public eye and contrasts it with that of the Gallagher brothers. Read more…
The Hype
Death from Above 1979 @ the Academy
Sometimes it’s best not to overthink things. I learned this pretty quickly at the Academy when Death From Above 1979 came to town. How will new album The Physical World stand up live? Can they Read more…
Features
DCU student leads the way for Ireland’s Brave New Voices
Odrán de Bhaldraithe speaks to DCU student Melissa Kavangh, co-captain of Ireland’s team in Brave New Voices, the world’s largest ongoing spoken word event. Read more…
The Hype
Sharp darts
The Suss’s editorial team wraps up the latest news in the arts world. Read more…
Music
Birdman; If you’re reading this, it’s too late
As Lil Wayne looks to leave Cash Money Records and take Drake and Nicki Minaj with him, Odrán de Bhaldraithe looks at what the trio mean to Cash Money. Read more…
Music
Editorial: The pursuit of purity is pointless
We’ve all heard the “Beck plays 14 instruments, Beyoncé has teams of writers” rhetoric lately, Odrán de Bhaldraithe queries why it is that people find this important. Read more…
Music
The expectation of over-sexualisation
Megan Roantree examines the controversy that arose after the release of Sia’s “Elastic Heart” video. Read more…