Flux
“I felt reset by being in a changed environment”; Dragana Jurišić on creating Daithí Sleeps
Dragana Jurišić discusses the impact of Covid-19 and moving out of Dublin on the themes explored in her work. Read more…
Flux
Flux
Caravaggio painting has lived in the National Gallery of Ireland for 25 years
Unlike his artistic peers, he was an advocate of drawing straight on the canvas. He had no time for meticulous sketches of hands, feet or faces. This technique gives a sense of immediacy to his paintings. Read more…
Flux
Hudson Taylor “Feel it Again” at the Olympia
The show was a mixture of going from the old album to the new one and everyone who was either long-term fans or was new to their music didn’t take their eyes off them from start to finish. Read more…
Flux
Wild, Wild Country: a real life horror story
A small town called Antelope, closest to the site of the Rajneesh ranch becomes the focal point of conflict in this gripping six-episode docu-series that details charming Bhajwan Shree Rajneesh and his flamboyant followers. Read more…
Flux
This Summer’s sizzling hot festivals
Malahide Castle will host acts ranging from rock and roll to disco soul including LCD Soundsystem and Lykke Li on June 5th, Kodaline on June 8th, Gorillaz on June 9th, Liam Gallagher on June 15th and Nile Rodgers and Chic and Craig David on June 16th. Read more…
Film
Love, Simon: The long overdue high-school movie we deserve
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]ver come across a generic pop song that gets stuck in your head on a loop and stays there? You know there’s better songs, underappreciated musicians out there that deserve your time and ears. Nevertheless, Read more…
Flux
DCUDrama takes a stab at Sweeney Todd
The chorus were almost completely naked and covered in mud, blood and chalk for the entirety of the show. Read more…
Flux
Turntables and timetables: how student DJs work their craft
“I knew it would get in the way of a lot of things, especially college but it wasn’t even a decision for me, I was still going for it no matter what,” Read more…
Flux
Irish artists to look out for: Kevin Smith aka Kojaque
This approach to hip-hop goes against all the stereotypical misogyny and seemingly emotionless bravado that has come with the genre in the past. Read more…
Flux
Are phones ruining the concert experience?
Concerts are places where you go to forget about everything happening around you, embrace that moment because it’s one you’ll never experience again, no one concert will ever be the same as another. Read more…
Film
Ricky Gervais provocative as ever in new Netflix special
At his best, Gervais feels like a working-class, pub philosopher that has somehow made it to the top. When he boasts about his luxurious home in Hampstead, it feels earned. Read more…
Flux
When is the pen mightier than the camera?
The main advantage of the novel is the fact that you aren’t merely witnessing the story and the emotions the characters are feeling onscreen, but you are experiencing them yourself. The novel encourages you to use your imagination, there’s no limit to how long a book can expand unlike a film that must be cut to stay concise. Read more…
Film
“Take Your Pills” documentary focuses in on Adderall abuse
One is tempted to go on the dark web and purchase a few bottles of the pills themselves. Or even book a psychiatric appointment and fake their way to a nice, gift wrapped diagnosis and prescription. They make it seem so easy. Read more…
Flux
Divisive work of Emil Nolde at the National Art Gallery
Nolde had a fascination with dancers and the beautiful way in which they used their bodies as an artistic tool, this fascination is evident in the exhibition as a running theme as he daringly painted scenes of dancers performing at a cabaret or caught up in movement on stage. Read more…
Flux
An Insight into Dublin’s Underground Cultural Performance Circle
Amongst the Sessions many wonderful absurdities is the unspoken policy of silence when an act is on until a song, or bit, or piece is finished, a rule that not only works but adds to the intimacy of the performances because you can not hear the listeners. Read more…
Flux
The Weeknd mourns past relationships in new album
The 21-minute-long album is a breakup album, exploring the love and loss, where at times The Weeknd seems to be pleading for a chance to reignite a lost bond and at others simply acknowledging a loss and looking for blame to place. Read more…
Flux
Immortality, sex and violence: Altered Carbon’s first season
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ased on a novel of the same name by the British Sci-fi writer Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon is Netflix’s latest science fiction series and is a visual spectacle for fans of the genre.
Flux
Review: The Snowman
Backlash against progressive Nordic feminism haunts every flake that falls on The Snowman as surely as it haunted the ancestral homes and unwelcoming streets of the Millennium films. More explicitly social-minded than its Swedish cousin, Read more…
Flux
Review: St. Vincent at The Olympia
Annie Clark tends not to bend the knee to convention. In her second of back-to-back sold out shows at the Olympia, she showcases her eccentricity and unloads a mammoth 90 minute set that examines the Read more…
Flux
Amazon bookstores dehumanise book buying
Amazon is a multi-billion-dollar company that has been around for over two decades. They stream music and TV shows, sell everything from cameras to Halloween costumes and have revolutionised reading with the kindle. They also Read more…
Flux
Extensions: Art Exhibition in aid of mental health
Fintan O’Byrne is an Irish artist who recently hosted an exhibition of his artwork in aid of Jigsaw, Ireland’s National Centre for Youth Mental Health. Jigsaw’s mission is to bring about significant change in how Read more…
Flux
Nintendo SNES Mini – The Lowdown
Not long after Nintendo’s NES Mini was released last year, the SNES Mini was confirmed. Boasting a library of 21 games, improved audio output and the inclusion of a second controller as standard, this new Read more…
Flux
Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers at the 3Arena
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter a nine-month delay, Red Hot Chili Peppers took the 3Arena stage by storm for two sold-out concerts. Their original dates last December were postponed when frontman Anthony Kiedis was struck down by a flu, Read more…
Flux
DCU Drama’s ‘The Breakfast Club’
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the wake of DCU Drama winning Best Society, the society’s fifth and final show of the academic year had a big reputation to live up to. It did not disappoint. The second contemporary play Read more…
Flux
On Raglans’ road
Raglans are an alternative rock band from Dublin. They consist of Stephen Kelly, Rhos Horan, Conn O’Ruanaidh and Brendan McGlynn. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2014 and was hugely successful. The Dublin based Read more… Read more…