The College View’s music and entertainment supplement.
A long summer lies ahead, however, not all of us have the luxury of escaping on a J1 for three months or going InterRailing around Europe with friends for a couple of weeks. Whether it Read more…
If you were to describe My Name is Emily in one word, it would be special. From its conception, this movie has been different from most. Irish director Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Read more…
We’re upstairs in Whelan’s – it’s the end of the gig, and the crowd is huddled together before the stage, clapping enthusiastically and screaming at the top of their lungs. Only it is not a Read more…
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 music industry is no stranger to stars trying to make a comeback, however whether they fail or succeed is a separate entity.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Shane O’Mahony takes on Scorsese’s newest small screen effort, Vinyl. Read more…
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…
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…
Contributer Emer Handly reviews All Time Low at the 3Arena. Read more…
Zoolander 2 is an almost irredeemably bad movie. It feels like both a lazy retread of the original and a tonally jarring rip off of a Dan Brown novel. Worst of all, it commits the Read more…
Daniel Troy reviews the latest Marvel Superhero to hit the big screen, Deadpool. Does it live up to its legendary marketing campaign? Read more…
Keava O’Loan asks if Lady Gaga’s Grammys tribute to David Bowie was befitting of the chameleonic pop legend. Read more…
Veteran punk rockers Sum 41 return to Ireland. Read more…
Aisling Louglin reviews Foals on the first night of their arena tour. Read more…
Gary Grimes interviews LA-based Irish actor Glenn Keogh about his latest venture. Read more…
Colleen Brady reviews the Irish hopeful at this year’s Oscars – ‘Room’. Read more…
Villager’s Conor O’Brien brings new album ‘Where Have You Been All My Life?’ to the stage. Read more…