The College View’s music and entertainment supplement.
Music
Sharp darts
Kurt Vile is working on a new album that he hopes to release in the autumn.
The Hype
Music
Make or break time for Villagers
Since the release of Villagers’ first album, Becoming a Jackal, Conor O’Brien’s star has risen immensely. Villagers have found themselves at the centre of the Irish alternative scene, with two Mercury nominations under the bands Read more…
Music
Review: Death Cab for Cutie – Kintsugi
It’s been four years since Death Cab for Cutie released the divisive Codes and Keys, which marked a departure from the alternative rock group’s typical sound. Now the boys from Washington are back with their Read more…
The Hype
Easter Rising centenary events to get underway in August
With Easter just over, you may be forgiven for missing the news that €22m is to be spent on commemorations for the Easter Rising in 1916 over the coming year, what with all that chocolate Read more…
Television
Channel 4’s Teens is so invasive it makes your skin crawl
“I’ve got a secret but you can’t tell anyone- not even a soul,” is one of the messages that is read out on Channel 4’s new reality show, Teens. Over one million of these invasive Read more…
Music
One-line reviews
Earl Sweatshirt’s I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: Exactly the opposite of every expectation that comes with a major label rap album, Sweatshirt stands alone in the world of hip-hop. Castlepalooza: Hercules and Read more…
Music
The Suss’s Summer Playlist
Summer is pretty great; that shouldn’t need to be expanded upon, but we’re going to anyway because as well being seasonal playlist enthusiasts, we here at The Suss also like explaining things until people stop Read more…
Books
Editorial: Ending Things on a Positive Note
Kurt Vonnegut’s A Man Without a Country is a memoir comprised of the author’s greatest one-liners, the most memorable of which has a simple message: “The arts are not a way to make a living. Read more…
FluxFeat
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…
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…