The College View’s music and entertainment supplement.
At a recent party, a friend of mine got up after a couple of drinks and was able to sing his way through ‘Jumbo Breakfast Roll’ and ‘Aon Fhocal, Dha Fhocal’ in their entirety – Read more…
Luke Reilly and Eimear Shannon, for the last time, run down the things have provided them with maximum joy over the last twelve months. Read more…
“Remember when we thought we’d known each other…” The jangling opening chords of Heathers’ “Remember When” have become synonymous with Irish tourism, but twin sisters Ellie and Louise Macnamara from Dublin have proven themselves as Read more…
ONCE has travelled a long way – from Glen Hansard’s low-budget film, to the Oscars, to a musical on the bright lights of Broadway. After winning eight Tony awards last year, ONCE has finally made Read more…
Bastille have come a long way since beginning as a solo project in Dan Smith’s bedroom. After gathering up members and releasing an EP and mixtapes online, Smith’s indie-pop quartet has amassed a loyal fan Read more…
1. JAWS Jaws is a 1975 American horror/thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the Peter Benchley novel of the same name. Ask anyone, from your 90-year-old Granny to the 15-year-old boy who Read more…
Justin Timberlake is many things: Britney’s ex, a former N*Synch-er and a rather mediocre actor. He is also, perhaps one of the most genre-dividing artists in the music industry. Whether you prefer pop, rock or Read more…
Haunting, melancholy folk and bruised hearts make for a moody debut album courtesy of London three-piece Daughter, fronted by Elena Tonra. If You Leave plays as an album should, ten sparse but crafted tracks intertwine Read more…
Nicholas Sparks is back and doing what he does oh so well. Better known for popular romantic flicks like The Notebook and Dear John, Sparks’ newest movie Safe Haven is just another weepy installment to Read more…
Oxegen doesn’t even enter the equation anymore when it comes to Ireland and music festivals. A whole bevvy of new offerings have sprung up over the last couple of years which means those of us Read more…
There’s nothing better than when the TV gods decide to create a whole range of TV shows to choose from, and this year there is more than enough to look forward to already. From spy Read more…
There was a time when television provided an escape – a happy, much-welcomed break from our run-of-the-mill routine-driven lives. After days spent studying, arguing with friends/parents/yourself and stressing about mundane everyday chores, you could kick Read more…
Whether you loved, liked or loathed The Dark Knight Rises (all three camps exist, I’m proud to have set my tent in the first category) the fact of the matter is that in the final Read more…
I have a confession. When watching a programme on the television, I have an obsession with finding out what year it was first broadcast and what the actors are doing now. It’s quite upsetting. I Read more…
MKS, “Lay Down in Swimming Pools” STOP EVERYTHING. The Origibabes are back. Excuse us while we melt into a puddle. Last year we got new music from THE ALOUD, and 2013 seems set to reintroduce Read more…
Wizard Of Oz prequel Oz The Great And Powerful has stormed up the box office charts in its first week, and rightly so. Director Sam Raimi, who has directed movies such as the Spider-Man trilogy Read more…
Okay, so I’m not sure if you’ve heard but all over the internet there are these insane women who take photos of themselves wearing clothes and it’s like all so crazy. Why are we so Read more…
Having always been one for enjoying a guilty pleasure or two in terms of television programmes, I’ve recently found myself engaged in a quite horrifying habit. Every day at 3pm I am forced to sit Read more…
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” As all of you who studied it for the Leaving Cert know, Read more…
Paddy McKenna, of 2fm’s The Weekenders, is the lead singer of Irish band Storyfold. Paddy is joined on stage by Lindsey Hogan, Jim McGourty, Sean McDonnell and Michael Fortune. Only knocking around two years, the Read more…
Make no mistake about it, The City Apples are a band who are progressing. They have a very solid EP under their belt. If you take into consideration that they came together only in January Read more…
1) Boyzone OK, so maybe this is a little unfair. The death of a band member would obviously hamper any attempts at a proper reunion (RIP Steo </3). But when planning their reunion, the lads Read more…
Musical perfection is what has come to be expected from the alternative Aussies and fans of The Bad Seeds will hear just that delivered on their 15th studio album, Push The Sky Away. This is Read more…
Up and coming singer-songwriter Jake Bugg caused uproar in the Twitterverse recently by picking on worldwide pop favorites, One Direction. Words were exchanged between himself and 1D member, Louis Tomlinson after he tweeted that the Read more…
Passenger began as a five-piece band in the early noughties and released their debut album in 2007. Fast forward six years and Passenger is now made up of one Mike Rosenberg with this album, All Read more…