Music

The ‘Emolution’ Of Mainstream Hip-Hop

Lil Peep, who died recently in tragic circumstances aged just 21, emerged last year as the torchbearer for a new-wave of emo - equally influenced by mid-2000’s alternative rock as trap. Many barely even turn...

Review: Ed Sheeran Plays The 3Arena In April

Ed Sheeran played two sold out shows in the 3Arena on the 12th and 13th of this month. The English singer has a huge following in Ireland, and has dedicated two songs on his latest album, to his love of Ireland...
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Top 5 Albums Of 2016

As 2016 draws to a close, it’s easy to look back on this weird and quite frankly frightening year through dismayed eyes. Besides all of the other chaos currently bestowed on us, we also lost some greats from th...

Summer Events – Beatyard 2016 Recap

This year’s Beatyard Festival down in Dun Laoghaire harbour was truly a weekend of funk, drunks and magic; all in all, a great event. From early Saturday morning right through to Sunday night, an atmosphere of ...
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In Photos: Slacker’s Symphony @ Whelans

  Slacker’s Symphony are a Dublin based band consisting of brothers Ed and James Grannell along with Nathan Maher, Marcin Nowak and Brian Mannion. The band took to the legendary venue...