Una Mullally

• music video
• August 30, 2012, 14:09

For a band that now spends over 300 days on tour a year, calling a doc ‘What We See’ makes sense in terms of sharing their experiences, and of course, the mundanity and repetitive nature of interview after interview. “For …

• PopLives
• August 30, 2012, 12:18

Every week this Q&A will find out what various heads in music, film, fashion, theatre, bukes, performance, tech stuff, and whatever else are consuming.   Willie White is the Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the Dublin Theatre Festival, and the …

• music video
• August 30, 2012, 10:48

Ahead of their Electric Picnic gig, here’s the new single taken from the upcoming second album by Villagers, ‘The Waves’: I’m into the morse code tone running through it, along with keys that hint at steel drums at the beginning …

• books music
• August 29, 2012, 16:16

Probably the most anticipated music-related book release of the year, you can get a taste of David Byrne’s upcoming book on, well, how music works, over on McSweeney’s. The first few pars are worth a read while you’re waiting for the …

• comedy feminism
• August 29, 2012, 15:41

It’s like the three wolf moon t-shirt all over again.  

• Daily Digest
• August 28, 2012, 18:44

Amazing speech by Donal Óg Cusack at Foyle Pride. I missed this story about Nespresso losing an attempt to block a rival manufacturer making capsules compatible with their machines in Germany. The word ‘pussy’ is having a moment. Open source …

• festivals
• August 28, 2012, 18:10

It’s Electric Picnic time this weekend, which means loads of people talking about how the first years were better, spotting Game Of Thrones cast members and RTE employees amongst the punters, queueing for Pieminister, raving about how Irish bands have …

• music video
• August 28, 2012, 16:21

Awesome music video.

• film video
• August 28, 2012, 12:45

• gigs music
• August 28, 2012, 10:53

As much as I’m a fan of the other bands that played the Rubyworks 10th Birthday gig in Whelan’s last night (The Minutes, Funeral Suits, Deep Valley), what I really wanted to hear was new material from Fight Like Apes’ …

• Daily Digest
• August 27, 2012, 11:53

I went to four very different gigs over the weekend. Firstly on Friday night, David Guetta’s mass-jumping cheese bomb which I wrote about here where Example (who I’m not a fan of) actually really impressed, the atmosphere was super-hyped and …

• journalism music
• August 24, 2012, 11:24

As a rule of thumb, Marina Diamandis always gives excellent interviews, but this one over on the Huffington Post is especially good.

• festivals theatre video
• August 23, 2012, 16:48

PLUG ALERT My friend Vickey ‘Ragin’ Curtis and I run a spoken word night which has two shows at this year’s ABSOLUT Fringe, Dublin’s fringe festival. You can buy tickets here. All proceeds from ticket sales are going to Outhouse …

• PopLives
• August 23, 2012, 08:46

Every week this Q&A will find out what various heads in music, film, fashion, theatre, bukes, performance, tech stuff, and whatever else are consuming. Niall Muckian runs the record label and artist management company Rubyworks. What are you reading? The …

• Daily Digest
• August 22, 2012, 17:52

That Oprah interview with Rihanna in full. The sound is a little out of sync at times. Your alarm clock might be making you fat. Not by eating it. Decent opinion piece in today’s Irish Times on Twitter. M.I.A. hung …

• music video
• August 22, 2012, 17:33

• music video
• August 22, 2012, 17:20

It’s the conversation we’ve all been waiting for, via VICE’s awesome music site, Noisey.

• activism feminism music politics
• August 22, 2012, 10:11

The trial may be over, but the controversy and the campaigns certainly aren’t. Whether support for the feminist punk collective and their cause will continue to snowball or die off will only be realised in time, but the spotlight does …

• celebrity going out
• August 22, 2012, 09:39

… doesn’t necessarily stay there, which is unfortunate for Prince Harry who decided to play pool naked. (photo via TMZ.com) Photoshopped Hangover III posters in 5…4…3… It must be fun to be Prince Harry all the same. The public’s standards …

• clubs
• August 21, 2012, 17:07

Great piece in Complex giving the oral history of the legendary New York club, The Tunnel. pic via Wikipedia

• books
• August 21, 2012, 16:55

I finished Fifty Shades Of Grey last week, having read it on my phone from time to time. Don’t worry, I’m not going to rehash the contents of the book here. It’s an alright read, a pretty decent erotic novel …

• Daily Digest
• August 21, 2012, 15:31

Grindr at the GOP convention. Nicki Minaj is about to join American Idol as a judge. I reckon Minaj would be a decent judge; she’s mouthy, picky, hardworking and actually an artist at the top of her game, which is …

• music video
• August 21, 2012, 15:01

Alongside Crave and Jesse James

• books magazines
• August 21, 2012, 13:39

Even though I’m not exactly the target demographic, I’m a big fan of Rookie, and their list of books about journeys in the latest On The Road-themed edition is excellent.

• activism music politics
• August 20, 2012, 17:30

“The men refused to tell me why I was being arrested and shoved me into a police van. When I got up to again ask why I had been detained, things turned violent. I was restrained, choked and struck several …

• culture Dublin going out
• August 20, 2012, 13:57

Wrote this piece on the MGM in the paper today. With their monthly night out, Níal Conlan and Shane Langan are out to prove there are some smart, talented people left in Ireland. Fed up at being told that the …

• film music
• August 20, 2012, 13:34

Right here.

• Daily Digest
• August 20, 2012, 10:03

Why male conservative politicians probably shouldn’t talk about rape. Irvine Welsh goes on a rant about the Booker Prize. Crime Statistics Ireland. Cool robot: Madonna sued for supporting gay rights in Russia. Fifty Shades of Grey generator Mobile payments keep …

• film
• August 20, 2012, 09:32

The director of Top Gun, True Romance and more has died after jumping from a bridge in LA. The LA Times has a film retrospective.

• film
• August 16, 2012, 13:35

So excited about this film, and here’s the latest clip (scroll down) which seems to have the most Scientology references so far. Here are the previous trailers: Johnny Greenwood’s score sounds cool already. It’s his fifth one, with two of the …

• music politics
• August 16, 2012, 13:09

(via @PaulMcCartney)

• PopLives
• August 16, 2012, 09:28

Phil Boyle aka Ghostboy is the resident DJ at Dublin club night Mother, and by day performs search engine optimisation at WhatClinic.com. What are you reading? I picked up a copy of Alex’s Adventures In Numberland by Alex Bellos recently, …

• music video
• August 15, 2012, 22:03

• Daily Digest
• August 15, 2012, 20:47

Ezra Miller comes out. Glow in the dark bike frame. Cool. Rather unsurprisingly, Kristen Stewart won’t be in the sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman. Speaking of Kristen Stewart, Jodie Foster wrote this interesting piece on celebrity break ups, …

• music video
• August 15, 2012, 20:16

Adele not performing at the Olympic closing ceremony (because she’s preggers and all) has made me miss her. So here’s a gig to watch:  

• celebrity fashion music video
• August 15, 2012, 10:11

• internetz society
• August 15, 2012, 10:01

If you’re trying to fill the void in your life left from the property porn of Cribs, the party porn of My Super Sweet Sixteen, and what was probably the best reality TV programme ever about vacuous teen wealth even …

• music
• August 14, 2012, 17:40

It’s ‘Four’ and it’s here. (via Nialler9.)

• celebrity
• August 14, 2012, 16:51

Wrote about Jennifer Aniston’s engagement in today’s paper.

• video
• August 13, 2012, 20:52

Really like this new video from Enemies for ‘Indian Summer’. Simple. Does the job. Looks well. That’s all you really need, right?   But the video I’m really looking forward to seeing in full is Stevie Russell and TIDAL’s new …

• Daily Digest
• August 13, 2012, 10:59

Rubberbandits score four stars from the Guardian for their Edinburgh Fringe gig. Why did Starbucks choose a little-known company to partner with for their mobile payments? Rory McIlroy wins his second major. Carlo Rimbaldi the visual effects guy behind E.T. …

• sport
• August 13, 2012, 08:43

• politics
• August 10, 2012, 19:00

Read it here. Astonishingly brave stuff. (Hat tip to The Anti Room)

• music
• August 10, 2012, 11:54

Here’s the new one from their upcoming album ‘Coexist’. It’s going to be the second track on the album. After being initially rather unimpressed by ‘Angels’, it has really grown on me, and I imagine this track will too, because …

• sport
• August 10, 2012, 11:42

(Photo by Scott Heavey/Getty Images.) Olympic champion. Destiny fulfilled. Here’s what the world is saying about her: Miriam Lord leads the reports on the fight in today’s paper. The New York Times, reporting from Bray on how she is the …

• celebrity music sport
• August 10, 2012, 11:17

They look all set for the Olympics closing ceremony: (via everyone on Twitter)  There are more pics over on The Sun website, but don’t click on that link unless you want all the surprises concerning special closing ceremony guests spoiled. …

• music video
• August 9, 2012, 12:01

Willem De Foe comes a cropper in this Nabil-directed video:  

• sport
• August 9, 2012, 11:54

(photo by Murad Sezer/Reuters) Katie Taylor’s fight for Olympic gold today against Sofya Ochigava from Russia, is not just the culmination of a tournament, or four years training, or even a career. It is that of a lifetime. The reason women’s …

• PopLives
• August 9, 2012, 08:35

Every week this Q&A will find out what various heads in music, film, fashion, theatre, bukes, performance, tech stuff, and whatever else are consuming. Angela Dorgan is the CEO of First Music Contact, and also takes care of business at …

• music
• August 8, 2012, 20:01

ts rlly gd.  

• fashion
• August 8, 2012, 18:04

It’s over at Life + Times.

• Daily Digest
• August 8, 2012, 13:15

Professor Green is digging a nice little hole for himself by ranting about EMI. It irritates me when musicians on majors give out about major labels. Everyone knows the massive problems majors have but YOU, MR MUSICIAN decided to sign …

• celebrity
• August 8, 2012, 11:21

They’re at it again. Elton’s dig is pretty hilariously bitchy as slaggings go: “She looks like a fucking fairground stripper.” Elton John dissing someone’s style? Pot, kettle mate.

• fashion
• August 7, 2012, 17:53

Coolest bag I’ve seen in a while.  

• celebrity TV
• August 7, 2012, 14:51

As NY Post columnist Mandy Stadtmiller found out, Sorkin based mean Nina in ‘The Newsroom’ on her. Watch out, Kristin Davis. Versus

• sport
• August 7, 2012, 12:36

(pic by Dan Sheridan/Inpho) There was a sort of inevitability that best thing to come out of Bray since Britney Spears’ wrist tattoo would become one of the stories of the Olympics. The Irish fans who have been following her …

• festivals music video
• August 3, 2012, 16:39

(via Broadsheet.)

• music industry
• August 3, 2012, 11:41

(pic via commandtalent) That would be Tiesto making $22 million according to this Forbes report. Skrillex is second at $15 million, Swedish House Mafia pull up in third place with $14 million. Guetta made $13.5 million, Steve Aoki is at …

• music industry
• August 3, 2012, 11:12

“Electric music” says it all really. MCD boss Denis Desmond has disputed the findings. There’s loads to be said about this (again), and indeed the most uneasy part of it is that a report such as this could sound the …

• PopLives
• August 2, 2012, 09:04

Every week this Q&A will find out what various heads in music, film, fashion, theatre, bukes, performance, tech stuff, and whatever else are consuming.   Róise Goan is the Director of ABSOLUT Fringe.  Photo by Brian Bennett and Nyree Yergainharsian, The …

• Daily Digest
• August 1, 2012, 13:25

New Snoop Dogg/Lion/Whatever doc: Civil partnerships five times more popular than originally forecast in the UK. I’m kind of digging Microsoft’s new Outlook. Here’s an article singing its praises over Gmail. People called Boo in popular culture. Who is Julian …

• film
• August 1, 2012, 12:05

(via @rickoshea)

• books
• August 1, 2012, 10:06

(pic via The Telegraph) Gore Vidal has died aged 86 from complications due to pneumonia.