Suburra is ‘a rain-sodden neo-noir teeming with chiaroscuro characters’ says MacDara Conroy
Thumped's Random DVD trip: Wherein Hector Grey enters the Xtravision across the road and grabs the first couple of things that appear in the shelf. This week: Monsters and Stakeland.
'At moments like these, the band absolutely soars' - Neill Dougan on The War On Drugs' recent Vicar Street gig
'Minimal, bass-heavy and expertly detailed, these are tracks that will feel equally at home on headphones or over top-quality systems' - Ian Maleney on Cassegrain's Tiamat.
'This is a film to remind you, you whinging, big city prick, with your negative equity and pension levy, that things could be much worse' - Dara Higgins counts his blessings on Pilgrim Hill.
'Reese Witherspoon is short. Sofia Vergara has an accent. That’s the joke' - Dara Higgins on Hot Pursuit
MacDara reviews Spacemad, the debut album from :Hounds: which is due for release on 1st January.
"So what's the prognosis? On the basis of the 13 tracks presented here, Maxïmo Park's condition is stable..." - MacDara on Maximo Park's new LP The National Health.
'There is no possibility of accidently running into the Catalan equivalent of David McWilliams giving a cookery demonstration' - Hugh McCabe on Primavera Sound 2015
"...now that their lives no longer depend on the band, they can afford to take more risks with their music" - Macdara gets a taste for Pelican from their new EP Ataraxia/Taraxis.