In this installment of Bookmark, we hang out with Bennie Reilly and Davey Moor from little xs for eyes to discuss some of their collective and personal favourite books. Photos by Abigail Denniston. Gary Shteyngart – Super Sad True Love Story Davey: Our protagonist, Lenny Abramov, loves books. He loves all kinda other antiquated old stuff too. In our western reality he might be what we understand as a hipster, but in the (very) near future of this 2010 novel, he is a fish thoroughly out of water. The young woman he loves, Eunice Park – a recent graduate with…
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In our second installment of Insert Coin, Eoghain Meakin chats to Ross Fortune AKA Benny Smiles about being featured in the Hotline Miami 2 video game soundtrack and the major influence games have on his music. Photos by Aaron Corr. Mr. Ross Fortune is a busy man these days. When not racking up a no.1 single as a member of Vann Music he fills the rest of his time as the electronic solo artist and producer Benny Smiles. As the latter he’s accumulated a strong following and critical response to his achingly pretty, synthy, sparkling musical output. It is also as Benny…
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The Snapshot trio live at Bert’s Jazz bar, Belfast. Photos by Sara Marsden.
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The Minutes live at the Pav in Cork. Photos by Rory Coomey.
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We go behind the scenes with Spies and O Sister at their gig in Whelans, Dublin. Photos by Aidan Kelly Murphy.
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In this installment of DIY Dublin, Loreana Rushe chats to John Hendrick, the owner and proprietor of The Big Bang in Dundrum shopping centre about what it’s like to run a successful comic book store. Hi John! First off, can you tell us about how you got into comic books? What appeals to you so much about them? That was actually my Mom’s fault. She used to get them for all of us growing up as kids to encourage us to read, from there it sort of, kind of escalated to being my favourite thing ever. I still read books,…
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O Emperor live at Cyprus avenue in Cork. Photos by Brid O’Donovan.
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We hosted Meltybrains? and Blue Whale at Belfast’s Bar Sub on Friday night. Photos by Ruth Kelly.
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We go behind the scenes with the crew of Dublin independent TV series The Parlour TV and discuss what exactly goes into directing and producing a weekly show. Words by Mike McGrath Bryan. Photos by Isabel Thomas. Hi Guys! Can you tell us a bit about yourselves? John Breslin (Director/Camera): I’ve been making community television and doing bits and pieces on music related videos for years now, I also play drums in a few bands..,. so The Parlour is a fairly natural environment for me to be working in at the moment. Barry Lennon (Producer/Location Manager): I have been involved…
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Hawk with support from Zinc and Yvonne live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway. Photos by Vincent Hughes.