magic

The 19th century was a time of turmoil in Europe, as the fallout from the shock of the French Revolution and the realization that real social change was possible continued to reverberate through the continent. Many people responded to this…

The House with a Clock in Its Walls is the story of an orphaned boy accidentally finding himself immersed in a world of supernatural hocus pocus. Haven’t we seen all this before? Following the death of his parents, dictionary-loving…

The Vandalised Tapestries, Leitrim’s home-grown alternative country rockers, attracted a smaller crowd to the main stage than Veelox did at the other end of the park. For how many years now it was like this. Due to subtle repeated social…

DOUBLE FIGURES, AWWWWWWH YEAH. Ahem. To celebrate hitting the big One-Zero, your NO ENCORE boys - Dave Hanratty, Craig Fitzpatrick and Colm O'Regan - welcome Kieran McGuinness from the excellent Delorentos on board as a special guest…

HEALTH Death Magic Upon first listen, HEALTH’s new album Death Magic burdens its listener with an almost overbearing sense of dread. It’s also unmistakably, well, a HEALTH album as all of their trademark chaotic, juddering sound is…

As his 150th anniversary comes around, many eyes have turned to re-examining the work of the great Irish poet W. B. Yeats. But in many ways a key area of his life has been overlooked: magic. Yeats’ interest in the supernatural and the…

Blur The Magic Whip Early reviews of Blur’s new album The Magic Whip have been almost comically over the top. In places it’s almost like Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr defrosted John Lennon and George Harrison (that’s making the…