The Music Quiz: Charli XCX has sampled a song by which blues great?
Plus: What is the name of the upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic starring Jeremy Allen White?
‘I laughed when a friend recommended I buy a single bitcoin for €300. It would now be worth €55,000’
Me & My Money: Ciaran Marron, chief executive of Activ8 Solar Energies
The Guide: Pillow Queens, Tradition Now, Winterval and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
November 16th-22nd, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Dwight Yoakam: Brighter Days – Terrific songs from a country music maverick
Yoakam returns to an evolving country landscape that just might make space for him
The Music Quiz: Harry Styles sings about what type of restaurant on his 2022 album Harry’s House?
In honour of Irish Times Food Month, 10 tasty questions chosen to hit the musical sweet spot
‘I once brought my team to London and booked an apartment through a popular booking site. When we arrived, the apartment didn’t exist’
Me & My Money: Claire Tighe, chief executive of TheatreworX Productions
The Guide: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nas and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
November 9th-15th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Primal Scream: Come Ahead – Bobby Gillespie and company return with a sorely disappointing album
Ethical concerns are the least of fans’ worries, as not even David Holmes’s involvement can save this woefully inadequate collection
The Nick Cave Music Quiz: What was the original name of side project Grinderman?
In honour of the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds concert at Dublin’s 3Arena next week, a special quiz on the ‘grand lord of gothic darkness’
Ronan Collins: ‘My mother always said: if your feet don’t feel right, the rest of you will suffer’
Me & My Money: Ronan Collins, broadcaster and singer
Four new films to see this week
Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These and Hugh Grant in Heretic, plus Anora and Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
The Guide: The Corrs, Dublin Book Festival, Cork film festival and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
November 2nd-8th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Fionn Regan: O Avalanche – Stone-cold sublime
The Co Wicklow musician’s seventh album is simply a beautiful piece of work
The Music Quiz: Radiohead side project The Smile took their name from a poem by whom?
Plus: Which David Bowie song did Greta Gerwig choose to take with her on Desert Island Discs?
Panti Bliss: ‘To be totally honest, I never expected to live this long!’
Panti Bliss (aka Rory O’Neill), performer/entertainer