U2 indulge in musical Feng Shui on Songs of Surrender U2, that most widescreen of bands, are stripped back to a minimalistic intimacy on this mammoth career retrospective Music • 17 Mar
Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne dies at 88 Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne, known for his eccentric clothing designs and for founding one of the world's best-known fragrance brands, died today at the … Fashion • 03 Feb
Album review: Katy J Pearson - Sound of The Morning Katy J Pearson's second album ranges from folky acoustic lyricism to bittersweet rock-outs Features • 09 Jul 22
Texas Chainsaw Massacre - glossy but no grit When Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel began shooting The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on 16mm film with a minuscule budget in 1973 it was unimaginable … Features • 18 Feb 22
Every hour was a golden hour: Larry Gogan two years on From the showband to the boyband eras, the late Larry Gogan was a champion of Irish music and a much-loved voice on the national airways. … Larry Gogan • 07 Jan 22
Westlife back falling between two stools on new album A stadium-ready Westlife return with another confection of airy, midtempo electro pop on new album Wild Dreams Music • 26 Nov 21
Abba: the return of the masters of Nordic noir The masters of Nordic noir are Björn again after 40 years - and they haven't lost their talent for penning both tearjerkers and euphoric pop … Abba • 05 Nov 21
Review: Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days US singer Carlile both shoots from the hip and offers words of solace on her seventh album Music • 05 Oct 21
Do they mean us!? Green on the screen There has been much weeping and gnashing of tweets over new Irish rom-com Wild Mountain Thyme but there's plenty more stage Irishisms on the big … Movies • 04 May 21
How Kings of Leon got their groove back KoL are back with few surprises but with equal parts swagger and smoulder Music • 08 Mar 21
Pillow Queens dream a little dream on debut album The foursome deliver an honest to goodness guitar album with plenty to say Music • 25 Sep 20
Pearl Jam dynamite despair on huge-hearted Gigaton The worst time to release a new record turns out to be exactly when it's most needed, with Pearl Jam's 11th album dual-powered by another … Music Review • 31 Mar 20
Green Day test their paternity on Father of All The proto-punks bounce back with their shortest album yet Music • 07 Feb 20
David Keenan's rush of blood to the head David Keenan has big ambitions and a big vision on his overwrought debut Music • 15 Jan 20
Review: Donald Byrd - Ethiopian Knights 37 minutes and some seconds of sweetly fermenting funk from 1971 is what you get on Donald Byrd's sublimely groovy Ethiopian Knights, out again on … Music • 14 Nov 19
Neil Young - still raging, still funny on Colorado Spttin' and cussin', Neil Young is on fine form on his latest album with gnarled veterans Crazy Horse Music • 11 Nov 19
Pixies - something wicked this way comes The band with the impish name and the gigantic sound are back on form on their freaky new album, Beneath The Eyrie Music • 15 Sep 19
Review: The Downton Abbey movie is a right royal lark The denizens of Downton roll out the red carpet for a visit from the king and queen in a right royal lark of a movie Movies • 14 Sep 19
Review: Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project Ed teams up with the cream of pop and rap talent on his collaborations album. Resistance is futile Music • 16 Jul 19
Thom Yorke sounds anaemic on new solo record ANIMA The Radiohead anti-star becomes unstuck on this perplexing new solo album Music Review • 01 Jul 19
The top ten showbiz stories of the week Jay-Z and Rihanna are rolling in it; Trump gets trolled by late-night hosts; and the new James Bond movie goes bang for all the wrong … Entertainment • 08 Jun 19
Tim Burton's Dumbo: an irr-elephant remake Director Tim Burton's live action take on Disney's 1941 animated classic struggles to get off the ground. In fact, it struggles to find the elephant … Movies • 29 Mar 19
Review: James Morrison - You're Stronger Than You Know Soul man Morrison adds some much needed grit to his overly-polished sound Music • 11 Mar 19
Music review: Jon Fratelli - Bright Night Flowers The Fratellis' front man unleashes his inner crooner on his second solo album Music • 19 Feb 19
Picture This try far too hard on MDRN LV They've come a long way from Kildare but Picture This have lost their soul on their bombastic and over-produced second album Music • 20 Feb 19
