reviews
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8/10 Daði Freyr has always occupied a curious space in modern pop. Too eccentric to be conventional chart-pop, too emotionally sincere to be dismissed as novelty, and too musically sharp to fade into the endless algorithmic sludge currently swallowing the genre whole. Like many others, you may have first discovered Daði in 2020 with his…
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5/10 There are films that know exactly what they are, and then there are films desperately trying to convince audiences they are more intelligent than a man being punched so hard his spine exits his body. Mortal Kombat II spends two exhausting hours trapped somewhere between those identities. The result is a loud, chaotic spectacle…
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7/10 In an era where so much film and television feels algorithmically assembled, loud, cynical and terrified of sincerity, Remarkably Bright Creatures arrives like a deep breath. Quietly devastating and unexpectedly beautiful, Olivia Newman’s adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s bestselling novel understands something many modern films have forgotten: audiences do not need constant spectacle to…
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3/10 There’s disappointing television, and then there’s whatever that Peaky Blinders film thought it was doing. For years, Peaky Blinders built one of the most magnetic anti-heroes modern British television has produced. Tommy Shelby was cold, strategic, and emotionally fractured, yes, but always dangerous. Even in grief, even in addiction, even when the world was…
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Our Rating 8/10 There is a quiet precision to Ailbhe Reddy’s Kiss Big that sets it apart from much of the current indie landscape. It does not compete for attention. It earns it gradually. The record is built on restraint. Arrangements are deliberately minimal, allowing space for both vocal delivery and lyrical detail to carry…
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Our Rating: 10/10 There is a fine line between evolution and repetition in pop, and Olivia Rodrigo has spent the last few years walking it carefully. “Drop Dead” lands as a calculated step forward, not a reinvention, but a tightening of what already works. At surface level, the track holds all the hallmarks of her…
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There is a particular kind of pop song that does not just arrive; it carries people with it. With “So Long, Solo”, Collette Brady-McEntee steps firmly into that space. Written within a collaborative songwriting environment and shaped by the hands of experienced writers, the track holds both scale and substance. It is built on connection,…
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Dótts O’Connor sits in that space Irish music does best when it’s honest about itself. There’s no overproduction of identity, no chasing of trend cycles, just a steady pull toward storytelling that feels lived in rather than constructed. His work leans into narrative, not as a stylistic choice but as a necessity, shaped by place,…
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We reviewed Sean Griffin’s single “Be My Girl” a few months back, a track that hinted at something more stripped and more personal sitting just beneath the surface. Now, with his debut solo album People Are Mad out in the world, that shift comes fully into focus. After decades fronting The Ruffians and building a…
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