Bryan Grogan Archives – The College View

Make or break time for Villagers

April 8, 2015

Since the release of Villagers’ first album, Becoming a Jackal, Conor O’Brien’s star has risen immensely. Villagers have found themselves at the centre of the Irish alternative scene, with two Mercury nominations under the bands

Easter Rising centenary events to get underway in August

April 8, 2015

With Easter just over, you may be forgiven for missing the news that €22m is to be spent on commemorations for the Easter Rising in 1916 over the coming year, what with all that chocolate

Music

The Suss’s Summer Playlist

April 8, 2015

Summer is pretty great; that shouldn’t need to be expanded upon, but we’re going to anyway because as well being seasonal playlist enthusiasts, we here at The Suss also like explaining things until people stop

Interview: No Monster Club

March 25, 2015

Bobby Aherne of No Monster Club is pretty damn close to how you would imagine, based on the output of his band No Monster Club. He’s funny, modest about the music he makes and very

Review: Hawaiian Shirts in the Electric Chair by Scott Laudati

March 25, 2015

Hawaiian Shirts in the Electric Chair bears the marks of experience. Scott Laudati, in his first book of poetry, summons a plethora of different situations to describe a world view that is at times cynical,

Reflections on House of Cards after watching all of it in two sittings

March 25, 2015

“Claire” The final word of the third season of House of Cards comes as a relief. I rub my eyes. Embracing my exhaustion at last I make a halfway sincere promise never to watch this

Electric Picninc’s bottom line acts: Who are they?

March 11, 2015

Looking at the line-up for Electric Picnic? Bit confused about who all the small guys are? No worries, we’re here to help you suss out the bottom line:

The Suss’s Spring Playlist

March 11, 2015

Spring has finally sprung. A week after the odd snowfall that inspired thousands of hilarious and totally original “lousy Smarch weather” social media posts, the sun is out, kind of, and it’s getting warm, kind

Sharp darts

February 25, 2015

The Suss’s editorial team wraps up the latest news in the arts world.

One-line reviews

February 25, 2015

The Suss’s editorial team attempt to be funny in their short reviews of recent happenings in the art world.

50 Shades of Watered Down

February 25, 2015

Bryan Grogan looks at the film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey and laments its watered down nature.

The rise of the Scandinavian drama

February 17, 2015

After Fortitude’s premiere on Sky, Bryan Grogan looks at the odd rise in the number of Scandinavian dramas on our screens and where exactly it came from.

What you may have missed

February 17, 2015

Ever the thoughtful crew, we sum up what you may have missed over the winter break.

Sharp darts

February 17, 2015

The Suss’s editorial team round up the latest news in entertainment.

Can we stop the Cavalry?

December 10, 2014

Bryan Grogan examines the phenomenon of Christmas songs: Bah humbug or festive banter?

The Suss Year-end lists

December 10, 2014

The Suss team list their favourite albums, films, books and gigs of the year.

The Suss’s Winter Playlist

December 10, 2014

The Suss editorial staff have compiled a playlist to keep you warm across the freezing winter break.

A Boiler Room of One’s Own

November 30, 2014

Bryan Grogan reports from DCU DJ Society’s Boiler Room event that took place last week.

Why Inherent Vice is going to be the film event of the year

November 26, 2014

With the December release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaption of the Thomas Pynchon novel, Inherent Vice, fast approaching, Bryan Grogan looks closer at the factors that are going to make this the film of the year.

Sharp darts

November 26, 2014

The Suss team round up the latest news from the arts world.

One-line reviews

November 26, 2014

The Suss team attempt to be funny when looking at some of the latest happening in the arts world.

One-line reviews

November 12, 2014

The Suss team attempt to be funny (sometimes) while looking at recent happenings in the art world.

Sharp darts

November 12, 2014

The Suss team round up all the latest news in the arts world.

Isis and the absence of imagination

November 12, 2014

After Isis, the dog in Downton Abbey, was diagnosed with cancer, Bryan Grogan takes a look at the media and its attempts at social commentary, or lack thereof.

Sharp darts

October 29, 2014

The Suss team round up the latest news in the art world.