Odrán de Bhaldraithe Archives

Sharp darts

April 8, 2015

Kurt Vile is working on a new album that he hopes to release in the autumn.

Earl Sweatshirt’s I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: Exactly the opposite of every expectation that comes with a major label rap album, Sweatshirt stands alone in the world of hip-hop. Castlepalooza: Hercules and

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

Editorial: Ending Things on a Positive Note

April 8, 2015

Kurt Vonnegut’s A Man Without a Country is a memoir comprised of the author’s greatest one-liners, the most memorable of which has a simple message: “The arts are not a way to make a living.

Editorial: To Pimp an Ideal

March 25, 2015

It was released as a surprise and in barely enough time to give it a full listen was being hailed as a classic; the immediate reaction to Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly said more

One-line reviews

March 25, 2015

Action Bronson’s Mr. Wonderful: Two Big Body Bes features on an album is two too many. RATKING’s 700 Fill: Any album with a Despot feature is worth listening to by virtue of that alone, doesn’t

Sharp darts

March 25, 2015

Not content with releases from Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Action Bronson to name a few, hip-hop in 2015 has decided to reward us again; Earl Sweatshirt has released a new surprise album. I

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

March 11, 2015

Kanye West has announced the title of his seventh solo studio album. No release date has been announced for So Help Me God, but recent weeks have seen the release of singles “All Day” –

One-line reviews

March 11, 2015

Heems’s Eat. Pray. Thug.: Better than anyone could have hoped for; “Home”, “Flag Shopping” and “Patriot Act” are all absolute must hear songs. Kanye’s performance at the BRITs: How long you been laughing at Lionel

Editorial: Why Always Kanye?

March 11, 2015

Arts editor Odrán de Bhaldraithe looks at the curious treatment of Kanye West in the public eye and contrasts it with that of the Gallagher brothers.

DCU student leads the way for Ireland’s Brave New Voices

February 25, 2015

Odrán de Bhaldraithe speaks to DCU student Melissa Kavangh, co-captain of Ireland’s team in Brave New Voices, the world’s largest ongoing spoken word event.

Sharp darts

February 25, 2015

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

Birdman; If you’re reading this, it’s too late

February 25, 2015

As Lil Wayne looks to leave Cash Money Records and take Drake and Nicki Minaj with him, Odrán de Bhaldraithe looks at what the trio mean to Cash Money.

Editorial: The pursuit of purity is pointless

February 25, 2015

We’ve all heard the “Beck plays 14 instruments, Beyoncé has teams of writers” rhetoric lately, Odrán de Bhaldraithe queries why it is that people find this important.

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.

The next superstars of cinema

February 17, 2015

Following the release of Unbroken and Jack O’Connell’s show-stealing performance, The Suss decided to take a look at just what is in store for film goers in the future with stars such as O’Connell on the rise.