Daily Archives: September 19, 2010

Culch.ie Calling Cards - Gigs - September 20 - 26 2010

  By Will | September 19, 2010 - 11:51 pm | Gigs, Music
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GIGS Brandon Flowers, usually the front man of Killers, remains stubbornly proud of his hometown, Las Vegas. he makes that clear when discussing his first solo album, Flamingo, which takes its name from a Sin City downtown street on which Sam’s Town is located. That’s where Flowers used to buy his records. “I grew up there, so it’s close to my heart,” … “I feel a responsibility to represent where I’m from, to defend it. It’s a place that a lot of people loathe. I can’t help but love it. I grew up with a lot of people who couldn’t wait to leave, and that was always strange to me. I feel a real connection to it. It’s in my blood.” He plays The Academy, Dublin on 22 September. Tickets. “Flamingo” is on the shelves now. Tim Robbins and The Rogues Gallery Band (yes, THAT Tim Robbins) plays at Whelans, … There’s more →

Playstation Move launch Review

  By Stephen Colfer | September 19, 2010 - 7:29 pm | Games, The Culch
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Sony’s answer to the Wii, the Playstation move is available in Ireland from today. I’ve been playing around with the hardware and it’s launch titles for a few days now but keep in mind that the following review is based mainly on from what I’ve seen in its launch titles. Not all of its features are on display yet but in some games by basically dicking around with it I’ve gathered what I think is a reasonable overview of Move’s capabilities. So if in a few months Move is firing toasty ham and cheese sandwiches into our mouths, I apologize in advanced. The Move works in conjunction with the Playstation Eye which tracks the glowy ball on top of it, this and the hardware inside the Move adds an immediately noticeable extra level of control. . One huge difference between The Move and The Wii Remote is that it seems … There’s more →

Wetting yourself with excitement over TRON (soundtrack)?

  By Éilish Burke | September 19, 2010 - 5:16 pm | Movies & TV
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Dearest readers, right now I should be writing this weeks Ad Nauseam column - indeed it’s already late, but I just had to put pen to paper (or should that be keypad to pixel?) about the new movie Tron: Legacy, which in case you haven’t been to the cinema in a while, is gonna look a little something like this: At this point, I have to admit that I’ve never even seen the original Tron movie, though relax film nerds, it is now top of my “ones to watch” list. So the fact that I, and many Tron-virgins like me are practically wetting themselves with excitement isn’t so much to do with the film itself (though it looks pretty darn hot), it’s to do with the movie score. Which has been composed by everyone’s favourite electro artists. The French duo who have managed to balance popular adoration with critical acclaim … There’s more →