Once news emerged that January would bring a new album from David Bowie, our plan was always to sit down with Bowie fans / obsessives John Bereton (organiser of the recent Bowie Fest at the Grand Social in Dublin) and State's Dara Higgins to discuss bo...

Just two films short of his declared retirement point of ten, Quentin Tarantino still remains one of the most unique – if not loved – names in world cinema. With The Hateful Eight, yet another bloody epic, dividing opinion once more our film e

The final podcast of 2015 is with us and, even if we do say so ourselves, it’s not a bad way to finish the year. Tom Robinson was in Ireland recently for a couple of solo shows in support of his Only The Now album, marking his return to making recor

With The Force Awakens opening today, beginning a box office rampage that has a fair shot at becoming the highest grossing movie of all time made by someone not named James Cameron, our film editor Dave Higgins is joined by Stacy Grouden and Rory Cashi...

It’s been a while since the last podcast but we’re back and hope you’ll agree it’s been worth the wait. The initial plan for episode 24 was for our editor-in-chief Phil Udell to sit down with the people behind what would appear to

Amongst the plethora of home grown musical talent that State has covered over the years, what’s notable has been the number of musicians and producers who have emerged from the studio shadows to take their place as performers. DJ Kormac and Cian Gal

As you may have noticed, next week sees the release of Spectre – the 24th James Bond movie since the character made his debut in 1962. To celebrate Rory Cashin and Dave Hanratty joined our film editor Dave Higgins to discuss the best and worst of th

Dance music seems so omnipresent now that it’s hard to imagine a time when it wasn’t part of the soundtrack to life. Dave McDonnell and Mark Crumlish remember it well, however, as they played their part in the early days of the Irish rave scen

With the recent release of her fourth album since 2010, Lana Del Rey has cemented her position as one of the most talked about pop stars of the moment. Yet is Honeymoon a step backwards after the bold, dark Ultraviolence?

A regular visitor to these shores, B Dolan has just completed a couple of dates in support of his excellent Kill The Wolf album. Ross Logan spoke to him about that record on its release but we wanted to explore his extraordinary history - from his root...