Wel lwe weren’t expecting that today, one of the very best bands ever without any kind of hint or warning or rumour or fanfare, without anything, “Surprise” said Charlie Looker on the bands Facebook page. Suprise? What an understatement, and what a first taste. Just one track up there on the band’s Bandcamp page for…
Esoteric Recordings have just announced the details of Van Der Graaf Generator: Interference Patterns – The Recordings 2005-2016, 14 Disc Box Set, via Cherry Red. The release date is set as September 23rd 2022. I guess this one was always going to happen after the success of the recent Charisma Years box set and album…
OFF!, the punk braintrust formed in 2010 by Keith Morris (ex-Black Flag, Circle Jerks) and Dimitri Coats (ex-Burning Brides), recently announced they’d signed to the meticulously curated indie powerhouse Fat Possum for both future releases and back catalogue reissues. Details of the latter have just surfaced, with vinyl reissues of the band’s acclaimed first three…
Freedom is the title given to this year’s event in the grounds of Wanstead Quaker House, Freedom is part of the 2022 Leytonstone Arts Trail. Once again curated by Mary Knight and Brett Banks, the exhibition of sculpture, installation and work of a 3d work nature will happen in the woods at the back of…
The editorial, the introduction bit and the Five music things thing for whatever it is all about. Five? There’s something rather compelling about five. Cross-pollination? Five more? Do we need to do the editorial bit again? Is there another way? A cure for pulling cats out of hats? Is there a rhyme? Is there a…
ORGAN PREVIEW: “Channel 4 will be showing our film this Wednesday June 29th at 1.00 am (so late Tuesday, early Wednesday). the film will be then available for 30 days on All 4. Proud, delighted, queer,and forever here! happy pride” So saY those Rebel Dykes. There you have it, Rrbel Dykes on a free-to-view mainstream…
Well now, when I painted that interpretation of the Flipper cover a couple of days ago I had no idea that the remaining members of Flipper were actually on their way over for a show or two. A whole European tour actually including a London date (overseas over in the South) at the New Cross…
Another of those Organ previews, June of 44, a band who figured regualarly on the pages of Organ back in the days of print . June of 44 are coming over for Supersonic (in Birmingham) and while they’re over – “Whilst our festival is kicking off in Birmingham, June of 44 + Rattle will be…
Where to go next in music? It’s all been done, hasn’t it? Well, we’ve been using the notes and (usually) the same rhythms for a few centuries, so perhaps not. If you want to get serious about ‘newness’ there’s the wonky world of microtonal composing. In simplest terms, it means the keys on your piano…
There’s a new Wovenhand music video for ‘8 of 9’, the 4:29 minutes long song is taken from the current album “Silver Sash”, the album came out back in February via Glitterhouse Records, the Organ review is here – Wovenhand’s Silver Sash, a proper album, a rich album that needs holding, studying, admiring. Proper. “The new album is the…
Organ Thing of the Day: A new single and video from Norwegian electronic dream pop project Lights A.M (aka Erlend Eilertsen) More of that self-proclaimed Electronic dream pop music layered with Erlend’s moody vocals together with those rather big somewhat ethereal soundscapes and those swelling emotions that make this a rather beautiful final appetizer for the upcoming…
The editorial, the introduction bit and the Five music things thing for whatever it still might still be worth. Five? There’s something rather compelling about five. Cross-pollination? Fie more? and why do we do all this? Do we need to do the editorial bit again? Is there another way? A cure for pulling cats out…
Five more art things. five art things, five more art things happening somewhere around right now or any moment now. Five art shows to check out in the coming days. An (almost) weekly round up of recommended art events. Five shows, exhibitions or things we rather think might be worth checking out. Mostly London things…
Mayfair Art Weekend is back, the event described as “the annual celebration of the world’s internationally renowned gallery district” kicks off this Friday night and runs throughout the weekend. The ninth edition will take place from 24th to 26th June 2022, with “the extended programme of free events including the Mayfair Sculpture Trail in collaboration…
ORGAN PREVIEW: Our latest new favourite band – there is always a new favourite band, we have one most weeks – Bristol’s rather brilliantly named Slagheap hit London this coming Friday night. A gig put on by the excellent Get in Her Ears team. “For our June edition of GIHE live, we’re back at The…
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