Something that’s never happened before, but then we are living in times when lots of things that haven’t happen before are indeed happening. Time magazine, one of America’s most iconic publications (and for once we can justify the use of the word iconic) have change their name to “Vote” and published an issue with a…
Artist Job Centre, 2020“The UK government have said artists should retrain so I’ve made a little installation in London – pop down and have a look it’s at 67 Neal St, Covent Garden – more info: artistJobCentre.org Little reminder that those of us in the arts exist and we’ve been through a lot to share…
Where were we? “Le Grand Sbam is a collective of creation, research and musical experimentation that defends living music in all its richness, complexity and universality”. Le Grand Sbam released one of the most vital albums of 2019, one of the most vital albums of any year actually, we went on about it rather a…
Five more musical things? Where were we? More music? Do we need any more? Where were the Things? Are you that botthered? Why? Red bats? Sharks? five slices of music that has come our way in the last few days, five slice presented in no particular order, five slices of music that we think might…
Album review: Tairrie B – Feminenergy – Well you kind of knew Tairrie B wouldn’t be taking things quietly in the run up to what surely must be the most important US election ever, you kind of knew she wasn’t just going going to sit at home and just quietly go out to vote… “Ladies…
What ya gonna do? What y’all gonna do?Uncle Jam’s Army’s in, Public Enemy, Cypress HillLet’s do this Aww shit, no more GRID (Here we go!)We all addicted men women and kidsNo internet no text and no tweetsWe’ll look like the 80’s (With fiends in the streets)Aww snap! No apps just maybe perhaps (Where you at?)No…
Ello? Hello? Alo? It goes it goes it goes it still probably just about goes like this, well something like this, five art things in this still forming new world? Or the retreating back into another lockdown (brought on my the total mess this corrupt Tory government has made of 2020) . The Emma Connolly…
Organ Thing of The Day then, out today or maybe it was yesterday, via Aphrodite, “Auckland based Sheep, Dog & Wolf’s upcoming single ‘Cyclical’ marks a long awaited and triumphant return from a special talent who has suffered his fair share of setbacks. Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and for pop polymath Daniel…
I don’t know, Frieze week, all on-line, I couldn’t get that excited about it, I tries a number of times from the my studio here in East London, it doesn’t work for me like on-line show put together by artists themselves, by the small galleries that are fighting for survival, I can’t connect with that…
Now just about everything about this compilation is right, everything about it is now, everything about it is refreshing, forward-looking – Speedy Wunderground announces ‘Savage Gary – Quarantine Sampler 2’ – the album has just this week come out in digital form, it comes out on vinyl in November – okay so when you get…
Where were we? Where were the Things? Red bats? Car boots? Sharks? Truth is the (rebooted) Art Car Boor Fair that opened (after a second go) on Sunday October 4th ended up being a week-long event that kind of took up every moment of every day for seven days, the fair finally closed yesterday evening…
Well come on, we can’t let it pass without at least a brief mention, Deerhoof messing with Voivod via Ornette Coleman, Stockhausen and the Muppets, is it possible to like Deethoof today even more than we did yesterday, here it is, via their Bandcamp, there for free…
Well now, what the hell is going on? Surely they just took him off the road to stop him doing more damage ahead of the election? Enough of that this cold wet Friday morning, the big news of the day is that a new slice of Cheer Accident was just let loose, another new album,…
Terms – Asbestos Mouth (SkinGraft Records) – I can’t say the two of them are actually like a gang of insects running over your face, maybe a couple of very organised yet slightly crazed off-hinge Spiders? Spiders with extra legs, not that their sound is ever cluttered, not that there are too many legs, Asbestos…
A quich heads-up from our friends up the road at Cafe Oto, a heads up to let you know that “next week we’re looking forward to hosting a very special livestream concert from Thurston Moore Group, featuring Thurston Moore alongside My Bloody Valentine‘s Deb ooge on bass and baritone bass guitar, Nøught’s James Sedwards on…
