Quiet British Accent’s summer seaside adventure opened last night on a beach at the top end of Hackney on the edges of East London. Okay, so there wasn’t any sea and the “beach” was more the backyard that doubles as the open air Elements Gallery out back of the rather coldly formal Angus-Hughes art space…
ART / MUSIC / STREET ART
Half The Sky then, another Thursday evening in East London, art, music and more, how beautifully easy on the ear was that last night? Surely music that complex, music that impressively difficult shouldn’t be that enjoyable? Half The Sky played London’s Cafe Oto last night, their first performance on Lindsay Cooper’s home soil, “We were…
It rather looks like a state of peace might have broken out between those trying to save the glorious thing that is London’s Southbank Undercroft, and the people in control of the Southbank Centre itself. We’ll refrain from editorial comment and bring you the press release that just cane in. We have been rather vocal…
Half the Sky present a selection of Lindsay Cooper’s compositions for the groups Henry Cow and News From Babel and Music for Films at London’s Cafe Oto this Thursday June 22nd. Cafe OTO is at 18–22 Ashwin street, Dalston, London, E8 3DL Half the Sky – The Music of Lindsay Cooper + James Larcombe (DJ) + Marina Organ (DJ)…
“I just met Sir Ian McKellen, he was eating a pasty” so read the post on one of Marnie Scarlet’s cards pinned to her yellow latex interactive smiley-face social media notice board, don’t know if Sir Ian was eating his snack at the show, it was rather busy in the gallery last night, impossible to see…
The tenth annual Leytonstone Arts Trail will feature the work of over 100 artists in more than 40 locations as all manner of East London venues are transformed into temporary galleries over nine days in July. Started by a small group in 2008 and entirely self-funded and run by volunteers, the egalitarian entry criteria attract…
Organ Thing of this very very busy day? “Some Sea Nymphs and Cardiacs for you” said a just now. Here, go here, your Thing of The Day is some freshly released creativity from the Barnslou Trio. Always a pleasure to hear what the Trio have been doing and here’s what they have to say…. “We’re…
You know that voice instantly, Paul Catten doesn’t do things by halves, you know that distinctive instinctive almost gleefully manic voice and that almost anguished not quite a scream thing of his, that angsty slightly high-pitched vein-bulging intensity that has run through all the fine fine bands he’s voiced since Medulla Nocte first violently burst…
Just under one week until Interact opens, the show opens next Thursday evening, the latest Cultivate show, a group show and a a whole load of exciting cross-pollination in a big white space and two crisp rooms in Hackney. Expect painting, performance, installation, sculpture, print, contemporary artists, street art flavours, textiles and well, come and…
Something one of the members of Miraculous Mule posted just now, something worth repeating, as is that video down there at the end of the page.. Watch that video and then do the right thing tomorrow… “To our friends throughout the UK: Tomorrow’s election is one of the most crucial in many a year. Theresa…
A trio of new prints from two of our favourite print makers. First we have two new rather timely prints from Sir Billy Childish, “To celebrate Theresa May’s dereliction of duty in failing to condemn Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw America from the Paris Climate Change agreement, we are happy to present this pair of…
Monday, five more, five slices of music or band or brass band and electronic symphony, five blah blah, you know the score don’t you, five musical slices, check them out, follow the links, thanks us if you wish to…. 1: DAMA SCOUT, that’s them up there, they like paint, we like paint. their Facebook page…
