Now in terms of painting, there’s really nothing that excites me less that the prospect of hyper-realism, but then Dan Wirz climbs right over all that with the gritty energy of his rather exciting series of very realistic mosh pit paintings. Catch his show at Whitechapel’s StolenSpace Gallery, the show of his paintings…
Your five musical things, an occasional series, a round up, a gathering together of five musical things that have landed in our in-boxes in recent days, five musical things worth sharing, no particular order, no messing about, here we go, your latest five slices of music…. 1; Benjamin Lazar Davis – the New York musician who…
Kavus Torabi on Tim Smith of Cardiacs: “We really believe he can come back from this” Stuart Maconi talks to Cardiacs guitarist Kavus Torabi about Tim Smith’s health struggles, on his BBC radio show, listen to the conversation via this link Further reading here… ORGAN THING: Now besides leading what is without a doubt the…
Because of Love: Franko B’s Story, the book launch… “I wanted to tell my story, or more like try to make sense of what my story was, or what I thought it was”. – Franko B “Franko B is an extraordinary, internationally acclaimed artist who has been making drawings, installations, sculptures, and performances for over…
XXX Apparently Turbonegro’s ninth studio album, “Rock ‘n Roll Machine”, will be released on February 2nd, seems that’s twenty years to the day since the band began that “Apocalypse Trilogy” thing with 1998’s “Apocalypse Dudes”. They’ve shared a couple of tracks on social media and such, both of them are on this page somewhere, it…
We don’t need another bridge, we don’t need more traffic pollution, has anyone been to Leytonstone and had a look at the way road developments have destroyed things there? We don’t need the arrogant architects, what we do need is communities, creativity, engagement and places where people can afford to live and work and be…
Five art things, five more London art recommendations, five art things in no particular, five things that are about to open… 1: Lydia Ourahmane – The you in us at Chisenhale Gallery. Opening: 25th Jan, 6:30pm to 8.30pm – “Chisenhale Gallery presents The you in us, a major new commission and the first solo exhibition in…
“It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Mark E. Smith. He passed this morning at home. A more detailed statement will follow in the next few days. In the meantime, Pam & Mark’s family request privacy at this sad time. Pam Van Damned” so read the Cherry Red Records twitter feed…
Five musical things, five things that have landed in out in-boxes, five musical things worth sharing, no particular order, no messing about, here we go, your five…. 1: Dream Wife will be live in-store at Rough Trade East on 29th January to perform tracks from their self titled debut album, released 26th January on Lucky Number.…
Dear people, let it be known that the rather fine band Deer Tick have some UK live dates coming up in January and February, this is very good thing in a mellow kind of understated alternative kind of country rock kind of way. “Back in September 2017, for the first time in four years, the acclaimed…
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