PoiL – Sus (Dur et Doux) – Falling down the stairs in such an awkwardly neat way, everything landing where it should and nothing out of place, this is deliciously hard-boiled progressive rock, progressive in all senses, forward-looking musically challenging proper prog rock for those who don’t want it to be predictable and polite, nothing…
“We only make music so u can indulge your anger” so say the rather beautifully uncompromising Graveyard Junkies. Who are they? Who knows? They’re from California, they do seem a little angry, positively so, hardcore punks, queercore Riot Grrrls or something like that, who are we to stick labels on them or get in their…
Now it has to be said, most street art these days is leaving things feeling just a little cold, some of it a little more than just cold, so called street artists throwing up paintings on walls ahead of their latest print releases at their latest gallery shows, like that bloke with is opening the…
You’re The Man, the great “lost” Marvin Gaye album, the album that really should have been released back in ’72 as the follow up to the legendary What’s Going On’ Gaye was without a doubt on top of his musical game in ’72 just as that year’s U.S elections were kicking in, the then new…
What are Black Sabbitch doing today? Now I don’t have much time for covers bands or tribute bands or photocopy bands who clutter up venues playing bad covers in a bad way through a bad PA, but Black Sabbitch, as we have pointed out before, are a lot lot more than just a covers band,…
Organ Thing of The Day? a piece of music called “Poison” by Horse Jumper of Love, a track from the band’s upcoming album ‘So Divine’ out June 28th via Run For Cover Records, excellent video by Ty Ueda). I rather like the way the Boston-based three-piece’s songs are painted. their imagery, their texture. A thing…
Where have we been? None of your business? Or maybe it is, the Fruit Shop, Over and Over (again and again). Music? There really hasn’t been time, it is all about fruit right now, fruit and a little veg and who needs our musical opinions these days anyway?here, in no particular order, are five…
ORGAN PREVIEW: Over and Over, an artist-led group show, opens on the evening of Thursday April 18th (6pm until 9pm), A group show, more cross-pollination, abstract painters, performance, contemporary flavours, a hint of the street, a touch of the unexpected. Eight artists sharing the old shop space by Columbia Road Market, East London. Everyone is…
Things get a little fractured when you’re knee-deep in fruit down by the flower market. Solo shows are interesting things, you learn a lot about yourself as well as others, about how people view you, how they view your art, you learn a little more about how you see things, about the sideways feel of…
Those beautiful Flying Luttenbachers kick off a European tour in London tonight, tonight being Friday April 5th and the place being the Moth Club here in Hackney, this is exciting, I wrote something about a compilation The Flying Luttenbachers are on a couple of weeks ago, they quoted the review so I guess someone thinks…
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