Culture
PRS for Music: 100 Years of Music at Getty Images Gallery
EXHIBITION REVIEW
Last night an eclectic bunch of musical artists, from Ivor Novello to Dizee Rascal and Arctic Monkeys to Joan Armatrading were housed within the minimalist and compact Getty Images Gallery, just off Oxford Street. In the form of portraits [read more]
Goldfrapp: Tales of Us (Live)
MOVIE REVIEW
Goldfrapp: Tales of Us is a bold short film comprised of a cluster of vignettes based on five songs from the beloved chanteuse Goldfrapp’s latest album, Tales of Us. With each respective vignette within the 30-minute anthology, a [read more]
Suzanne
MOVIE REVIEW
In Katell Quillévére’s follow up to Love Like Poison, Suzanne, the French director yet again tackles complex family situations in her latest sophomoric offering. Sara Forestier notably gives a searing performance as the titular [read more]
Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano
MOVIE REVIEW
Elton John brings us his Million Dollar Piano concert live from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in this once-in-a-lifetime show. At the centrepiece of the performance is Elton’s specially commissioned million-dollar piano, by Yamaha, [read more]
Matthew Caws at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
LIVE REVIEW
Nada Surf singer Matthew Caws played yesterday at the Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen in front of an adoring and mature audience. It is not a case that the average age of the crowd was relatively old, as the New York band hit the peak of [read more]
The Jezabels at Shepherd’s Bush Empire
LIVE REVIEW
When front woman Hayley Mary struts onto the stage with the rest of the band bouncing on beside her, the crowd begins to progressively cheer. Some in the audience haven’t even noticed the set has begun, until several lights beam down [read more]
The Mistress Cycle at the Landor
THEATRE REVIEW
The Mistress Cycle takes place as part of the From Page to Stage season at the Landor Theatre in Clapham North. The festival is aimed at creating new opportunities for chosen artists, for them to develop their new musical productions from [read more]
Hot Flush! at the New Wimbledon
THEATRE REVIEW
If ever a musical had a target audience it would be Hot Flush!. As women “of a certain age” packed into New Wimbledon Theatre the atmosphere was similar to that of an aging hen night – in the nicest way possible. Advertised as [read more]
We Are Scientists at Rough Trade East
LIVE REVIEW
Brooklyn-based trio, We Are Scientists, played yesterday at the Rough Trade East shop in support of their new record TV en Francais. Their music has always been valuable indie-pop-rock with some 80s features à la Editors, The Killers and [read more]
Haim Steinbach – Once Again the World Is Flat and Martino Gamper – Design Is a State of Mind at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery
EXHIBITION REVIEW
The Serpentine Galleries currently plays host to two interesting new exhibitions, curated by the artists Haim Steinbach and Martino Gamper. The overriding theme that unites the two exhibits explores the act of collecting and the displaying [read more]
