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Concert review: The Mariner’s Children at The Lexington
If the idea of an alternative, acoustic-led folk-rock act fills you with excitement rather than dread, you’d do well to check out The Mariner’s Children. Their music is less flamboyant than Arcade Fire, but more ambitious than Mumford & Sons. The similarities [Read More]
Album review: My First Tooth – Love Makes Monsters
Northampton quartet My First Tooth has released their second album Love Makes Monsters. The band, consisting of Ross K. Witt, Sophie Galpin, Jo Collis and Gareth Amwel Jones, started recording in Berlin before moving to London where they were signed with Alcopop, an [Read More]
Album review: Tegan & Sara – Heartthrob
Tegan & Sara are leaving the indie world behind, seeking out a new pop sound with Heartthrob. Not only does it sound different, but also it represents a more collaborative way of making music. For the first time the sisters have written the majority of the songs [Read More]
Album review: David Starfire – Ascend
Between touring and founding the Dub Kirtan All Stars project with FreQ Nasty, David Starfire has found time to release his second album Ascend. Starfire first appeared on the scene with a hard electro-rock sound that had him touring with the likes of Nine Inch Nails. [Read More]
Concert review: Lindi Ortega at Hoxton Square Bar
Lindi Ortega is not your average country star. A self-proclaimed “Spaghetti-Western Tim Burton character” blessed with a morbid sense of humour and an eye for the creatively dark, this Torontonian enigma has one of the best female vocals in music – and you’ve [Read More]
Film review: Jack the Giant Slayer
Jack the Giant Slayer tells the story of Jack (Nicholas Hoult), a young man longing for adventure, inspired by stories his father used to tell him of giants who, once upon a time, came down from their land in the sky and waged war against humans. These stories are [Read More]
Concert review: Billy Bragg at Rough Trade East
Promoting his new LP Tooth & Nail, folk-rock singer-songwriter Billy Bragg performed a one-off short acoustic set in London before jetting back to the US where he’s currently on tour. Despite tiredness due to jet lag, Bragg entertained the audience with tunes from his [Read More]
Album review: Kate Nash – Girl Talk
Finding moderate fame in 2007 with indie-pop hit Foundations, London-born Kate Nash has returned with her third album, Girl Talk. Opening track Part Heart instantly shows a different side to the 25 year-old Nash: an echoed and almost unfinished sounding offering with a [Read More]
Album review: Iceage – You’re Nothing
Danish rock enthusiasts Iceage reached critical acclaim for being the saviours of punk rock and bringing tunes with bite and angst back into the fray. Their second album You’re Nothing is a continuation of their trademark sound with the abrasive energy of their debut. [Read More]
Exhibition review: Yinka Shonibare – POP! at Stephen Friedman Gallery
In this latest exhibition from Yinka Shonibare, coinciding with a major career retrospective at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the artist stays true to form, exploring the themes of excess, corruption and greed. The centrepiece of the exhibition is a tableau involving a long [Read More]
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