Rise of the Eco-Punk: ‘A QUIET CEREMONY’
23rd April 2021
One year ago, recently graduated and newly redundant, Lucinda Graham set out to re-define what sustainable fashion could mean in the midst of a pandemic.
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Researching, exploring and reporting British inspired Subculture and Art past and present. Our subculture blog delves into the roots of Northern Soul and simultaneously reports on the contemporary Northern Soul scene. It interviews emerging new wave bands that themselves are inspired by the original punk bands appearing across another page of the Blog.
It charts the evolution of Subcultures from their emergence in the 60’s and 70’s to a more inclusive and equitable movement today. The underground and subcultures are never fixed in one place or time. They have strong and meaningful reference points but are always evolving.
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Ever Heard Of… MALARIA!
15th April 2021
The next instalment in our series investigating overlooked or obscured figures in musical and subcultural history takes a look at Malaria!, an all-female post-punk band borne
LUCIA & THE BEST BOYS’ strength in vulnerability
9th April 2021
From solo performer to band of Best Boys, Lucia and co have come a long way since the 2017 EP ‘Best Boy.’ Their latest visualisation
Cut and Paste: the surreal anthropology of STEPH DUTTON
6th April 2021
Pairing bygone imagery with surreal sentences, Steph Dutton, harnesses collage to dissect human behaviour in all its banality and eccentricity. Playful compositions show fragments of
The dynamic dance of REGRESSIVE LEFT
30th March 2021
Released just over a week ago, ‘Take the Hit’ is over before it’s begun. A sonic collision sounding like ESG at their most unsettling and
The Story Of Subculture: GOTH
29th March 2021
Goth. It’s the 19th Century actress Sarah Bernhardt wearing a stuffed bat and sleeping in a coffin. It’s the macabre, greyscale illustrations of Edward Gorey.
RUDE GRL & CC’s spirited amalgamation of punk and hip hop
24th March 2021
Rude GRL & CC may be a relatively new band (their first EP ‘LIKE WOW’ was released in January 2021) but their credentials stand them
The droll satire of BLANKETMAN’s “National Trust” E.P.
17th March 2021
“I don’t like the taste of water in the city, I don’t like what it leaves in my mouth” declares singer Adam Hopper on Blanketman’s
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PUNK WEEKENDER 23 – 26 JUNE 2016
21st June 2016
The Photographers’ Gallery presents Punk Weekender, a weekend of special events marking forty years of punk heritage and influence in the capital. Staged as part
MANCHESTER CARNIVAL
29th June 2016
Skin, glitter, rum, grinding, sin and more skin – every carnival ever. So… we heard that carnival is as big a deal in Manchester as
EAST LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
30th June 2016
Founded in 2000, the East End Film Festival has grown to be one of the largest film festivals in the UK. The annual multi-platform festival
FIRST GENERATION RIOT GRRRL
4th July 2016
Riot Grrrl emerged in the 1990’s as an international underground feminist movement with women creating bands to challenge the dominance of men in the alternative
AFRO PUNK
5th July 2016
Taking its name from the James Spooner 2003 documentary film of the same name, Afropunk festival first launched in 2005 in Brooklyn. Spooner famously said
JUDY BLAME: NEVER ALONE
6th July 2016
ICA is hosting the first major solo exhibition by Judy Blame, accessories designer, art director and fashion stylist. Hailing from Devon, Blame ran away from
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