The blunt humour and 90s riffs of LAURAN HIBBERD
16th February 2021
She’s been heralded as the ruler of ‘slacker pop’, but Lauran Hibberd is by no means work-shy; a self-imposed exercise of creating daily lockdown songs
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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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Comic books and absurdist language: introducing the strange world of CALVA LOUISE
3rd February 2021
An amalgamation from three corners of the world uniting in a frenzy of sonic fuzz and rock glitches, Calva Louise are as diverse as their
STRANGE BONES: A powerhouse of ferocious vigour, Strange Bones discuss their debut album
2nd February 2021
Strange Bones band was brought up on a parental influence of punk, the Bentham brothers have kept musical vitriol in the family in the form
OF SKINHEADS AND SKIN: The Artwork of Rene Matić
2nd February 2021
Rene Matić’s first solo show may have recently closed at Bermondsey’s Vitrine Gallery, but the Peterborough-born artist has made their ephemeral exhibition permanent; its title
WALT DISCO share remix of their debut E.P. “Young Hard and Handsome”
28th January 2021
In the autumnal gloom of 2020, Scottish six-piece Walt Disco presented a longed-for EP of contemporary New Romanticism clad in celestial synths and brocade corsetry.
CHAOS AND CONSUMERISM: The Red Stains on their latest single “Freezer Jesus”
27th January 2021
The Red Stains have only been a band for a year but they are leaving their mark more indelibly than their lipstick graffiti around Manchester’s
Manchester Bands: Ones to watch for 2021
12th January 2021
Our story began in Manchester in 1981. A city in the North of England, Manchester at that time, was bleak, poverty-stricken and depressed from industrial
Blocking Out The Doom and Gloom: 10 Uplifting Tracks From Emerging Artists To Help You Through The Next Lockdown
5th January 2021
Music is a source of comfort for many and the next period of lockdown will likely prove no different. As we prepare to head into
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AFRO PUNK 2016-London Debut
30th September 2016
Sometime in the middle of summer 16 – Ace Hotel, Shoreditch – hosted Afropunk’s coming-to-London party. In honour of Afropunk’s plans to come to London
NATIONAL POETRY DAY-2016
6th October 2016
2016 National Poetry Day we are celebrating some of our poet friends by sharing with you some favourite words. First up we have poet, writer
NEWPORT STREET GALLERY-RIBA Winner
12th October 2016
Damien Hirst’s Gallery opened in Vauxhall in 2015. The Newport Street Gallery has already picked by an award by way of the RIBA Stirling prize
Misha Meghna- Visual Artist in the Spotlight
19th October 2016
Tell us a little bit about yourself. MM: I’m a visual artist, for those that don’t know what that means exactly… I basically take the
PROTEST – An Exhibition of Protest from our troubled times
24th October 2016
The Great Britain flag is symbolic of a nation, a culture and representation of being united as one. At the Victoria Miro gallery, the Protest
ANTHONY GORMLEY AT THE WHITE CUBE GALLERY
25th October 2016
Anthony Gormley knows a thing or two about creating sculptures informed by the shape of the human body. His latest collection, ‘Fit’, at the White
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