The Olympics organising committee could take a lesson from another East London money pit
The ballots have closed for 20 million ticket applications, and the opening ceremony gets ever closer. But with just under 15 months to go, are Londoners starting to fall out of love with being an Olympic city?
04 May 2011
Nguuni Lovers Lovers
New Moshi Moshi imprint Dream Beach, run by Eddy Frankel of Thee Fair Ohs and specialising in non-Western music, releases it’s first single next week – a pair of uplifting, high-energy tracks from Kenyans Ngunni Lovers Lovers. Stream both tracks below, and order the certain-to-be-a-collector’s-item 7” here.
04 May 2011
Ana Lola Roman - Jigsaw
Minimal electro with touches of acid-house piano and vocals eerily reminiscent of Karin Dreijer Andersson (The Knife/Fever Ray); Ana Lola Roman is a sound designer, choreographer, singer/songwriter working out of Brooklyn and Berlin. Jigsaw/Klutch is released June 20th.
04 May 2011
04 May 2011
Come with us now on a journey through time and space, where Routemasters run freely and aeroplanes land at the Thames Estuary Airport
Has anyone been to Boris Johnson’s new “living bridge” at Waterloo? Or his “island airport” in the Thames Estuary? Perhaps you’ve tripped into one of his unearthed “lost waterways” or taken a gondola down the newly transformed “Venetian-style” Fleet River.
04 May 2011
London agenda for Wednesday 4 May
1. Hear Paul Taylor talk about why the media generally avoid discussion of complex philosophical ideas. Or something. [Le Cool]
2. Look at Philip Levine’s head [Run Riot]
3. Shout ‘It’s not lupus’ to Hugh Laurie. He’ll love that. [Time Out]
4. Re-define the language of love with instant Tender Napalm [Flavorpill]
5. Visit St Alfege, Greenwich [Tired of London]
6. Defend humanity against the rise of the computer with author Brian Christian [Ian Visits]
7. Drink and think with poet Inua Ellams at the Book Club [Jon Davis]
8. Celebrate the work of London artist Peter Kennard [Lauren Down]
04 May 2011
Johan Agebjorn - Watch The World Go By (Young Galaxy Remix)
The original version of this track is taken from Sally Shapiro producer Johan Agebjörn’s debut long-player Casablanca Nights, out May 10th on Paper Bag Records. For those who may find the Swede’s brand of nu-disco/euro-pop a little hard to digest, Young Galaxy have added a decidedly woozy edge; the chorus inhabits a new dimension of goose-bump inducing euphoria as a result.
Johan Agebjörn ‘Watch The World Go By’ (Young Galaxy remix) by Paper Bag Records
03 May 2011
Eyes Be Closed by Washed Out
Head over to Pitchfork for a free download from bedroom synth-nut Washed Out, a.k.a. Ernest Greene. Eyes Be Closed is the opening track from debut album Within And Without, out July 12th on Sub Pop (U.S.) and Weird World/Domino (everywhere else).
03 May 2011
Snipe's Weekly Exhibition Guide: 2 – 8 May
Urban Fog
Antti Laitenen: Bark Boat
Nettie Horn, 25B Vyner Street, Cambridge Heath, E2 9DG
The second UK solo show by Finnish artist Annti Laitenen, this exhibition if focused around his the latest performance piece ‘Bark Boat.’ Launched from the Finnish peninsula of Porkkala last august, the artist manned an authentic yet rudimentary sailboat and successfully navigated the Baltic Sea to an island called Naissaar. Documented through a series of hauntingly beautiful videos and photographs, this project perfectly follows his solo show in which he created an island in the same sea out of sandbags. From 6 May.
Peter Kennard: At Earth
Raven Row, 56 Artillery Lane, Liverpool, E1 7LS
Celebrating the work of London artist Peter Kennard, this exhibition is a collection of photomontages, paintings, and digital imagery made in collaboration with Tarek Salhany. Often politically charged his works are brooding, beautiful and immediately emotive. Until 22 May.
Miroslav Tichy
Wilkinson Gallery, 50-58 Vyner Street, Cambridge Heath, E2 9DQ
Having begun taking photographs in the 1960s, the Czechoslovakian artist Miroslav Tichy rejected the communist view of art and became an important player in subversive art movements before his psychological breakdown. Moving back to his hometown he began focusing on images of women, capturing their curves and celebrating their movements through photographs taken on his home-made cameras. From 6 May.
Urban Fog
Urban Fog, 1A St Jude St, Dalston Kingsland, N16 8JU
An art installation and tea-house led by Atelier ChanChan, Urban Fog is a collaboration between Zoe Chan and designers Sarah Khan, Mickey Kloihofer and Mariana Pestana. Occupying the space between art and architecture this temporary installation is definitely worth checking out. From 5 May.
03 May 2011
London agenda for Tuesday 3 May
1. Make an appointment for turmoil-led artist Simon Tyszko [Le Cool]
2. Continue one’s descent into nihilism with Breathless at the Working Man’s [Run Riot]
3. Check out the first retrospective exhibition of the work of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) to be held in the UK [Flavorpill]
4. Fly your geek flag, hipsters. But we repeat ourselves. Digital Shoreditch [Time Out]
5. Drink at the Euston Tap [Tired of London]
6. Don’t forget that tonight is the candlelit evening at Sir John Soane’s House [Ian Visits]
03 May 2011
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- Diary of the shy Londoner
- An interview with Desiree Akhavan
- Could red kites be London's next big nature success story?
- A unique collection of photos of Edwardian Londoners
- Margaret Thatcher statue rejected by public
- Peter Bayley has worked for 50 years as a cinema projectionist in East Finchley
- Nice Interactive timeline lets you follow Londoners' historic fight against racism
- Number of people using Thames cable car plunges
- Nice map of London's fruit trees shows you where to pick free food
- London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media?
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