Also see this tonight & tomorrow: Moddi
The Slaughtered Lamb
Cosy Clerkenwell venue The Slaughtered Lamb offers the perfect setting for the intense yet intimate songs of Norwegian Pål Moddi Knutsen. Running away from the isolated island of Senja with his mother’s old accordion in his youth, the now 24-year old couples a traditional folk sound with a Scandinavian window open to experimentation. With his personal, colloquial voice and lyrics steeped in natural world imagery, smatterings of philosophy and ambivalent anguish he engages listeners with haunting vocals equally weighted in nostalgia and regret and backed by an array of instruments from piano and cello to guitar and musical saw. He plays on March 28th and 29th.
28 Mar 2011
See this tonight: Tearist
The Old Blue Last
Ever-reliable arbiters of all things noisy and obscure Upset The Rhythm tonight bring over LA duo Tearist for a show at the Old Blue Last. Resolutely lo-fi and cut from the same alt/emo/noise cloth as Xiu Xiu and Former Ghosts, expect harrowing passages, pulsing synths and a firmly DIY aesthetic.
28 Mar 2011
A very very late London agenda for Monday 28 March
1. Look at Garson Byer’s Leica street shots of London [Le Cool]
2. Take a rear-view look at Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd’s revolutionary ‘You Me Bum Bum Train’ [Run Riot]
3. See inside Watt’s Workshop [Tired of London]
4. Lighten up the daily grind by attending the performances of Trisha Brown’s and Gordon Matta-Clark’s most renowned (albeit rarely seen) works [Flavorpill]
5. Hear the piano and cello and guitar and musical saw of Moddi [Melanie McGovern]
6. Head over to the Old Blue Last for some lo-fi from Tearist [John Rogers]
28 Mar 2011
Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo) by Battles
The artwork and ongoing billboard campaign for new Battles album Gloss Drop, out June 6th on Warp, has been causing quite a stir. Head over to Drowned In Sound for more details about the mysterious pink blob, pictured above. Of more interest, to this writer at least, is Ice Cream, the first release from said record. Featuring Matias Aguayo, it sees the New Yorkers exploring their quirkier, more playful side. Stream below.
25 Mar 2011
Huffington Post Set to Drastically Impact Our Lives, Launch UK Edition
The #1 ranked “blog” on Technorati and full subsidiary of AOL is bringing its winning formula of unpaid contributors and content aggregation to England.
25 Mar 2011
Get Ready for Tomorrow’s City-Wide Protests
With hundreds of thousands expected to converge on the city to demonstrate against the Conservatives’ dangerous policies, here are some helpful guides to navigating the day’s many festivities.
25 Mar 2011
Andrew Lansley’s Face “Is Like a Shriveled Up Ball Sack,” Says Rapper
MC NxtGen takes down the Conservative Health Secretary’s private sector proposals for the NHS with an incredibly detailed and accurate analysis. Spread the word!
25 Mar 2011
Update: Apple Pulls Anti-Gay iPhone App
Bowing to the requests of tens of thousands of petition signers, Apple has decided to remove a controversial anti-gay iPhone app from their online store.
25 Mar 2011
London agenda for Friday 25 March
1. Watch harrowing doc You Don’t Like The Truth at the Curzon [Le Cool]
2. Fageddaboudit at Brooklyn to Bloomsbury at Bloomsbury Lanes [Run Riot]
3. Hear Quantic play a very rare London DJ set at Passing Clouds [Flavorpill]
4. Meld with the Plastic People [Time Out]
5. Admire Westminster Cathedral [Tired of London]
25 Mar 2011
Google Launches New Online Magazine
With Think Quarterly, Google’s new UK based web publication, the search giant makes its first move away from curating content to producing it — giving us all an insider’s view of what makes Google tick in the process.
24 Mar 2011
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