Outlandish: Strange Foreign Bodies
South London Gallery
The UK premiere of Phillip Warnell’s latest film followed by a panel discussion.
Made in collaboration with French Jean-Luc Nancy, the 20 minute film focuses on the
eminent philosopher and heart transplant recipient’s meditations on the history and
integrity of bodies: their secrets, their touching, their annihilation and strangeness.
7pm, 17 November.
£5/£3 Conc.
17 Nov 2010
Beetling With Doodle Bugs
The Chris Beetles Gallery is staging a massive exhibition of drawings by the biggest names in illustration, from John Tenniel to Quentin Blake, Aubrey Beardsley to, personal hero, Ronald Searle. More than sixty artists are featured, Beetles has an extensive collection and the gallery is fairly large, covering two floors, so with any luck it won’t be one of those “a-scribble-the-great-artist-did-on-a-napkin bobbing in a sea of mediocre crap, but a reasonable selection from each. If ink were booze, I predict that place would be filled with the classiest of drunks, and I’d be stumbling into the street afterward, dripping black and singing about hatchmarks. Still might.
The Illustrators- The British Art of Illustration runs Nov 20-Jan 8, 2011 at the Chris Beetles Gallery, 8-10 Ryder Street. Catalogue can be viewed at chrisbeetles.com.13 Nov 2010
Tonight: Liars
Enduring acelords Liars are headlining Heaven tonight. Liars are one of the very best live bands we’ve this year: they absolutely killed it at La Route Du Rock festival in France in August with their relentlessly dark, pulsing voodoo racket. Through the massive Heaven sound system, they will destroy you. If you can’t make it, they’ve just released a live CD, more on which can be found here.
11 Nov 2010
Simon Bookish: entire live show streaming on Soundcloud
You may have spotted a rather fabulous photograph of experimental composer and underground pop star Simon Bookish playing live in Mary Magdalene’s Church on the site last week. It was taken at a mesmerising one-off performance, augmented with live sampling work by Leafcutter John and staged as part of a series based around disparate pianists playing a highly prized Bösendorfer concert grand piano.
Well, the whole bloody brilliant gig is now streaming on Soundcloud. Set aside some time for it. Serious.
And, let’s give a general HOORAY FOR THE INTERNET.
05 Nov 2010
Arcane Roots
We don’t post much metal stuff on here, for some reason. But we like plenty, and this rules. Some massive production, pleasingly technical playing, and Patton-ish (Mike, not General George) vocals combine into… a video we wanted to post. Raargh!
04 Nov 2010
Salem » 24 November
Shoreditch Church | Shoreditch High St, E1 6JN
Hindered by one of the most poorly phrased sub-genres of all time (Witch House), Salem certainly know how to play it slow. In today’s fast paced blogging world—one that has adopted them as the flag bearers for said genre—it’s taken a mammoth four years for the Michigan-based trio to get around to releasing their much hyped debut King Night. Worth the wait? Absolutely. But whether they keep the insane amount of tension and paranoia that haunts their recorded output in a live setting is in the hands of the gods. Handy then, that Shoreditch Church is the chosen venue for their London debut performance. Can we expect a live crucifixion of a sacred blogger, hand-picked from the audience? Possibly not. Will it be the first time a song called ‘Skull Crush’ will be performed inside a place of worship? Absolutely. See you down the front then.
02 Nov 2010
Tallest Man on Earth » 24 November
Electric Ballroom | 184 Camden High St., NW1 8QP
Immediately after Kristian Matsson played his first ever London show at the now deceased Bardens Boudoir back in September of last year I made a prediction: “This time next year he’ll be selling out Shepherds Bush Empire” I said (probably to myself). Well, lo and behold I was (almost) right, venue aside. Though it’s doubtful The Sun will be hiring me as their new Mystic Meg anytime soon; you only had to look on the faces of the swelling Bardens crowd to realise what a special talent Matsson is. Considering at that point he hadn’t actually released a record in the UK (his debut Shallow Grave only being available via import) the level of crowd adoration was at fever pitch. Matsson—far from being tall, let alone the tallest—prowling the stage like a tomcat, his short frame hunching over as he finger-picked his way through tales of love, loss and redemption. Eye-balling the audience at every given moment, spitting the lyrics out in his Dylan-esque drawl—witnessing a Tallest Man On Earth show is in equal parts terrifying and enchanting. With a new album (and EP) now in his ever growing song cannon, you’d be mad to miss what is sure to be a much talked-about show.
02 Nov 2010
Sleigh Bells » 21 November
XOYO | 32-37 Cowper Street, EC2A 4AP
Hailing from Brooklyn, Sleigh Bells are singer Alexis Krauss and guitarist-producer Derek Miller. The pair met in 2008 and realised that whilst one was stuck in a world of glossy-pop craving hardcore beats, the other was stuck in a hardcore world secretly listening to Madonna. A match made in noise-pop heaven then, tonight’s show promises to be as ferocious, gritty and infectious as their critically acclaimed debut.
02 Nov 2010
Vessels » 17 November
The Queen of Hoxton | 1 Curtain Road, EC2A 3LT
Vessels make post-rock interesting again. Theirs isn’t the kind of by-the-numbers band that plagues the genre; it’s altogether farther reaching. It’s an epic, swirling soundscape filled with emotional rancour. Debut long player White Fields and Open Devices found them crafting a niche somewhere between the environmental echoes of Sigur Rós and the hardcore riff attack of Oceansize. There are also elements of Battles in their twinkling riffs and shifting time signatures, but again, it’s a sound Vessels make their own by shifting the influences around. Live is the environment to truly enjoy their sound as it allows their harder edge to come to the fore and their technical mastery to become blazingly apparent.
02 Nov 2010
The Hundred In The Hands, !!! » 4 November
Koko | 1A Camden High Street, NW1 7JE
These two bands make more sense together than you might at first think. The Hundred In The Hands are the electro-pop band of the moment, a two-piece with sharp hooks and plaintive vocals wrapped in swathes of shoegaze guitar; veteran punk-funk collective !!! are a many-headed, party-drug-addled monster that stretch dance music towards stoner psychedelia. !!! might seem like they’ve topped out in the years since their genre-defining masterpiece Louden Up Now, but don’t rule out a revival from that unpredictable bunch. And it’s the perfect time to catch the opening act, so why not take the chance.
02 Nov 2010
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