Dead fish in London's river Lea caused by pollution after a storm

Artists impression of a fatberg on the 4th plinth

London home owners, private renters and social renters 1961-2011

Lilo Evans and Tristan Stocks in the Mikado

Chart showing how Londoners get to work across inner and outer London

Chart showing how Londoners get to work by mode, 2011 data

Chart showing how the way Londoners get to work is changing over time

Map of empty homes or second homes in London

London borough population changes 2011-2012

Map of red kite sightings in London, May 2014

Artists impression of the "Teardrop", as seen from Ridley Rd, Dalston

Poster against Chatsworth Rd market in London

Tim Cresswell's poetry collection Soil, published by Penned in the Margins

Snipe Likes: Darwin Deez

I’d been kind of ignoring this band. They tripped off some kind of hipster bullshit early-warning system before I’d ever heard ‘em, maybe because of the comedy hair and Vice-like grip on the blogsphere. But you shouldn’t judge an NYC hipster douche from his perm, as they say, and it turns out Darwin Deez makes beautifully formed indie-rock-solid tunes like the one above. The album is almost bizarrely listenable: I can’t keep my ears off it. Enjoy.

25 Jun 2010

Snipe Likes: Memory Tapes

One of the better things to come out of the recent swathe of reverb-ridden bedroom pop bands known to internet indie-kids alternately as “glo-fi” or “chillwave” is the resurgence of nice looking video clips. Stock nature footage is overlaid with educational tape stuff or crackly video of the night sky; the colours are either bleached out like old camera film or have the contrast blasted up to a lurid eleven. Everything double-exposed or rolling lazily or spinning with retro effects. This is a double-exposed gem of a video for the hyped-but-good Memory Tapes. Lovely stuff.

23 Jun 2010

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