A Knitting Artist
'He should knit his own scarf and hat too!'
Replay
12 Hour Carnival Party - Sat 28th Aug, The Den, Secret Berlin guest, Sebastian Voigt (Lo*kee)
Everything, Everything
Ian really doesn't like this, find out his in-depth thoughts on the matter inside...
Pacific! ‘Narcissis’
'Playing it again and again has made me feel an immense power...'
Motorhead
Ace of Spades 'Captain came over tonight and filled me in on what’s going on.'
Salt
Angelina Jolie steps into Tom Cruises' vacant position - gets the better end of deal.
Tamara Drewe
'They were cartoons, but now they're people & I need more subtlety & colour than is available here. '
The Expendables
'After The Last Airbender, I thought that we had achieved a new low in modern cinema.'
Cajmere / Future Funk
Percolator 2010 'A genuine WTF!? moment from Cajmere, alongside stars of America's Got Talent'
Journey reading list #3
Anna Karenina 'I am a firm believer that Russian literature should be read at regular intervals.’
Funky Dee
Are You Gonna Bang 'If you don’t know this already there’s a fair chance you’ll hate it.'
The Star Weekend
Terry Francis, ocelot (DJ set), Alvin C, Mark Jones, Tomb Crew... all this weekend!
Scott Pilgrim
vs The World
'I like totally think you should go and see this film...'
Music Musings 26/8
Faith lost in digital, downtempo folkness, hot chip remixes & gonzales goes bran van 3000....
This Week 26/8
Redlight
Friday 20th August, 1.30am - 8.00am, Platinum Bar, w/ Natalie Coleman & Nasty Mcquaid of Ransom Note!
The Star Weekend
Batty Bass, Super Sundays... more.
Family Affair
Sunday 22nd August, Fox Pub, Russ Yallop, Little Fritter, Tom Craven of BackToFront (Manchester), Sandeman & Mr Dickie
Blow
Bank Holiday Friday 27th August
Egg w/ Art Department UK Debut
10pm - Super Late
Oooh Competition Time!!
Win a pair of Eastern Electrics tickets!!
Yeasayer – Madder Red
(Golden Filter Remix) 'for the rest of us remember Cities of Gold, may I suggest you lend this remix your ear.'
No Age – Glitter
'personally I loved it’s Kevin Shields goes to college vibe'
The Count & Sinden
ft Mystery Jets - After Dark 'a genuine bona fide pop hit'
Chemical Brothers
Swoon (Lindstrom & Prinz Thomas Mix) 'gloriously morphed into a hazy summer mirage of heat & longing'
Bang. On and on and on…
'“Music played, and people sang/ Just for me, the church bells rang.”
Saffron Yellow
'The custard flows over when it is split in two. It looked like a soft-boiled egg'
The Illusionist
'At Berlin Film Festival, this was the one I was looking forward to most - and therefore was most disappointed by.'
The Last Airbender
'Great news. I think I've just seen the worst film of all time.'
Secret in Their Eyes
'When a film beats White Ribbon and Un Prophete to Best Foreign film Oscar, then it has to be pretty damn good.'
Balearic Beats – Vol. 1
'Classic compilation on FFRR, released in 1988.'
When did Robert de Niro
become dull?
Music Musings 19/8
Jam Factory, free Sh*t Robot download, other free stuff, Visti & Meyland pianos... lushness.
PVT Wars
A Review -'if you are intrigued (in fact, even if you’re not), then I highly recommend heading down to see this play.'
This Week 19/8
Meaningless t-shirts, Hackney Hipster Hate, Castro Only Has Half Arse, Window Winding & Pylons
sascha funke fabric
free download ahead of his set on Saturday @ fabric.
fabric. 14th Aug
TYRANT... Craig Richards, Lee Burridge, Superpitcher album launch, Sascha Funke, Terry Francis...
P Money vs Doctor P
Sweet Shop 'he’s vocalled a track I thought unvocal-able and it is HEAVY.'
Booka Shade
Teenage Spaceman (Get Physical) 'deeper-than-night techno for the soul, epic enough to fill a stadium'
Vampire Weekend
White Sky (Basement Jaxx Mixes) 'vocal chants assume a Bollywood vibe adding to the soundclash buzz'
Oooh Competition Time!!
Win a pair of tickets for A Night With... Steve Bug!
The Star Weekend
Dub, reggae, acid-house.
Momo Eating Contest
21st August, Ran$om Note DJs & Momos, Junction Rooms - after-party in the rave basement!
Bad taste
'I felt obliged to raise the issue (It's pretty quiet here on the campsite)'
Knight & Day-PREVIEW
'A more interesting subtext is the career momentum of Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz'
High esteem
'Getting beauty is not easy.'
Bis
Fact 2002 EP 'I recently caught them at Primavera, as did half of Glasgow going by the crowd who were there.'
Cock n Bull Kid
Hold On To Your Misery (Sunship Dub) // Island 'coming correct on this remix'
Music Musings 12/8
Blue Monday & Model 500 covers, weatherall (again!), JC's linkage, field remixes & omni trio classicos
This Week 12/8
Renegade Legion
Friends Or Foes? 'Old-skool-Ripped in Glasgow, i.e. techno as f&%$.'
The Star Weekend
5th July - 8th August
Pubdisko, Wbeeza (live) & George Fitzgerald @ MMM...more
Caspa
Back For The First Time// Sub Soldiers 'If you went round Caspa’s yard in 2008, he’d cook you a bleeding steak...'
Games
Everything is Working // Hippos in Tanks 'a mangled tape of PM Dawn vibing over Moments in Love in your broken car stereo'
Toddla T
Skysurfing (Girls Music) 'Not for everyone then, but then again neither are poppers.'
Ellen Allien
Our Utopie (Extended Version) (B Pitch) 'a brittle stalactite valley of chiming cold wave.'
Animal Kingdom
'Tough and violent Australian gang movie... a preview'
Partir/Leaving
'Kristin Scott Thomas shines forth like a star in the firmament'
The Karate Kid
'On balance, I prefer this newer version.'
Art of Work
'I could see the purpose gradually as we visited small rooms in the building...'
George Fitzgerald
The Let Down / Hotflush 'There appears to be no stopping Hotflush this year.'
Arriba la Cumbia
Saturday 14th August
Passing Clouds
9pm-3am
Music musings 5/8
Mmm, free downloads: Blamma! Blamma!, Nicholas Jaar, Matthew Dear, Beat Connection... more.
This Week 5/8
Carnaval Del Pueblo
August 1st 2010
Burgess Park SE5
fabric.
31st July - Marco Carola, Rhadoo, Heartthrob (LIVE), Abe Duque & Blake Baxter (LIVE)
A Night With… Steve Bug
This Saturday Location Revealed: Scrutton St Studios, 73-75 Scrutton Street, EC2A 4PJ
Dear Tom Cruise
'Your brand has passed its well by date and you're having to run faster and faster just to stand still.' Phil Raby
Endless Summer Mixtape
songs with “summer” or “sun” or “sunset” in the title courtesy of Ecstacy In Slow Motion
Brothers DVD
'I had my doubts about this film - but I was completely engaged from start to finish.'
Jay Sean ft Nicki Minaj
2012 'I’m not lying, this is remarkable. Jay Sean has made a euphoric urban pop track about the apocalypse.'
Blamma! Blamma!
Beyond 17 / The Walls Have Ears 'Comically pompous yacht rock power vocals- you betcha.'
Spacious Road
'It is typical Hong Kong, people do not waste any space.'
Oooh Competition Time!!
Win tickets to 1trax's showcase @ Cargo this Friday with Matt Tolfrey, Dodha, DZeta N’ Basile
The A Team
'Not even Neeson's presence can make this a film to invest any emotion in.'
These New Puritans
Hologram (SALEM Mix) / not on label 'superb impressionist wash of ethereal ambient and slo mo sizzurp slurping hip hop'
Breach
Fatherless (Doc Daneeka Mix) PTN 'BABABOOOM!! the thunder would clap-- ITS ALIVE!!'
The Star Weekend
29th July - 1st August
Star Of Bethnal Green
7 inch Roulette, C23 & Human Error this weekend...
Music musings 29/7
Classic Slam mix, MMM save SGP, One Dove nostalgia & Bill Brewster's pause button tapes...
This Week 29/7
Lopazz
'It's just house music all night long baby.' Free mix download.
Soul Clap pres.
T Bar closing party
Scrutton Street Warehouse
24th July
1trax Label Showcase
Cargo 9th August 2010
With Matt Tolfrey, Dodha, DZeta N’ Basile
fabric saturday
24th July 11pm-8am
GET PHYSICAL-M.A.N.D.Y., Italoboyz, Lopazz (LIVE), Terry Francis, Diskjokke
Optimo
Podcast 6 - Acid Eyeful from RIG. 'Phew! I think it's gonna be an acidic afternoon. Pass the microdots...'
Factory Floor
Stephen Morris Rmxs (Blast First) 'Nowadays scenester bands have crossed out Joy Division & written Arthur Russell all over their copy books'
Play Paul
Tijuana (Trumpets of Lust) (Kitsune) 'Just wiki Kitsune and pack out your review with facts.'
Pirate Soundsystem
Dub N’ U (My Panda Shall Fly Dub) deep subs that come from a youth spent chasing late night pirates round the dial.
Shit Robot
I Found Love (TBD mix) Free Download / dfa 'Peter Crouch shapes in the corner of a chirpy hi-NRG euro rave'
Lust is lost
Why are there so few great romantic relationships in modern cinema?
Planetscape beach
Is it seabed or planet?
Inception
It may not be great, but it's very good.
Toy Story 3
Rarer still is for the third film to maintain those standards. Toy Story 3 does just that.
Gainsbourg
The real Gainsbourg does seem to have been a cross between a filthy-minded Cliff Richard and Oliver Reed on a bad night.
Oooh Competition Time!!
Win tickets to fabric on Saturday 7th August with Craig Richards, Seth Troxler & Nicolas Jaar (live)
The Star Weekend
22nd-25th July
Star Of Bethnal Green
A diet of lager and pizza, turntable skills, dib dab and betty davis.
Caribou – Live
Grappa's Cellar, Hong Kong - 1 July 2010
Eastern Electrics
All advance tickets almost sold-out - details of last £18 ones.
TestBed 1 Dafna Talmor
SpaceShip Earth’s Free-cycle Party - DJ Tendraw, Bradford Bahamas live 19th July
On The Real 2nd B’day
Pick of the Producer’s Special. DJ 279 - DJ Premier Spin Doctor - J-Dilla DJ MK - Neptunes
Music musings 22/7
MK, Goddardness, Monolith and the horror of Amanda Palmer...
