Block T’s First Birthday
Tucked away beside the China Town market in Smithfield Square, the recognizable bold “T” sign on the door is the only hint of what lies behind it. The doorway reveals
Body and Soul Site Designers Bamboo DNA
Gerard Minakawa, world-renowned artist and founder of Bamboo DNA, is a man who loves what he does. Bamboo is his life.
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Live + Interview
We were fortunate enough to both interview and play host to a live video session from NYC indie-pop stars-in-the-ascendance The Pains of Being Pure At Heart last month. Watch the
Taylor Momsen
Let it be said, Taylor Momsen did not bring up Courtney Love. Nor did she have anything to say on Miley Cyrus. In interview, the panda-eyed Lost Girl and prolific
Lady Gaga – Born This Way
Let us consider for a moment the possibility that this album could have been a load of old rubbish. After all expectation for it was so high, and the album
Tyler, The Creator – Goblin
Ladies and gentlemen, the most anticipated rap album of our time. “Niggas had the fucking nerve to call me immature. The fuck you think I made Odd Future for? To
Popical Island, Vol. 2
The emergence of Irish indie collectives such as Popical Island is evidence that the DIY spirit is alive and well and also that there’s practically no other way to actually
Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
I saw Arctic Monkeys at the dying embers of their tour in late 2009. To say they seemed jaded would be an understatement: they were bloody knackered. Whatever the intervening
Matisse’s Art Books
If you’re a fan of the Chester Beatty Library, you’ll know that their collection of artistically important books – from the opulent and intricate to the ascetic and contemplative –
Only The Lonely Know The Glow Is Failing
Do the Last Sound count as veterans now? Any band that survived the Dublin underground with the same identity for this long surely does. This 7″/digital single is like much
Adz Future: Sufjan Stevens Interview
In the pantheon of musicians making Big American Music, Sufjan Stevens might be counted as an analog to Jonathan Franzen in literature. A couple of formative early records (A Sun
Paul Simon – So Beautiful Or So What
Embracing a “world” sensibility as Simon has during his solo career is the kind of play that can fall flat on its face badly if done wrong. SBOSW doesn’t set
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Sometimes a band can just practically repeat its first album, like Room On Fire followed Is This It, and it still just works. Helplessness Blues is that kind of record.
Panda Bear – Tomboy
Like knowing the sex of the baby after the first ultrasound, Panda Bear’s combination of (oft-bootlegged) live sets of new material and drip-drab release of 7″ singles over the last
Chipmunk – Transition
For all the Guardianista pride in London grime/rap/R&B’s rise to mainstream dominance in the UK, and an increasing amount of attention from the already over-subscribed American market, the Genre Formerly
Katy B – On A Mission
There is something about Katy B that makes her incredibly likeable. She doesn’t gargle vowels, and she has the same girl-next-door ordinariness about her that Joanne and Susan from The
There Will Be No Blood: Interview with James Wan and Leigh Whannel
Director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannel rose to prominence when they created the seemingly endless and endlessly bloody Saw franchise. Having initially teamed up in their film school days
Clean Up Time: Interview with Baths
Will Wiesenfeld has been making music in various guises since his teens, both with his band and his ambient music project Geotic, but it is his one-man chillwave identity