April 23, 2011
Self proclaimed glass-half-empty artist/illustrator from Rotherham; making an impact with her melancholic ‘What Now?’s and habitual greys and blues…
April 23, 2011
A temporary small cinema opens in Rotherham at 25p a ticket, and hosts the Unravel Project where you can draw on a 874 mile long film.
April 20, 2011
In w h o k i l l we have a case of sonic multiple personality. I wouldn’t say ‘disorder’, since beyond a determined veering from convention there’s nothing awry in the outcome.
April 14, 2011
Okay, so there isn’t a whole lot new about Mazes. They’re based in London, but they could easily convince you that they’re from the same Californian noise pop scene as No Age and Wavves. A Thousand Heys is full of sunny riffs that inject punk ideology into lo-fi indie, showing Mazes to be pretty close descendents of Pavement and early-REM. ‘Boxing Clever’ in particular sounds as though it’s been mooching off of Stephen Malkmus’ stash.
April 13, 2011
Molly Siegal is like the little sister who’s always pestering to join in
at playing with the bigger kids, and who they daren’t say no to or else
she’ll rub their toothbrushes in soap again, or dilute their orange
squash with goldfish bowl water, or something.
April 11, 2011
Mr Whippy icecream squirting from the wall, not in classic white but hot red pigment powder. The area surrounding cites four other delectable, edible looking creations. Something about Kapoor’s works really makes me want to punch them…
April 6, 2011
Spring has sprung and in a cliche, so has the art world! In particular craft and design. It’s enough to make you dig out the sharp scissors, whip out a blow torch, reprogramme your iPhone and lay on the office photocopier.
April 6, 2011
Tearist are the racket-making duo of Yasmine Kittles and William Strangeland from LA. He, hips gyrating and head gently bobbing, on synths. She, jerking tangle of microphone wire and hair, on dramatic vocals and scrap metal scraping.