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Salford Zine Fair

Posted on April 26, 2011 by ben

A wicked good looking zine fair this Saturday. Continue reading →

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Sarah Abbott Interview

Posted on April 23, 2011 by jane

Self proclaimed glass-half-empty artist/illustrator from Rotherham; making an impact with her melancholic ‘What Now?’s and habitual greys and blues… Continue reading →

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Unravel in Rotherham

Posted on April 23, 2011 by jane

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. Continue reading →

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Mechanical Bride

Posted on April 22, 2011 by ben

Video Exclusive! ! ! Continue reading →

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tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l

Posted on April 20, 2011 by ben

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. Continue reading →

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Mazes – A Thousand Heys

Posted on April 14, 2011 by ben

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. Continue reading →

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Ponytail – Do Whatever You Want All The Time

Posted on April 13, 2011 by ben

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. Continue reading →

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Anish Kapoor at Manchester Art Gallery

Posted on April 11, 2011 by jane

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… Continue reading →

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April Art Round-Up

Posted on April 6, 2011 by jane

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. Continue reading →

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Tearist Interviewed

Posted on April 6, 2011 by ben

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. Continue reading →

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