Gospel Grunge with The King of Seattle (Elvana)

Elvis meets Nirvana for moshpit mashups at the O2 Academy. Uh huh....

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Silver Linings: No Longer a Football Widow

Abba were right: breaking up is never easy. Nevertheless, it does come with some benefits...

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Everything is nothing but mind: Interview with Jah Wobble

Iconic bassist and composer Jah Wobble talks music, spirituality and politics...

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Spectral Awakenings: Kazuki Takamatsu

Spectral and monochromatic, the post-tsunami art of Kazuki Takamatsu is a more mature form of manga...

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Loitered Lens: Space Elevator

Space Elevator and their catsuited Duchess rock Cambridge. Photos...

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Be As Vile as You Want to Be (Man and the Echo, Lexington)

Trebuchet reports on Man and the Echo at the Lexinton, and finds no need to be vile...

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Becoming Aware (Paradigm Shift)

With forward-looking approach to progressive rock, Paradigm Shift avoid the cliches. Review...

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The Vatican: Why Should An NGO Have a UN Seat?

Why does a Non Governmental Organisation have UN status as Nonmember State Permanent Observer?...

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Abuse, Song, and MS: Laughing at The Doug Anthony All Stars

Brutally funny, irreverent and extremely politically incorrect....

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Brudging the Issue With the EU Referendum

We keep getting what we deserve and we never ask why. ...

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Loitered Lens: Man and the Echo

Photos of political popsters Man and the Echo at the Lexington, London...

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Street Art to Gallery – An LA Story (Gary John)

The transition from street art to gallery credibility takes talent and a scoop of good luck. Gary John has both. Profile....

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Loitered Lens: Anabella’s Bow Wow Wow & Ed Tudor Pole

Photos of two eighties icons unlikely to crop up on safe pop nostalgia tours...

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Heads Up For a Load of Hieronymous Bosch

Sneaky September Madrid getaway? Add Bosch at the Prado for some cultural heft...

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Ban the Burkini? Or Ban Middle-Aged White Male Decision-Makers?

Legislation covers everyone, not just the few women who dress in a way you find threatening...

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Loitered Lens: 4th Labyrinth

Photos of the exuberant 4th Labyrinth at Cambridge Rock Festival 2016...

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Mixed Bag: Bleeds, Deluxe Version (Roots Manuva)

Remixed and reinvigorated, or bleeding a good album dry? Roots Manuva's Bleed, redux....

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Act V: Hymns With The Devil In Confessional (The Dear Hunter)

Running at full tilt to catch up with The Dear Hunter's epic multi-part rock opera series...

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Scissors, Paste and Acuity: Isabella Kelly-Ramirez

Deconstructing (and reconstructing) the female beauty myth...

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Loitered Lens: Présence Autochtone 2016

Visuals from Canada's festival of First Nation culture...

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Monette Loza: Sculptures Monumentales, Hossegor (France)

Freed from the confines of the gallery, sculpture trails offer an artist some room for manoeuvre...

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Bringing in the New: Cambridge Rock Festival

Blues, classic and progressive rock at another of Cambridge's fine festivals...

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Drugs: The Only Issue In Which Ignorance is a Virtue

Maybe our ‘war on drugs’ should be reframed as a ‘war’ on ignorance...

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Appropriate Culture (Présence Autochtone 2016)

Cultural appropriation, contemporary Canucks, positive vibes. Montreal celebrates the First Nation...

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HRC: Are We SURE She’s Better than Trump?

A vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton OR for Donald Trump merely confirms that we get the leaders we deserve...

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Live at Wacken 2015, 26 Years, Louder Than Hell

Stiff necks and bleeding ears at a small village in Schleswig-Holstein. ...

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Loitered Lens: Cambridge Folk Festival 2016 (Part Two)

Photographs of folk in the fens at Cambridge Folk Festival 2016...

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On Snapchat, Azealia Banks, and New Media Plagiarism

Whilst being influential is satisfying, it's frustrating watching your artwork become an unattributed meme ...

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Soundtracking a Mulholland Ave. SolarDrive : Balthazar Getty (Interview)

SolarDrive's Balthazar Getty talks Angelino car culture, film and music...

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State-Scrounging and the Single Mother

Work, motherhood, singledom - the no-win blame game that winds the taxpayer right up...

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