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Small, Medium or LRG

20/02/2011

Ten roller girls, one oval track, a load of gum shields and a desire to do damage. Turning up at Earls Court I still had Rollerball in my head… I expected to see James Caan covered in blood,...

Stretching before a run does not prevent injury

19/02/2011

Stretching before a run does not prevent injury...

Oceano – Contagion

19/02/2011

Oceano describe themselves as, “the heaviest, most pissed off band on the planet.” Their claim of being the heaviest could be rightly justified after one look at a picture shows them to...

Mono/Poly – Manifestations

18/02/2011

The slow and sexy presets of Mono/Poly 's Manifestations represent smart funk at its unique best....

Raspberry – Oval Theatre.

17/02/2011

A bunch of misfit spectres led by a cockney guardian angel. Peculiar and wise Raspberry doesn’t tell the tale, it screams it at you. The Oval Theatre is a tiny place, filled with the promise of...

Wealth of a Pharaoh: Mubarak leaves with Egypt’s Cash

16/02/2011

According to e-activist Ben Winkler at Avaaz.org Mubarak is taking $70bn (£43.6bn) of Egypt’s money with him. It is estimated that this is around a third of entire Egyptian economy and...

Trick of the Eye, Trap for the Body

16/02/2011

A review of the exhibition Elusive and the instillation Floor Zero at Camberwell College of Art. It is often difficult to attend art shows associated with centres of learning without a sense of...

Consumer News: Rejecting a product may actually make you buy it.

15/02/2011

Consumer 's make purchasing decisions by choosing between alternatives or by rejecting certain options....

Texaco faces fines of £5bn

15/02/2011

Oil giant Texaco faces fines of £5bn after a court decides they were culpable for the pollution of the large parts of the amazon, casuing crop failure and cancers amongst the people of the...

Fade to Black by Bill Hale 1982-84

14/02/2011

Metallica have been the kings of hard rock for three decades and are still kicking ass and taking names the way they did as fresh faced metallers all those years ago. It’s a testament to their...

Malaysian Government bans Valentines Day

13/02/2011

The Malaysian Government is stepping up it's campaign to make Valentines Day celebration's socially unacceptable. Deputy Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin claims that the amorous...

Yemeni and Algerian Protests Dispersed

12/02/2011

Following the success of the protests in Egypt similar anti-government protests in Algeria and Yemen have ignited against what the protester's claim are similarly repressive regimes. ...

Minimalism is a curious concept. In the current musical climate it usually manifests itself in the form of scratchy, barely-there snatches of sound and the vapour trails of vague melodies. It usually...

Artist’s Implanted Camera is Rejected

11/02/2011

The BBC reports that Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal's implanted headcam has been rejected by his body. Bilal says he will continue to post images to his website from a camera placed around...

Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi

09/02/2011

When Anna Calvi sings 'Desire' I feel it. Deep down within in the most dramatic histrionic part of my heart there is a swelling. The waves of reverb and brash surf guitar match the oceanic...

Ecological Mutiny: The Paintings of Adam Bloom.

07/02/2011

Adam Bloom’s paintings of blood and bone are a strange attractor, holding the viewer quiet and nervous with their dreamlike and symbolic depictions of humanity. The imagery is at once horrific...

Salem in Stoke Newington: Delaine Le Bas

06/02/2011

It is a rare occasion when one encounters a Minnie Mouse doll and is simultaneously delighted and extremely disturbed. Welcome to Delaine Le Bas’s Witchunt: a riot of joyful colour and texture,...

Shea Seger – Borderline

03/02/2011

From the heights to the home, the light remains undimmed. Shea Seger has had a long strange road on her musical journey. In 2001 the plucky Texan waif seemed set for a long life on the broad stage;...

White Wizzard – Over the Top

02/02/2011

Stand up for metal From the whiplash sustained during the opening avalanche of riffage it is painfully apparent that White Wizzard's debut release ‘Over the Top’ means to raze banal...

Martin Simpson – The Green Note

31/01/2011

A guitarist, a storyteller and a legend walked into a bar. This is no joke, this is Martin Simpson. He held the room with his words, singing about rebellion, war and romance. We travelled the world...

Loving Noise: Different Class Radio

30/01/2011

Different Class Radio is an internet radio station that slips quality under the commercial radar, discovering new talent, and bringing a critical focus to past masters on the verge of obscurity. More...

Balloon and Needle: Cafe OTO

29/01/2011

As Avant-Garde as all that: Korean sonic collective Balloon and Needle distort the medium. Cracked electronics, chin stroking and a serious aversion to anything fun, Avant-garde music can be a real...

How do I look: Robert Mapplethorpe?

27/01/2011

Glossy photographs in glossy frames create the perfect environment for glossy fashionistas in Alison Jaques gallery. ‘Curated by Scissor Sisters’. Need the gay fashion pack know more?...

RadioSeed – There Has To Be More

26/01/2011

Happy, clappy ambience is one thing but There Has To Be More. Hence why RadioSeeds’s soft electronic debut is something of a mixed bag. An album with enough foresight can really give you an...

Stateless – Matilda

24/01/2011

Who are Stateless? Do they even know? Just how much can be crammed into a band’s sound? Can anyone try to cover, absorb and assimilate everything in their lives, minds and playlists while still...

Couslon resigns as phone tapping case continues

21/01/2011

Andy Coulson the UK PM's director of communications has resigned today over increasing allegations regarding phonetapping while he was editor at News of the World. In a statement released today...

Wagon Christ – Manalyze This

18/01/2011

Wagon Christ AKA Luke Vibert taking globally warming into account has prognosticated that this summer is going to be blistering. Releasing this fun and fair hearted dance floor filler early enough to...

Sunken Foal – Mother of God

16/01/2011

Progressive releases have shown a development of much of the same from Sunken Foal, competent and well produced genre records. His version of electronica while technically interesting doesn’t...

Forget the Art World in the Oubliette Art House

14/01/2011

Art house squatters the Oubliette transform a Soho ex-nightclub into an emporium of delights. The Oubliette is a curious initiative. When I first encountered it two years ago it was in an old embassy...

AXXONN – Let’s Get It Straight

13/01/2011

Break me off some! AXXONN releases the happiest electro-doom record ever. Resplendently retrorama, Let’s Get It Straight mounts cathedral sized melodies with the light touch of heavy industry....

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