Category: Features

Loitered Lens: Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds (Nambucca)

A look back at Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds charming the devoted at London's Nambucca...

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Wyndham Lewis, Grayson Perry, David Baddiel and Masculinity

With power comes reponsibility, as Wyndham Lewis (and Spiderman) knew well. Art is power, not voyeurism....

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Hard Core, Waffle Soles: Ice Nine Kills at Satan’s Hollow

An overdue UK debut for post-hardcore icons Ice Nine Kills at Satan's Hollow...

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I wanted to actually capture some of the sky. (Interview: Nicola Anthony)

'As a species we adapt. Many suffering, and others denying. This is a classic reaction to trauma.' ...

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Snare Drum Love: Interview (Le Spectre)

Le Spectre's Yann Levasseur talks about simply trying to be creative and dark ...

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Consumed By Cronenberg

For the Canadian master of body horror, novel-writing is a cut too far...

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Wide-brimmed hats off for The Mission

Interview with Wayne Hussey (The Mission) ahead of October UK tour...

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London Tattoo Convention 2016

Inky fingers and fiery lipstick at the UK's premier tattoo and body art event...

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Sonic Space Opera via a Magic Machine (An Endless Sporadic)

Eclectic and Experimental, An Endless Sporadic's sonic space opera recalls the great Zappa...

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

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

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A Reliquary for Eros in Ruin: David John Attyah

Two installations in mixed media offer an insight into the male psyche via classicist symbolism...

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Toto, We’re Not in Cannes: San Sebastian Film Festival

A genuine cinematic showcase without the silicone and glass fibre of Cannes...

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Sand, Solitude, Space. Zakaria Wakrim: Amarg (Photography)

Zakaria Wakim's photography encounters the heart of solitude in the Sahara desert...

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High Times, Blue Rinses. Drug Abuse and the Elderly

Many elderly people are receiving and using prescription medications inappropriately ...

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Shark Cars and Metal Guitars (Interview)

Steve 'Snips' Parsons interviews Chris Spedding...

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Social Climbing, Social Division : High Rise (Film)

A unique and dazzling vision of a dystopian Britain on the brink of social meltdown...

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Turbulent life, Noble legacy. The art of Mike Kelley

Sadly inhabiting the role of tortured artist, Mike Kelley railed against an establishment which eventually broke him....

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Summoning Unnerving Prophecy at the Kentish Town Forum (Fields of the Nephilim)

The goth's goths - Fields of the Nephilim, enchant the congregation at the Kentish Town Forum...

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Saw it Coming. Futurism, Vorticism and the Prescience of H.G. Wells

On the 150th anniversary of his birth, H.G. Wells continues to inspire. ...

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Yearning for Pet Sounds

Predating instant gratification by decades, Pet Sounds expresses a yearning which still makes for emotional listening. Essay...

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Who’s Afraid of Tonality? (Max Richter, Sleep @ Barbican)

As much gig as concert, The Barbican turns to Max Richter for crowd-pulling contemporary performance. Review...

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Sprinkled Doughnuts, Venus and Furs. The Complex Candy of Dorielle Caimi

Irreverent and provocative, whilst retaining a rare humour, Dorielle Caimi's paintings interpret women's lives with verve and wit...

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Dining out on Legba’s Feast (Vodun, The Lexington)

More than soulful, Vodun are spiritual. The heavy psych trio shift paradigms at the Lexington...

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Hanging Offence: Lily Brooke

Examining substantiality by (seemingly) avoiding the conceptual - curator Lily Brooke answers Trebuchet's questions...

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Oil and Acrylic In Your Face Icons (Darby Krow)

Spit, sawdust and an eye for colour - Los Angeles artist Darby Krow is no Hollywood hipster...

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Maser Lazar: Orbiting on the Periphery (Maser at Lazarides)

Swapping the street art of Dublin for Fitzrovia's Lazarides Gallery, Maser comes in from the cold...

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