Burberry and Noisey Brit Sound + Rhythm Shorts presents The Family Rain
The Burberry and Noisey produced initiative Brit Sound + Rhythm is back in full throttle presenting the latest batch of home grown creative excellence. Brit Sound + Rhythm celebrates the unique nature of the UK music industry and the spirit of the new fragrance from...
Roksanda Ilincic Creates Josef Albers Capsule Collection
Since her London Fashion Week debut in 2005, there has been much buzz about Roksanda Ilincic. And with a new collection inspired by Josef Albers and a Mount Street store launch, there's a lot to shout about for 2014. The Serbian-born designer’s intense yet feminine...
‘Emotional isn’t a dirty word.’ Toronto’s DIANA interviewed by Vienna Famous.
With Perpetual Surrender, Toronto’s DIANA have produced my favourite, most huggable album of the year, and they took time out of their first European tour to chat to me in my home town of Sheffield. On the day of the interview, I had a eureka moment. I decided for...
Heaven’s Gate DVD Review – Cimino’s Western that’s ‘something to do with death’
The cinematic art form is no stranger to the redemptive narrative arc, one that has transcended or reached beyond the dance between a narrative and it’s protagonists, and which is seemingly the destiny of individual films. 1980 – 1983 marks the release of Michael...
The Dark Would – Halfway between being born and dying – The book, the show.
In a special feature for FLUX Curator Philip Davenport writes about his groundbreaking exhibition THE DARK WOULD, which is both a book and art show, at Summerhall in Edinburgh 7 Dec-24 Jan. Additional commentaries on works in the exhibition have been written by poets...
Jules de Balincourt’s Itinerant Ones at Victoria Miro
Jules de Balincourt’s Itinerant Ones at Victoria Miro represents a shift in de Balincourt’s work, away from direct reference to contemporary social and political issues. Instead, the exhibition presents us with a world partially removed from our own, close enough to...
Sweat by Major Lazer for Palladium Boots with Ms Dynamite & Laidback Luke
This searing and visually dazzling video was shot to showcase the Palladium’s new Fall-Winter 2013 collection. The music is supplied by that heavyweight of the dancehall, one Major Lazer, featuring the vocal acrobatics of the inimitable Miss Dynamite all backed by...
The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story – The Graphic Novel
Ahead of the publication of The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, FLUX Magazine had the opportunity to speak with writer Vivek J. Tiwary, whose research into the life of the legendary figure has taken up close to half of his own. The entertainment entrepreneur...
Patouf – Blurring Lines for a Mapplethorpe inspired SS14
Being comfortable in your own skin has always been Anna Angseryd’s motto. Her Swedish fashion label Patouf is an exploration of how to blur lines – between masculine and feminine, between tradition and contemporary, between elegance and casual. Patouf was created in...
Phildel Comfort Me video & Glass Ghost EP plus special dates
The Glass Ghost EP is the latest release from Phildel and caps what’s been a fairy-tale year for the Londoner. The EP is a great introduction to her work which is quite thoughtful and mystical to powerful effect. It’s all verging on the conceptual but don’t worry - it...
Swinton Park Luxury Castle Hotel – A Lord & Lady fantasy
Swinton Estate is spectacularly located in the North Yorkshire countryside. An astounding 20,000 acres, the estate has a feel of a seasoned English paradise. The estate is two thirds forestry, reservoirs and farmland and one third open moorland. Bordering the...
Brash newcomers Telegram release new single Follow
Walking out of the coolest vintage shop in East London is the glammed-up krautrock four-piece Telegram. Skipping the damp, dismal and disappointing audiences of the pub circuit, Telegram were recording a BBC 6 live session with Marc Riley before even playing a note...
Burberry and Noisey Brit Sound + Rhythm Shorts – Episode 3 with London Grammar
Many of us have had to tackle the nerves, keep a lid on the excitement as we take those first few awkward steps onto the stage to face the waiting audience. Burberry and Noisey have come together to produce a series of films, Burberry Brit Sound + Rhythm, that...
All is full of Love – Timeless & creative fashion shoot from Leonardo V
We love this pensive, monochrome fashion series from Leonardo V and his team. There's there a lot going on behind the eyes of these women. Is it yearning for a lost one? Or are they widows with a secret to hide? [gallery royalslider="2"...
Lola Colt – Jackson – Smouldering and cinematic (of the spaghetti kind)
London based six-piece Lola Colt release their second single ‘Jackson’, an imagination grabbing mixture of spaghetti western film scores and reverb heavy shoegaze. Lola Colt is made up of three guys and three girls, with female lead singer Gun and lead guitarist Matt...