Nico Muhly & Friends in A Scream and an Outrage at the Barbican
‘I wanna scream and shout…’ Composer, arranger, performer, social media maestro and cook Nico Muhly is a force of nature. Whilst David Lang’s claim that ‘He’s the missing link between all the kinds of the music in the world’ might be an exaggeration, he certainly has...
Cacotopia Exhibition at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation
On the 23rd of May, the exhibition Cacotopia started at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester. Inspired by the term “cacotopia” that Burgess introduced in a discussion of George Orwell’s fiction work Nineteen Eighty Four (1949), the curator Laura...
Adagio for Flags – fashion photography by CHRISTOPH KÖSTLIN
In this new fashion photography series by CHRISTOPH KÖSTLIN, the inspiration comes from the isolated heights of the Himalayas and the vibrancy of Tibetan Buddhist Prayer Flags that represent luck, happiness, longevity and prosperity. There are few things...
Bedwyr Williams: Wales at the Venice Biennale
Bedwyr Williams, Wales in Venice representative at the 2013 Venice Biennale, on Colin Farrell, Comedy and Clarkes shoes. “Sorry I missed your call,” says Bedwyr Williams, picking me up from Bangor station like an art taxi service, “I was on the other phone arguing...
A “Culinary Opera” – The Roca Brothers: taking gastronomy to new depths of innovation
On the 6th May, The Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona, saw a radical development in the world of gastronomy. The Roca Brothers – owners of El Celler de Can Roca (the North-Eastern Catalonian restaurant recently voted into the ever-coveted top slot of the prestigious...
Apparat – German Electronic Maestro – The kind of strange you want to envelope yourself in
When it comes to ambient post-rock, you seem to hear the same few names bandied around time after time. Sigur Rós. Mogwai. God is an Astronaut. So what happens when you come across something a little bit different? It would seemingly be all too easy to smite them down...
Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City – Soulful Songs for Mere Mortals
Vampire Weekend make a break from what originally made them popular, to be replaced with a weird yet accessible record. A record based around mortality, sitting deep within the heart of their American heritage. Regardless of how much distance Vampire Weekend try to...
Horsebird – Manchester label launch party & win a jacket
Is it a bird? Is it a horse? No – it’s a Horsebird. Manchester’s newest, urban fashion label will be unveiled at an exclusive launch party in Manchester on Friday 31 May 2013 at 2022NQ Guests will get a sneak peek at key pieces from the brand’s first collection,...
Digital is Dead #4 – Modern Art Oxford
‘When digital technology is no longer novel, when zeroes and ones become ubiquitous in everyday life, what happens to the way people write music?’ This was the question posed at Digital is Dead, a 3-day event in Oxford about ‘post-digital music practice’. At the final...
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories – We have lift-off but does it reach Orbit?
French duo Daft Punk continue to unite music from the past, present and future for their latest release ‘Random Access Memories’. ‘Random Access Memories’ is Daft Punk’s first studio album in seven years, after devoting the majority of their time to the 2010 film...
Knightriders – Thought George A. Romero was just about Zombies? Think again…
words Tom Smalley I'm going to talk about George A. Romero’s so-called ‘lost classic’, Knightriders, which has recently found its reincarnated form in a new special edition Blu-Ray edition. But before I do that, I need to get something out of the way: the...
Rob Zombie channels Argento and Polanski in The Lords of Salem – his latest horror
Musician, writer, director and all-round renaissance man of horror, Rob Zombie, takes his lifelong love affair with the genre to new heights in his latest offering, The Lords of Salem. A dark tale of satanic ritual and blood sacrifice based around the present day...
Jeremy Deller’s Inflatable Stonehenge lands in Hong Kong
Stonehenge is known across the world as an icon of Britishness and so a great symbol to represent these isles abroad. But much of the talk surrounding the ancient stone circle can be a bit po-faced - all a bit stiff upper lip and all. So the artist Jeremy Deller set...
Michelin Dining in Birmingham – Purnell’s Witty Gastronomy Revisited
When reviewing restaurants it’s easy to get carried away with what’s the next big thing and what’s the hottest new opening… not that this isn’t all very well and good (there’s nothing wrong with keeping abreast of current trends), but sometimes it’s good to take stock...
‘Big Dinner’ – Experimental Art Dishes at LIMBO Project Space, Margate
On Tuesday, I spoke with two Matthews. Darbyshire, the artist who will be collaborating with emerging arts students to produce work for his exhibition, ‘Big Dinner’ at Margate’s most edgy and experimental arts’ venue, and de Pulford, one of LIMBO’s directors who, in...