Holy shit in a can, this is one bruiser of an album. The Sydney -based duo, comprising Kirsty Tickle on wild sax and Jonathan Boulet on relentless, fiery drums, have created a noise that must be played loud, while I get in the van with the loot,and you tie up the bank manager. They’ve previouslyContinue reading “Album Review: Party Dozen -Crime In Australia”
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Waiting For Credibility
The most bizarre Broadway theatre news in ages arrived the other day when I read that Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, original stars of slacker comedy Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure , are to take on the Samuel Beckett classic Waiting For Godot. I honestly thought that this was a parody, like that time ChrisContinue reading “Waiting For Credibility”
Interview With The Artist: Philippa Tomlin
Currently based between Scotland and England, the wonderful, award-winning artist Philippa Tomlin makes visual art that’s as bewitching as it’s disturbing. A brand new exhibition featuring her work, CULT, arrives at the end of July. I caught up with Tomlin to find out more about the exhibition, and ask what inspires her. I feel likeContinue reading “Interview With The Artist: Philippa Tomlin”
A Misfit Amid The Misfits
I’m the textbook misfit. The squashed puzzle piece that somehow ended up in the wrong jigsaw box. I don’t belong in many places. It’s always been like this. At school, I was a goth whose goofy side meant I wasn’t clique-sized. My impersonation of Pee Wee Herman marked me out as an idiot,and the haircutsContinue reading “A Misfit Amid The Misfits”
A Contorted Tribute
James Chance passed away on June 18th ,and I wanted to pay tribute here with his trademark song. Part of the teenage No Wave scene in the late 70s in New York, alongside the likes of Lydia Lunch, DNA and Mars, he and The Contortions were a forward thinking squall of punk, funk and noise.Continue reading “A Contorted Tribute”
Lambrini Girls Rule!
Who are Wet Leg anyway? The Last Dinner… what? Lambrini Girls are the real thing, spitting out home truths as their guitars buzz and drums clatter. It’s music as electric shocks, little pinches of reality that remind us that not all indie is made by PR -hyped, radio playlist seeking poshos. Iggy Pop is aContinue reading “Lambrini Girls Rule!”
Dreams
Dreams are porous; they leak out via the creases on the bed where my body lay, making a silhouette like a crime scene. You’re not part of this anymore, it’s purely a solo venture now. You used to be. Now thoughts of you have curdled. These nights, you are confined to the bottom of secretContinue reading “Dreams”
Film Review: Jonathan Miller’s Alice in Wonderland
One of the finest adaptations of the Lewis Carroll classic, Jonathan Miller’s Alice In Wonderland is singular, surreal and beautiful. A psychedelic phantasmagoria, this Alice feels like the epitome of sixties counterculture, evoking early Pink Floyd, Timothy Leary and Granny Takes A Trip vintage clothing. It’s all reinforced by Ravi Shankar’s lovely score, and theContinue reading “Film Review: Jonathan Miller’s Alice in Wonderland”
Film Review: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched
Subtitled, A History of Folk Horror , Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, written and directed by Keir- La Janisse, is a pretty comprehensive documentary guide to films set in rural landscapes where terror lurks. Essentially, folk horror is defined as “the juxtaposition of the prosaic and the uncanny” . At over three hour long, itContinue reading “Film Review: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched”
Lost In Music: Will Gregory Moog Ensemble
While his singing half treads a more commercial path these days, Will Gregory from Goldfrapp has a project that’s experimental, doffing a hat to pioneers like Stockhausen and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. It’s wonderfully out of step with current trends in modern music, like the recent jazz revival and hyperpop. Will Gregory Moog Ensemble isContinue reading “Lost In Music: Will Gregory Moog Ensemble”
Hit The North 