Introducing // Fever Fever
Norwich based girl-boy three-piece Fever Fever have been making their mark on the last 12 months with a series of BBC Introducing and SXSW appearances generating rave reviews across the board. Having recently caught their first London headline show at a packed Shacklewell Arms, it’s easy to see why. There is a definite buzz...
Introducing // Chloe Nørgaard
I’ve recently had a total girl crush on Chloe Nørgaard after stumbling accross a VICE fashion feature on her and then discovering her Tumblr, filled with behind-the-scenes shots of her life as an international model- something of a rarity these days. Plus, she lives a sober lifestyle and pulls off every hair colour in the book,...
News // Leeds Met students put on ‘Noitcelloc’ exhibition
This weekend a group of ten art and photography students from Leeds Metropolitan University will put on an exhibition at East London’s The Rag Factory (on Heneage Street – just off Brick Lane). The exhibition will include various mediums of art, including some photography work by our very own Hannah Cordingly. The exhibition is...
News // The Freedom Spark Boutique is now open.
So, I had this mental / really cool / creative idea…. Everyone loves a tote right and everyone loves things that are limited edition right? I thought I’d combine the two and start my own business venture. Basically, over the summer I will be making totes in the additional free time that I’m...
Festival Preview // Dot To Dot 2012
Remember how much fun we had at last year’s Dot to Dot festival when we hit Manchester for the likes of Cults, Alpines and IsTropical? Well, we are doing it all again this year and with one of their most exceptional line ups yet, featuring the likes of Neon Indian, Peace and Shinies- here are...
Review // Mystery Jets at Shoreditch House
I’m not gonna lie, I was rather concerned when I heard that Mystery Jets had locked themselves in a ranch in Texas for a few months and written an acoustic album humorously entitled Radlands. However, after last night I realised that I have don’t need to have such preoccupations…. I was lucky enough to...
Feature // New Bands Round Up
Basically, because we don’t have Freedom Spark Radio anymore, I thought I’d start a feature on new bands every couple of weeks. It saves doing 3953258208 ‘Introducing’ pieces. Shinies Their new single ‘Pillow Talk’ is out on Dirty Bingo Records on Monday and it is a mellow yet rather scuzzy indie pop number....
Introducing // Edwin Louis
Edwin Louis is a young London based designer that specialises in rucksacks. Think Urban Outfitters but made of more interesting fabrics that are of a finer quality. At the moment he is running a competition where he gets people to take photographs of their ideal fabric for a bag and the one with the...
Freedom Spark Mixtapes // #2
Round 2 of Freedom Spark Mixtapes! It is really good. Well, at least I think it is…. Happy Easter holidays y’all! Enjoy it whilst you eat your easter eggs a day early. Tracklisting Simian Mobile Disco – ‘Cerulean’ Fort Romeau – ‘SW9′ Bounce Camp – ‘Big Dancin” XXXY – ‘This Can’t be Love’...
Blog of the Month // April
You know what your life is missing right now? A German music blog with a slightly cheesy name. Tumblr Passion Party will fix you right up. Don’t worry about the whole ‘I can’t speak German’ thing, if you have Google Chrome (other search engines are available) then you can just translate the page and it pretty...
Leah’s Playlists // April
Happy Easter everyone! For this months instalment, I decided to experiment over at the MediaCityUK radio studios and record this months choices rather than posting mini-reviews on certain singles, needless to say, we had a few technical hiccups but we finally got there! Joining me this month was my good friend Alex Fraser who also picked...
Interview // Grace Miceli
Grace Miceli is a buzzing name upon the art industry’s lips, her individual feminist artwork has been noticed by the cool cats at Urban Outfitters and her talent has progressed her to put pen to paper and become a large part of the underground zine movement evident today- plus, isn’t her Tumblr theme, like, the...
