Introducing // Drop Out Venus
One of the band’s that I was massively blown away by at The Great Escape Festival this year (full review coming soon y’all) were Deptford based trio, Drop Out Venus. Together they craft artistic, ambient grunge rock. Here’s what happened when I caught up with Iva from the band for a brief interview: ...
News // TEEDS wants you to design him a new headress
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, AKA. Orlando Higginbottom is inviting young creatives to design him a headdress for his Bestival performance in September which will be televised over at channel 4. The winner will receive mass exposure from TEEDS’ website as well as tickets (including travel costs and camping with a guest) to Bestival,...
Interview // Garudio Studiage
Garudio Studiage are a quartet of young South East London based artists who set up business in 2003 in their shared garage space. They now are the managers of a very successful kitsch shop as well being the minds behind many interesting exhibitions. They have also been lucky enough to have been commissioned by big names...
Feature // Fourth & Main S/S Collection
In case you didn’t know, Fourth & Main are a London based clothing brand and biannual arts and culture publication which was founded by Nikhil Adwalpalkar and James Wright a couple of years ago. Stylistically the team behind Fourth & Main marry a simple, minimalist look with an elegant, vintage look whilst still managing...
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...
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...
Introducing // Lazy Oaf
One of the most fashion-forward brands to be conceived in over a decade coming straight out of the UK has, no doubt, been from the workings of the graphic-led masterminds behind Lazy Oaf. With celebrity fans ranging from Annie Mac to Rebecca Taylor of Slow Club and even Jessie J, we caught up with Jerry from the company, to...
Video // Breton – ‘Interference’
South East London art collective, Breton, have released their new video for ‘Interference’ which is being released on the 19th March, ahead of the album release (Other People’s Problems) on the 26th. Personally, it’s one of my favourite songs production wise, which is pretty logical as it has a huge brass/ string section conducted...
Blog of the month // March
Meet 15 year old Tavi. She’s become pretty massive in the blogging world since setting up her fashion blog, The Style Rookie in 2009 at the very tender age of 13. Last year she founded online magazine, Rookie Magazine , which is a fashion magazine aimed at teenage girls. Despite being aimed at teenage girls,...
Video // CSLSX & I Break Horses – ‘Violent Sea’
Swedish hazy electronic unit I Break Horses, have collaborated with equally mysterious, Philadelphia based band, CSLSX, to produce a never before heard track, ‘Violent Sea.’ The video collates imagery from avant-guard film maker, Maya Deren and is a pristine accompaniment to a beautiful song. Download it below:
Video // NZCA / Lines – ‘Okinawa Channels’
London electronic singer / producer NZCA / Lines has unveiled the new video for his forthcoming single ‘Okinawa Channels.’ In case you’re wondering what ‘Okinawa Channels’ actually means, here is a dictionary definition: ‘Channels, Okinawa n. (oki-nawa) : def. Neutral objects become active. Surfaces form conduits for distant messages.’ The video was directed by Robert...
