London trio Factory Floor is coming back to the Netherlands again. The band, who have signed to James Murphy‘s DFA Records this fall, is coming at the 17th of May to Effenaar. With their music, which The Guardian describe as synth-noir, it sounds like they’re mixing modern-day electronic music with ’80s synthwave. That’s why it isn’t [...]
[Win] 2×2 tickets Factory Floor at Effenaar
April 27, 2012
[Art] City Silhouettes by Jasper James
January 19, 2012
Jasper James is a photographer from England and works both in London and in Beijing. He made a portrait series called ‘City Silhouettes‘. James caught the reflections of his subjects on glass windows and the outcome are beautiful silhouette pictures. Check out his website to see more pictures. Via Laughing Squid
[Art] Aqueous Fluoreau by Mark Mawson
December 7, 2011
Mark Mawson, a London & Sydney based photographer, has published a new series of fourteen underwater pictures of ink. The set of pictures is named Aqueous Fluoreau, and its ‘Inspired by the vibrant colours that brighten up everyday life’. It looks like there is an explosion of different colors in the water and if you look [...]
[Listen] Femaleband – One Day The Sea Will Swallow Me
October 24, 2011
Femaleband is, according to soundcloud, ‘one girl making noise’. She also states: ‘I will always love Jay Raetard’. And she’s from London. But according to her Facebook she’s a fictional character from Brooklyn, NY. Line Of Best Fit writes: If you were a fan of Pocahaunted, or if you’ve ever listened to Jay Reatard and wished it was [...]
[Watch] King Robbo vs. Banksy (Graffiti wars)
August 17, 2011
In this cool 47 minute video you’ll see what happens when world famous Banksy decides to paint over one of London’s oldest pieces done by King Robbo (pictured below) which triggers an all out war with the entire London graff scene. (via Nerdcore)
[Watch] Move: Choreographing You
May 25, 2011
Trailer of the art/dance project Choreographing You, which as exhibited at the Hayward Gallery in London last year!
Documentary on London Pirate Radio
April 7, 2010
Vice made a great documentary on London pirate radio. Pirate radio is everywhere in London, born in the 60’s from rusting anti-aircraft towers in the mouth of the Thames. Today’s broadcasts are hidden in plain sight, transmitting from secret tower block studios via homemade rooftop antennas.
Michiel Ceulers @ Whatbar # 8
March 11, 2010
Michiel Ceulers (B) makes paintings that investigate the medium of paint. At first these inconvenient, difficult to read, uncompromising and very diverse paintings are hard to grasp but on a second and third look these small, rather dirty paintings are very precise and sharply handled, cheekily referencing previous historical styles. Ceulers produces modest, greasy paintings [...]
Hester Scheurwater @ Whatbar # 8
March 10, 2010
Hester Scheurwater’s work consists of short films, video performances and installations which try to express desires, fears and obsessions in alarming matter. Through an intuitive way of film making an intimate inner picture is depicted. These pictures show daydreams (fantasies/nightmares) which in a fragmented manner make a suggestive picture tale visible in which grotesque doll-like [...]
Alistair McClymont @ Whatbar # 8
March 9, 2010
Alistair McClymont (UK) graduated from the Royal College of Art Sculpture School in 2005, he works in sculpture, photography and video. His work investigates the romanticism with which contemporary cultural products have been invested. He uses well-known commodities, brands and logos as recurring themes: a recent series of work has been based around the imagery [...]
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[Spotifriday] Your weekend soundtrack – Week 21
May 25, 2012
Exitmusic – Passage This duo consists of husband and wife Devon Church en Aleska Palladino, from (Shit, again?!) Brooklyn, New York. With EP From Silence, which they released a year ago Exitmusic showed us their first sign of life.. Passage, their debutalbum, is a bit more bombastic, but still got the sultry sound. Next to this sultry [...]