Fresh from a groundbreaking London show that saw performances alongside Brit artist Sarah Lucas and US poet Quinn Latimer, Bolton-born, Berlin-based musician Planningtorock – aka Jam Rostron – has just release...
We’re very excited about the upcoming collaboration between Canadian piano maverick Chilly Gonzales and Berlin’s techno producer Boys Noize, aka Alex Ridha. Their collaborative album Octave Minds is out at ...
Although dwarfed by its bigger, louder neighbours Argentina and Brazil, Uruguay has plenty to shout about. Here are five reasons why it should be on your bucket list
1. Colonial charm
In a country shaped by...
In the past year, the dance scene down-under has put out some serious new talent. Here are our five floor-filling favourites …
Rüfüs du Sol
Who? Jon George, Tyrone Lindqvist, James Hunt
Homet...
Dubbed everything from shoegaze to grunge to goth to dark pop to new orientalism (thanks, in part, to the band’s use of Koto harps and Chinese violins in their music), Leopold Ross and Ioanna Gika, who front th...
From Erol Alkan and Kelis to Snoop Dogg and the Scissor Sisters, the queue of those seeking out the talents of Hamburg-born DJ Alex Ridha keeps on growing. Having produced, collaborated, remixed and shared stag...
Be it sat on stage in a bathrobe addressing his audience in song, breaking a world record for continuous piano playing (that’s 27-hours straight, since you ask), illustrating the similarities between Phil Colli...
The Glass Guide to London Film Festival: the global preview
Amour
Where Set in Paris, France
Who Directed by Michael Haneke
What After wowing all at Cannes, this tale of an octogenarian couple struggl...
“People are throwing off the constraints of their daily lives – the rent payments, the nine-to-five, the commute – they are primed and ready to rave.” So says Steve Gallagher, co-founder of out-there and outré ...
Blending the worlds of music, fashion and design, the effortlessly cool Kitsuné label launched in 2002 as the brainchild of Daft Punk’s art director, Gildas Loaec, and Masaya Kuroki. Since then the label ha...
Belfast-born producer and star remixer Max Cooper is keen to avoid any talk of music classification. “Fashion-driven music fads are something I try not to get involved in,” he says. “Genres – especially within ...