Gender specifics
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...
Origin of symmetry – Chilly Gonzales collaborates with Boys Noize
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 ...
All eyes on Uruguay
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...
Australia’s new brigade
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...
On the radar: Io Echo
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...
Electronic impulses
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...
Not so black and white
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...
London Film Festival: the global preview
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...
Feeling the love
“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 ...
Kitsuné Playlist
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...
