Jul 30, 2010
DOWNTOWN CALLING.
Wednesday saw the International Latino Film Festival play host to the premiere of an exciting new documentary entitled ‘Downtown Calling’. Focusing on New York City in the late 1970s - a period where the city was on the brink of social and economic disaster.
Jul 28, 2010
CUT CHEMIST: SOUND OF THE POLICE.
Cut Chemist, everybody's favourite turntable scientist and actor-in-cult-Jason-Reitman-films is back!
Jul 27, 2010
PICTURES ON WALLS.
So last week we went over to the Rag Factory - just off Brick Lane - to check out our friend Delphine's exhibition of photographs, entitled Ashes57 - The Message. We'd never been to the Rag Factory before, but I can tell you it's a great little gallery space with…
Jul 27, 2010
MARY ANNE HOBBS LEAVES RADIO 1.
Last week Mary Anne Hobbs announced on her MySpace page that she was leaving BBC Radio 1 after an incredible 14 years at the station.
For the last 4 years or so, Hobbs has pioneered and championed the dubstep, grime and beats scene, introducing the likes of Skream to a…
Jul 27, 2010
THE ROOTS: VIDEO FOR ‘THE FIRE’.
As interesting as the video may appear, I was a little bewildered when I first saw The Roots new video for ‘The Fire’. In fact I had to refer to director, Rik Cordero’s notes and watch the video a second time before I could truly make the connection between the…
Jul 26, 2010
RISE OF THE NON-CONFORMISTS RECAP.
Over the weekend London’s Whitecross Street was transformed into an open-air street art gallery as a hoard of graffiti writers, painters, stencil artists and free-thinking creatives descended upon the EC1 location for 2 days of unrestrained artistic expression.
Jul 26, 2010
C215: MIDNIGHT DREAMS.
Last week Thursday saw the launch of C215’s second solo show at Signal Gallery on Curtain Road. Entitled ‘Midnight Dreams’ this new collection of work is a bold exploration into explosive colour and the imaginative force for the admired French street artist. Predominately utilizing the figurative image as the medium…
