I’ve just got back from the inaugural London Korea Festival! Designed to introduce Brits to Korean culture beyond (but not excluding) K-popstar Psy, Trafalgar Square was transformed into Little Korea for the day. There were tents for K-Game, K-Music, K-Character and Webtoons, and not quite enough food stalls to satisfy this hungry capital. More kimchi … More f(x) smash it at London Korea Festival! (pics)
If any of you had known me during my raucous youth, it might surprise you that last week was the first time I’d received a court summons. Ok, you caught me red-handed [har har]; I’m not half as bad-ass as I like to /hyperbolically\ make myself sound from time to time. In fact this was … More Lost on Trial with Howard Marks, The Sex Workers’ Opera and grime MC Prince Rapid
By now, you may well have seen the beautiful, affecting final video from Sia’s 1000 Forms of Fear. The album’s three videos – Chandelier, Elastic Heart and Big Girls Cry – have all featured the talented 12 year old dancer, Maddie Ziegler who has in turn become the defacto ‘face’ of Sia, and I guess … More The video for Big Girls Cry by Sia is astounding
It’s been another musical month for my Chinese dwarf hamster and me. I was about to write about how I’m diversifying a bit; listening to some stuff that isn’t miserable indie, but I am definitely listening to David Ford as I type this… More specifically, the couldn’t-be-more-aptly-named Cheer Up You Miserable Fuck. Spoiler alert: DF is … More The 6 biggest songs right now, chosen by Eddie Vedder & myself
A dimly lit auditorium, the stage scattered with instruments, and a palpable buzz in the assembled crowd. Everything was set for the People’s String Foundation Trio at The Poly, a pared down incarnation of the occasionally 24-strong People’s String Foundation, featuring Zaid Al-Rikabi on guitars, Chris Jones somehow making a double bass look small, and … More The People’s String Foundation Trio
So winter draws on. You’d think with the emergence of daffodils, spring is well on the way, but no. It’s cold, we’re still in scarves and my extremities remain deeply miffed. It’s no weather to be outside, but being at home night after night is no fun either (and I hear the new series of … More Five (Cornish) reasons to be cheerful
At the risk of sounding like a crazy hamster lady, there are few things more relaxing than lying in my newly Nordic nest (by which I mean I have added stripy grey sheets and a massive fur throw to my already cushion-laden bed), playing with Eddie Vedder the Chinese dwarf hamster and listening to the … More Eddie Vedder and I have these 9 songs on repeat
I came to The Shins late (ferociously, unfashionably late), picking up their most recent album, Port of Morrow (2012), long after I should have. Given that I’d mostly ignored previous recommendations, “Oh, you’ll like this band,” it’s a little odd to be writing an article that says, “Oh, you’ll like this band.” But you will. … More Five of the best: The Shins
I know it’s kinda douchey to take pictures at gigs but I did it There are many reasons why I can’t believe I’m typing this, but it has been over a decade since I first saw Funeral for a Friend. It’s no longer my usual music taste (melancholic, miserable, skilfully on-point), but who doesn’t … More Getting drunk at home = booking Funeral for a Friend gig tickets
…and it was immense. I am freaking obsessed with that band. On average, I probably listen to three albums a day (it’s a long, melancholy commute from SE5 to W11), which is excessive by anyone’s standards. Having got the tickets for last night’s O2 arena spectacular straight after their summer show in Hyde Park, I’ve … More I went to see The National last night
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