Sleepy Sun @ the Kazimier – Reviewed
A wet Tuesday night gig is the unlikely stage to – eventually – feel the warm glow of a sleepy sun… Yes it was a wet Tuesday night with autumn definitely starting to...
Jethro Fox – Blinding Light?
We caught up with Jethro Fox to talk about influences, new single Blinding Light, and that BBC 6 Lamacq session… A few months ago, Jethro Fox had yet to play his first gig....
Living With Macbeth @ Unity Theatre
A deadly duo of anger and guilt were perfectly executed under the spotlights at the Unity Theatre last weekend … Two broken characters, a Shakespearean actor (Number One) and a comedian (Number Two), sit next...
Orphée @ Metal – Previewed
Adam Scovell looks back at Jean Cocteau, a director who survived the tearing up of the rule book by the French New Wave… One of the directors of cinema’s old wave of French...
Film Podcast #8: Lawless
DW Mault introduces the prohibition-set western Lawless. Can this, the latest project from director John Hillcoat and screenwriter Nick Cave (the pair behind modern classic The Proposition), live up to expectations? Also up...
Holy Other – Reviewed and Revealed
Rachael Jones took a step into the unknown in search of Holy Other… Hosted by Liverpool Music Week and those cool cats known as Deep Hedonia, the trifecta of Fort Romeau, Vessel and...
Culture Diary w/c 10-09-12
Monday – Vertigo 1.40pm @ FACT It was revealed in the September issue of Sight & Sound magazine that, after an unbroken half century of hegemony, Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane had lost top...
The Big Interview: Lauren Laverne
We spoke to BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Lauren Laverne about indie-pop stardom, her debut novel and what she really thinks about today’s bands… Lauren Laverne first came to public – and our...
The World of Tim Burton
With Hallowe’en on the way, The World of Tim Burton is a perfect excuse to reacquaint ourselves with this maverick of the macabre… This week saw FACT’s The World of Tim Burton season...