If you want to be inspired to go beyond the flip book animation you drew while bored in class, or just taken away to different worlds only possible through images, … Read More
Star Wars Identities
Star Wars Identities Have you ever taken a magazine “personality” quiz that promises to tell you which, oh, I don’t know, Sex and the City character, Beatle, maniacal despot or … Read More
BluesFest 2016: Little Steven and Birthday Boy Bill
Legends of Blues and R&B play the O2 October 28 – 31st I was fairly sure I saw Little Steven on a street near the Barbican a few days ago. … Read More
Concert Review: Seasick Steve (if that’s his real name) at Wembley
Seasick Steve’s big break came in the UK, when he was featured on the iconic BBC music program(me) “Jools Holland’s Hootenanny” (cooler than it sounds) over ten years ago. The … Read More
Quick Six Interview: Robyn Hitchcock
How music cool is this – they met at an Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell concert at South by Southwest. While you might end up standing next to an out … Read More
Quick Six Interview: Tricca McNiff
Why so serious, Emma and Jason? The newly formed, temporary (or is it…?) duo of Tricca McNiff has adopted a very dour pose on the cover of their recent EP, Southern … Read More
London: The Festival of Heat
Used to be that when we Americans got done making fun of Britons’ bad teeth, our next move was to slam their bland food. Fair? Well, it wasn’t far from … Read More
Concert Review: Billy Joel at Wembley
What do Puccini, Joe Cocker and The Tokens have in common? All three were unexpected treats at Saturday night’s show, inasmuch as “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” can be considered a … Read More
Pink Floyd at 50
Remember Arnold Layne? Neighbourhood crossdresser, or at least women’s clothing aficionado? More deliberately, do you remember “Arnold Layne”, the first single by Pink Floyd, released 50 years ago next March? … Read More
Barbu, or Attack of the Bearded Canadians
While this tip off to a very good night out is specifically for Barbu, the self-described “daring, daft and sexy as hell” acrobatics-as-theatre production, formed in Quebec but now presented … Read More
Leicester Square Welcomes Carolla, Herring
Leicester Square Theatre Takes a Chance on Podcasts A few years ago, not only did podcasts have to be explained to people – usually a younger person saying some form … Read More
Udderbelly and London Wonderground Are Back!
After April ending in snow — yes, the dessert topping of Christmas back again to ruin your Easter eggs — the sun came out over most of the UK this … Read More
Tour Announcement: Bring Me The Horizon Announces U.S. Spring Tour
Fresh off winning the “NME Innovation Award” at last week’s NME Awards in London, Bring Me The Horizon have announced their headline U.S. spring tour. Dates kick off April 30 … Read More
This Month in Art: Eames, Perry and the Art of Protest
Okay, art Beasts, what do you want to think about this month? Class and society? Political protests? Or the true origin of that familiar chair in which you plant your … Read More