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The rise of the Snuts and Dry Cleaning has been heralded as a great rock comeback but, more importantly, it is also conclusive proof that we’ve officially run out of band names. With the entire dictionary stripped bare by desperate “the” bands, many have resorted to just making up sounds now: the Snuts, the Hunna and the Lathums might as well be called the Shmurgleshnurgles, the Bleurghs or the Phraaaarpexcusemes. It’s not just indie acts who are at it. Most rappers are taking on the m...

Photo illustration by Renee Klahr, NPR/Courtesy of the artists Top row, left to right: Yard Act, Squid, Black Country, New Road. Bottom row: Legss, Shame, Dry Cleaning. May 06, 2021 Matthew Perpetua When the British band Squid released the single "Narrator" in January, everything about it felt like a dare. The songs sprawling length — 8:29 — is posted on the cover art, scrambling expectations and heralding greater ambitions from a group best known at that point for a frenzied punk tune, "Ho...

Silver was born in a small mining village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. She was premature, and spent the first three months of her life in an incubator. Silver’s mother was a midwife, and her father was an engineer. Growing up, she remembers her family being very political – her grandfather and uncles had all been miners, and she remembers village life feeling “over-observed".  “We had a big family, and lots of neighbours, and they all lived the same life. For my spirit, it was a ...

Media release: The White Label Auction, in aid of The BRIT Trust, returns May 5th THE White Label Auction, in aid of The BRIT Trust, returns next Wednesday, May 5th, in the run up to The BRIT Awards on May 11th, with around 100 lots of rare, collectible ‘white-label’ test pressings set to go under the hammer. The auction, first staged in October 2019, will be hosted live onsite/online for UK and international collectors – by the music memorabilia and vinyl records specialists, Omega Auc...

If you need to update an event already on the calendar, use this form. World / Culture Monday, April 26, 2021 at 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Virtual Join us and our guest, Dr. Bill Elliott as we kick off another year of Virtual Community Conversations! Join us and Dr. Bill Elliott as we kick off another year of our Virtual Community Conversations! This program has been made possible through a grant from Indiana Humanities in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities. In Januar...

Author In 1870s London, at 67 Charlotte Street, there was a grocery shop called le Bel Épicier, run by the Frenchman Victor Richard. Here, a London shopper could find French coffee, mustards, pâtes, cornichon and wines — particularly those from Richard’s native Burgundy. As well as providing much-needed epicurean relief, Richard’s shop was “for many years a head centre, where political refugees, as they arrive from the Continent, go for advice and help in finding lodgings or work,...

Jack London’s Extraordinary Photos of London’s East End in 1902 Men sleeping in Green Park. In 1902 the American author Jack London visited his namesake city – at the time when it was still the largest in the world. In a book that became to be known as The People of the Abyss he described the time when he lived in the Whitechapel district sleeping in workhouses, so-called doss-houses and even on the streets. It was said that about half a million people were living in these awful and terr...

Rolling Stone Watch New Order Perform ‘The Perfect Kiss’ at Alexandra Palace Clip comes off their upcoming release Education Entertainment Recreation “We always enjoy our concerts but that Alexandra Palace show was special,” New Order told  NME. “The crowd were amazing that night as you can see from the reaction when we began ‘The Perfect Kiss’. We’ve all been through some tough times recently but things are slowly opening up now and we can’t wait to get back out p...

The Snuts debut at number one on UK Record Store Chart The Snuts debut at number one on UK Record Store Chart The Snuts by @gazwilliamson The Snuts lead other Top 5 new entries from Dry Cleaning, The Fratellis, Godspeed You Black Emperor and The Vaccines. The Snuts have entered at number one on the latest UK Record Store Chart with their debut LP W.L.. Further back, Lana Del Rey has a third week inside the Top 20 courtesy of Chemtrails Over The Country Club, whilst Working Men’s Club and Tom ...

Historic New Harmony holds creative writing contest to honor Robert Owen Historic New Harmony holds creative writing contest to honor Robert Owen 4/7/2021 | University Communications In celebration of the 250th Anniversary of Robert Owens birth, Historic New Harmony invites writers to participate in a global creative writing contest beginning April 1 through July 1. Writers are asked to creatively connect one of Robert Owen’s philosophies, passions or aspects of his li...