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Jennifer Lucy Allan
, February 24th, 2021 09:00
Jaw-dropping group jazz from London, psychedelic harsh noise from Japan, and a whole lot of torn up blues, are just some of the things Jennifer Lucy Allan investigates in this month’s expedition to The Zone
Leila Bordreuil
These days, I am mostly sat at my desk watching two great tits hack away at the fat balls in the feeder, while Philip next door water pistols the squirrels and cats. In an effort to get out of this rut and conjure that special grotbag je ne sais quoi of the out-out I so dearly miss, myself and Moats have turned our shed into a pub/venue called THE BASTARD. I built a bar from scrap wood, he painted a sign on a bit of old laminate flooring.
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Cathy Marston: Drift
Amid lockdown frustration last summer, acclaimed choreographer Cathy Marston had no dance companies to make movement for, so she created some for herself instead and performed for the first time in 15 years. Drift was filmed by the River Aare, near Marston’s home in Switzerland. Balancing on fallen trees or calf-deep in the water, moving meditatively to a specially composed score by regular collaborator Philip Feeney, she offers a welcome retreat from the current world.
Pointe Black
A powerful telling of the prejudices faced by black ballet dancer Marie-Astrid Mence during her training in her home city of Paris, directed by dancer turned film-maker Rebecca Murray and featured on Nowness. Mence’s gentle voiceover belies the ugliness of her experiences: bullied about her body, told to switch to street dance, made to dance the men’s roles. A dancer with Ballet Black since 2014, Mence proved her detractors wrong, bu
Muted New Year celebrations in tier 4 Lincolnshire
One was a false alarm, but one party broken up in Cleethorpes
Lincolnshire Police didn’t have to deal with any major COVID tier 4 lockdown breaches on New Year’s Eve, and one ‘party’ they were called to turned out to be two people watching re-runs of Countdown.
Lincolnshire moved into tier 4 on Thursday, December 31, while North East Lincolnshire remained in tier 3 and there had been some concerns that trouble would flare up. Both tiers prohibit indoor socialising.
When asked if any New Year’s parties were broken up, or if they had to deal with any trouble on Thursday night, Lincolnshire Police said there weren’t any incidents of this nature.
Clash picks out a few key imprints.
The traumas of 2020 have made life exceptionally difficult for musicians.
Songwriters, artists, producers, and DJs have all had their incomes slashed, with some struggling to stay afloat amid these treacherous waters.
Yet alongside this has come a surge in energy from the DIY underground, with a host of micro-labels pushing back against the negativity.
Nick Roseblade counts down a few micro-labels who made a difference.
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Austerity Records
Austerity Records have had a great year releasing EPs from Winter Gardens, Hanya, RADIDAS and Daisy Coburn. Each one of these acts is a name to set up a Google Alert for over the next 12 months.