MUSIC. NIGHTLIFE. CULTURAL RIOTS. LONDON TINGS. BY KATE HUTCHINSON.
Beat that for search-engine-friendly titling! Ahem. Anyway, it’s always really lovely to be asked to come and do nice stuff by nice people whose nice music you put on mixtapes for your boyfriend (guilty). Today I went and giggled all over the microphone at a live recording of the super-beardy 2 Bears‘ radio show on [...]
Nestled behind Bethnal Green tube station, right before the bridge (aka the pigeon poop-drop of doom), lies Ten Gales, a pop-up gallery, café, vintage/designer clothes and hair salon space in a disused railway arch. It’s the kind of place that I wish I had: the design is kitsch (that’s the toilet there, in the white [...]
Hallo again. So, this week I meant to publish my Kissy Sell Out interview before his label launch party at Vibe Bar on Brick Lane with Mixmag today, but I had an epic blog fail. I will will will will publish it in full, but Sinden scanned in the e-d-i-t-e-d version and you should all [...]
I realised this week that (OK, really late ‘d’oh’) that my Erol interview may not be the easiest thing to find. Maybe it’s because I didn’t use an Erol pic on my hompeage, or because I inserted one of those ‘oh god, can’t be arsed to click on it’ Read More tabs thingys. But anyhoos, [...]
So, last week I did four interviews with three influential DJs who have all just started new labels. They’ll be out in my Clubbing section in Time Out tomorrow in their teeny tiniest IHAVENOSPACE versions, with profiles of their labels and big ol’ shiny pics of them all too (them being Simian Mobile Disco‘s James [...]
I don’t want to give you a broad introduction into the mesmerising world of The Selby. No, you can ruddy spend a day rummaging through your favourite photo stories of awesome people’s apartments yourself (it’s very fun, honestly). This is my own incredibly selfish mini-guide to the best of The Selby. According to the bits [...]
This morning I had blog guilt because I hadn’t posted in four days. In reaction to this guilt, I had a Snickers bar for breakfast. And thus, I felt more guilt. This is the never-ending cycle of guilt. I should go down the gym. Another thing that makes me feel guilty – and, at the [...]
It’s comical how much some people are still offended by swear words. Sure, the onomatopoeia of some words makes them sound a lot sharper than they are, but I like to think they hammer home the importance of doing things, like (bloody) clean your room, take out the (shitting) rubbish and (fucking) recycle. Sorry, FUCKING [...]
Sometimes, working on a magazine really sucks the soul out from underneath your fingernails. If you don’t believe me, just read about the scrotum-strangling things that publishing titans Bauer (who own music titles like Kerrang!, Mojo and Q) intend to do to their freelance journalists. That’s why blogging, the joys of which have only recently [...]
Today I visited the delightfully quaint Wiltons Way Café, nestled on (you guessed it) Wilton’s Way near London Fields. It’s teeny tiny and perfect for flat white coffees and buttercream-covered cupcakes. Mmm. It got four out of five stars in its Time Out review too. But Wilton’s is also home to London Fields Radio, which [...]