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london, music
Rated & Retarded: The Shoestrung
Having utilised this long May Bank Holiday to sift through some new music, I was becoming increasingly despondent as I ploughed through calamitous punk bands from Brooklyn, a ’supergroup’ formed of 14 year olds from North London, clearly being pushed to fulfill a mummy or daddy’s failed dream until I stumbled across something like a [...]
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clubs, music, nightlife
Rated & Retarded: Weekend special
Here’s a quick rundown of the choicest of choice cuts for this weekend either that or stay in and watch Come Dine With Me, simple.
Aside from mass paranoia, I doubt ravers have a stringent review process of their raving. It’s hardly like they sit down with their boss and rate their glow stick waving, evaluate [...]
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art
Rated & Retarded: Rodchenko
First up, an interesting fact; the average Londoners this week will see 4.6 adverts for the Quantum of Solace release on DVD, which is approximately the same number of times the average Londoner will make eye contact on the Tube in a day.
It’s a bit surreal when you consider the above fact alongside the [...] -
london, nightlife, shoreditch
Conran crosses the boundary
The Shoreditch naysayers won’t be happy and will proclaim the opening of Terence Conran’s Boundary restaurant (just off Shoreditch High Street) as another gentrified brick in the wall. You can read the review in the Indie here. Boundary will join Shoreditch House and Trois Garcons at the wankier end of the ‘ditch’s social scale not [...]
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music, shoreditch
Rated & Retarded: Drums of Death
Drums of Death completely fucked Cargo in it’s poorly configured face last night. A masterclass in stage presence; whilst his Joker-esque make-up is the attention grabber for the lazy, it’s his unrelentless energy and truly diverse musical artillery that guarantees he’ll be ripping through gigs and festivals this year. He dropped infectious, heavy rinse out [...]
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