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10th January

  • This Week // Art Talk

    This Week // Art Talk

    by Will Slater

    We have a thrilling week ahead of us in London's art world. The events that grab our attention don't start until Wednesday, but they carry on through to Sunday and have more than enough packed into them to satisfy the viewer's appetite: Wednesday 12th You may not know it, but in the city's universities lurk the next generation of artists ready to unleash their work on us and they're not going to wait for their degree shows to do it. At the Acquire Arts Gallery, Battersea... (continued) [read more]

21st December

  • Introducing #123 The Savage Nomads

    Introducing #123 The Savage Nomads

    by Will Slater

    This is a band making waves at the moment. Now that they are just about to finish a lengthy 35 show residency at the 12 Bar, London, the Savage Nomads' name and sound is on the move throughout their scene, getting picked up by BBC 6 Music and Kerrang Radio, and getting numerous plays from the likes of Gideon Coe and Don Letts. Their list of recent coverage and tips from publications as a 'band to watch' stretches on, but there's no better impression to make than with this track... (continued) [read more]

22nd November

  • Geek Week: Our Top Entrants

    Geek Week: Our Top Entrants

    by Will Slater

    We are exactly one week away now from the Geek of the Year Awards! At the close of the 405's Geek Week we are letting you in on our favourites to win the big prize. First up is a man who let his love for space adventure mould the outcome of his own wedding: Name:Terence Eden Age: 31 Place of Birth: UK Specialist Subject: Mobile Phones & Star Wars Why I deserve to be Geek of the Year: I asked my wife to marry me.... in a full on Sci Fi ceremony. From L-R My Mother - D... (continued) [read more]

  • Geek Week: Carl Donnelly

    Geek Week: Carl Donnelly

    by Will Slater

    With just over a week to go until Geek of the Year, we're storming on the interview front today, asking questions for the stereotypical geek and receiving answers for the unconventional geek. Here's our interview with one of the comedians on the lineup for the event, Carl Donnelly. What's your favourite cult film or series? If I had to pick a series it would be between Battlestar Galactica (the modern ones) and Dexter. I don’t like spending too long watching box sets as alw... (continued) [read more]

  • Geek Week: Adam Bloom

    Geek Week: Adam Bloom

    by Will Slater

    With just over a week to go until Geek of the Year, we're storming on the interview front today, asking questions for the stereotypical geek and receiving answers for the unconventional geek. Here's our interview with one of the comedians on the lineup for the event, Adam Bloom. What's your favourite cult film or series? The Jerk Are you a collector of any sort of memorabilia? Only that question, in various formats, starting with words trapped in a labelled jar. Have yo... (continued) [read more]

  • Geek Week: A Badge of Friendship // The 405 Interview

    Geek Week: A Badge of Friendship // The 405 Interview

    by Will Slater

    With just over a week to go until Geek of the Year, we're storming on the interview front today, asking questions for the stereotypical geek and receiving answers for the unconventional geek. Here's our interview with the promoters of the event, A Badge of Friendship What's your favourite cult film or series? Claire: My favourite film HAS to be Blade Runner. It's got a bit of everything that I love. Ghost in the Shell (the first film) is also great. I know Carl Donnelly has ... (continued) [read more]

20th November

  • Geek Week: Anime // Art Talk

    Geek Week: Anime // Art Talk

    by Will Slater

    In accordance with Geek Week, celebrating all things gloriously geeky, our art section is going to focus its features around anime, the moving image adaptations of the manga graphic novels that have gathered cult followings worldwide. In this article I'll be talking about my discovery, and first and growing impressions of the original series of possibly the most popular Japanese sci-fi franchise to date, Mobile Suit Gundam. Some would wonder why I would have only just recently ... (continued) [read more]

19th November

  • Geek Week: Ally Millar // The 405 Interview

    Geek Week: Ally Millar // The 405 Interview

    by Will Slater

    We're all about the geekery this week as we anticipate Geek of the Year 2010. To get some more insight on the event and the website behind it we spoke to the head of Geeks.co.uk, Ally Millar. How did Geeks.co.uk begin? It's quite an interesting story - A Scottish millionaire called Shaf Rasul (he was on the ill-fated spin off: BBC Dragon's Den Online) had acquired the domain name and called me up to ask if I'd come in and run it for him. I had been working, and drinking too mu... (continued) [read more]

16th November

  • Introducing #115 Lumière Collective

    Introducing #115 Lumière Collective

    by Will Slater

    There's a new collective in town! We like the word, 'collective', because it brings about a very romantic connotation of like-minded, yet diverse musicians, all pitching in their talents to create something special beyond their own practices. As the group themselves put it: "Lumière Collective is a London based group of musicians, formed in the Autumn of 2010. From Contemporary Folk to Arabian Hip Hop, Lumière was founded on a familial love and collective spirit of invention ... (continued) [read more]

4th November

  • Heinali and Matt Finney – Free Joy Division Cover

    Heinali and Matt Finney – Free Joy Division Cover

    by Will Slater

    You may remember the post we put out asking you to vote for Heinali and Matt Finney in the Ditto Music Featured Artist Competition. Well, they won! As a thanks to everyone who helped them they've been wonderful enough to release a cover of Joy Division's 'Candidate', available as a free download here. They also have a new EP soon to come out, entitled Conjoined, with a video for the track, 'Under God's Heaven', made by the talented filmmaker, Freddie Lloyd, which we will be ... (continued) [read more]

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