Tag: alternative
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The Ever-Evolving Zella Day
With lyrics like “denim sky unbuttoned down the middle” and “can we go back to the world we had with a love so sweet it makes me sad”, American singer-songwriter Zella Day leaves an impressionable mark on new and long-time listeners. “I felt forever when I laid up on your chest in the August light.”…
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Introducing… Funeral Lakes
Multi-instrumental, delicate yet exigent; a triad of songs telling you to listen. Remember that era of indie rock and folk music dominating teen films, creating the manic pixie dream girl and being so cathartic at the same time? Well, the Toronto-based Funeral Lakes are nostalgic of this time in teen history but they are doing…
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British Bombs: The antiwar anthem of a generation
British bombs is the new politically charged antiwar song by indie kid Declan McKenna, tackling Britains role in the Yemen crisis. The song questions Britains sales of arms to Saudi Arabia, and its involvement in a war that Unicef describes as causing “the largest humanitarian crisis in the world”. “And we’ll remember the dead, so…
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10 Questions with A.D. Wells
For the next instalment of our 10 Questions with feature, we speak to emerging Brooklyn artist A.D. Wells about his new record,The West Hollywood Broken Hearts Club. We discuss whether streaming platforms allow emerging artists a fighting chance at breaking into the industry, inspiration for the record, and the power of social media. Who are…
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Relight my fire-tackling burnout
With so much going off in our lives it becomes hard to ever turn off: from work, social media, life itself, even if just for a second. When I was younger I remembered being able to read a book and become totally immersed in every second of narrative escape. Now I read a book and…
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10 Questions with Avery Grimshaw
Graphic design is part of daily living. In a capitalist world the easiest way for companies to communicate and sell to us is through the visual world of graphic design. We spoke to Avery Grimshaw about breaking into the industry, approaching work, and his creative process. Have you always been a creative mind? I think…
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Collage project: gallery
Thank you to everyone who submitted work for our collage project. Below is a gallery of all the work submitted. We love every piece and hope you’ll contribute to future projects too. In the meantime keep on collaging!!
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Modern Poetry
First things first, lets clear something up about poetry. It’s not all dead white men. If thats not your thing, or you just want a something less intimidating to get you started then heres a couple of poets that you might want to check out. To start things off I’d like to introduce you to…
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Collage project
With winters inevitable approach and the shorter days it’s easy enough to feel too tired to do much more than boil the kettle for a cup of tea, never mind take the time for some creative release. So we thought what better way to get those creative juices flowing again than for a digital collage…
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Conan Gray-Generation Why
Its been a long time coming but we finally have new music from Conan Gray, who’s last release ‘Grow’ came out in September Last year. His new single ‘Generation Why’ from the upcoming EP Sunset Season discusses the discontent our youth feel today in turbulent times of political and social unrest worldwide. With a Lorde-esque…
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