If you've exhausted the festive Radio Times and fancy something with more depth and music content, the new issue of Shindig! is out now. Issue is available online or in the better newsagents right now, with content including features on The Soft Machine, Allied Records, Euphoria, Merrell Fankhauser, The Lovin' […]
Tag: cult
New band: The Beginning
We just featured this band over on Electric Roulette, but to be honest, I think The Beginning are probably worth a mention on here too. as we said over there, the band is the brainchild of Anders Ljunggren, a modern-day Swede, but a man with an obvious love of British […]
Antonioni's Blow-Up book incoming
Seems to be a lot of Blow-Up stuff around right now. Yesterday we spotted a Blow-Up print and today we've noticed a forthcoming book – Antonioni's Blow-Up by Philippe Garner and David Alan Mellor, which is published by Steidl. It's described as 'a fresh and stimulating study of Antonioni's masterpiece', […]
Blow-Up print by The Scene
Fans of Antonioni's 60s cult classic movie Blow-Up might appreciate this Blow-Up print by The Scene. Yes, it's David Hemmings in classic photographer pose, no doubt capturing some hip young thing through his lens. This archival Giclee print is a limited edition of 25, sized at 11.7 x 16.5 inches […]
The Syd Barrett colouring book
Readers of our Retro To Go site might recall the Joy Division colouring book. Well, the people behind that, Piper Gates Design, have produced a second instalment of what's being called the 'doomed poet' series with the introduction of the Syd Barrett colouring book. Yes, that's right, you can spend […]
Brighton Rock + Q&A at NFT
Ahead of the full cinema release, there's a preview in January of the remake of Brighton Rock in London. Of course, its a new adaptation of the Graham Green tale, this time set in the 1960s and amongst the mods of the era. Is it as good as the Boulting […]
Little Symphonies: Phil Spector Reader
An interesting title from Helter Skelter is soon to hit the market – Little Symphonies: A Phil Spector Reader. It claims to be a collection of the best articles, reviews and essays about the legendary 'Wall of Sound' producer and current inmate of a Californian jail. He's also getting the […]
Gainsbourg – DVD / Blu-ray details
Not long out of the cinema, the recent biopic of Serge Gainsbourg, which went by the name of Gainsbourg, is heading to DVD and Blu-ray. Both are set for release on 10th January 2011, so you might want to save some of your Christmas money if you were a fan […]
