Love Truly Saved The Day in Bristol | LSTD 2016 Review
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We Are FSTVL: an unexpected diversity of dance music | Review
Over the 28th-29th May bank holiday, We Are FSTVL returned for its third year with its biggest line-up yet. It certainly didn’t disappoint; the…
Love Family Park returns to Mainz for 21st Edition
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FOUND Festival 2016 | Preview
The ever-expanding FOUND Series has enjoyed phenomenal success over the past few years, growing annually to showcase more and more of the best of…
Simple Things Festival Announces First Wave of Acts
The South-West’s finest festival of musical exploration returns in October for its sixth instalment. Spanning across numerous established venues and DIY spaces, Simple Things furthers…
Ismaya Live and Potato Head present Sunny Side Up Festival, Bali
Two of Indonesia’s leading entertainment brands collaborate again to bring the third annual Sunny Side Up Tropical Festival, over two days at Potato Head…
Odyssia Festival Announces Inaugural Lineup
On the shores of the idyllic bay of the idyllic fisherman’s village of Schinos, Odyssia presents a seven day showcase of some of the…
London festival heavyweights FOUND return with Moondance Festival
**NEW ACTS ANNOUNCED, INCLUDING ELIJAH AND SKILLIAM, ZED BIAS, KLOSE ONE, CHIPMUNK, JAMMZ, DJ S.K.T., MARK RADFORD AND SAM SUPPLIER*** To celebrate the enduring…
The Paroxysm of Human Absurdity: Reflections on Islamophobia
The current ongoing Islamophobic rhetoric in popular media has probably not gone unnoticed by the Bizarre Culture reader. It certainly got two colleagues at…
A Few Inspired Ideas About American Social Politics Before the California Primary
“We need to understand that as human beings we are not full human beings when we’re only concerned about ourselves; that we are stronger…
A Vault of Frozen Life: Crop Trust’s Svalbard Seed Vault
Located on an isolated island about 800 miles from the North Pole, the Svalbard seed vault is locked in arctic permafrost and protects over…
Karachi Files | Cross-Cultural Electronic Music
May 2015. Karachi, Pakistan. Electronic musicians from Pakistan, the Maldives and Germany met in a house remodelled into a temporary recording studio to collaborate,…
Dinter, bitz and gwop: a guide to British youth slang in 2016
If you struggle to understand the teenagers and young people around you when they call their schoolfriend a durkboi and try to cadge some…
British Summertime Festival: why summer 2016 sounds so good
Summertime in the UK is a feast for the senses. The rare warmth of sunrays on your face; the smell of flowers and fresh…
Kendal Calling, 28th-31st July, Lake District
Kendal Calling is back again, this time celebrating its 11th year since it started in 2006. Over the years the festival has continued to…
Painted Ladies – The Hidden Depths of Indian Truck Art
“HHHOOOOOOOOOONK.” I jump out of my skin as a five tonne noisy kaleidoscope of colour roars out of a dust cloud on a hazy…
May: a month to help the planet
Meat production, especially the feeding of cattle, is a water-intensive process. One kilo of beef requires at least 43,000 liters of fresh water, Cattle…
Brexit: a selfish option for our future climate?
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Voting for the environment: Why should we care about the American election?
A Non-American guide to the American Election. Yesterday, a friend of mine asked my opinion on Donald Trump. In my head, I thought ‘a…
Shama Rahman: Wearable-Tech Live Music at Southbank Centre
Shama Rahman will perform her new album, Truth Be Told, live at London’s Southbank Centre at 6pm on Tuesday 24th May. It will be…