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Ana Silvera – Hometown – Single Review

Singer-songwritere's debut single is a ballad that reaches out for the past, delicate, fragile and beautiful

Written by Ian Steadman



I’ve never really had a hometown, as such. My family moved around a lot when I was a kid, different towns in different countries, so I don’t have a hugely fond connection with any one city or village or whatever – Ana Silvera, I suspect, does. Her songs are infused with London, and in her debut single ‘Hometown’ the memories that linger there are the subject of whistful nostalgia, the kind that comes with retrospect after leaving home to travel the world.


Silvera is a London-born, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter who has been performing since she was a child. Her voice is eerily similar to that of Regina Spektor (coincidentally, another Brooklynite), but where that Russian quirkstress may pepper her songs with weird guttural stops, hissing, mumbles and burbling, Ana is much happier relying on her remarkable and charming voice. It’s the kind of voice that only comes from being absolutely bloody determined to sound… read more

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Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can – Album Review

Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can – Album Review

It's a welcome return for the precociously talented Laura Marling, with a second album of dark and ambitious compositions that belie her young age

Written by Nina Joyce

Sometimes I can imagine a Laura Marling height chart on my wall. I’ve seen her as just a girl, the fresh-faced ponytailed pinnacle of the human pyramid she posed in …

Los Campesinos! at Koko, Feb 25th – Live Review

Los Campesinos! at Koko, Feb 25th – Live Review

Cardiff septet's largest headline gig to date, a whirlwind success and jolly great fun

Written by Ian Steadman

Illustration courtesy of Zoë Barker
From outside, the Koko in Camden looks a bit like one of those Swiss clocks – the ones where a girl in lederhosen comes out on …

Irving Penn: Portraits

Irving Penn: Portraits

Celebrate the legacy of one of fashion's greatest photographers, Irving Penn, at the National Portrait Gallery this summer...

Written by Matt Bramford

‘A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart, and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.’
These famous …

Album Review: Anne B – Outremanche

Album Review: Anne B – Outremanche

French singer based in London self-releases mini album, a charming blend of electro and folk.

Written by Tom Stanton

‘Outremanche’ (French, literally “across the channel”) is the new mini-album from the London-based French singer filled with plaintive pop ballads and electro frippery, sung predominantly in her native tongue.
The warming, …

Ctrl-Alt-Shift Chantelle Fiddy Interview

Ctrl-Alt-Shift Chantelle Fiddy Interview

Part 1 of our art editor’s coverage of United Underground 2, a music, art and activism event that ran all day last Saturday at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Written by Valerie Pezeron

All photographs courtesy of Matthew Gonzalez Noda
Valerie Pezeron: Tell me about the event today?
Chantelle Fiddy: It’s a new style of club night. The idea is to bring together music, art …

London Art Fair 2010

London Art Fair 2010

The London Art Fair 2010 was held from the 13 to the 17th of January 2010 in Islington. Zanny Mellor enjoyed losing herself amongst this annual hustle and bustle of bountiful creativity!

Written by Zanny Mellor

Thomas Allen, Unreachable, 2009, Chromogenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, Courtesy of Foley Gallery
I always get rather excited about large art fairs or exhibitions as you have hours of perusing …

Peek-a-Boo! Boo Saville: Trolley Gallery

Peek-a-Boo! Boo Saville: Trolley Gallery

Saville is represented by Trolley Gallery where she is currently showing an edition of unique prints. Gareth David is pleasantly spooked.

Written by Gareth David

All artworks courtesy of Boo Saville. Indefinate series, Oil on canvas, 2008
Boo Saville’s show at the Trolley Gallery on Redchurch Street isn’t the kind of thing that tomes and volumes …

Eva Hesse Studiowork: Camden Arts Centre

Eva Hesse Studiowork: Camden Arts Centre

Die-hard Eva Hesse fan Louisa Lee reports from an arts centre on a hill

Written by Louisa lee

Contingent, courtesy of Eva Hesse, 1969
What makes a work unfinished? And, if a work is ‘unfinished’, what makes a work ‘finished’ and how should an incomplete work be viewed? Elliott …

Pecha Kucha: Death by Powerpoint?

Pecha Kucha: Death by Powerpoint?

Pecha Kucha is an evening of presentations mixed up with beer. Art editor and freelance illustrator Valerie Pezeron tested her not so developed showmanship skills for Amelia's and survived.

Written by Valerie pezeron

All Illustrations courtesy of Valerie Pezeron
Imagine never having done any presentation to more than 30 people in your lifetime – and that did not really matter because they were your …