I saw Cults on the last day of March at the Mercury Lounge. They were sandwiched between Superhumanoids and Magic Kids and by the looks of it, a good handful of the crowd showed up just for Cults.
BITCH:CULTURE
19 Apr 2011 12:00 GMT
If you like music, and shoes (I’m guessing you do) then Paloma Faith and Converse are about to blow your mind.The UK music scene is probably a little better than it should be given the size of the country, but we have a long history of great recording artists who are appreciated all over the world. The Beatles pretty much invented pop music and in that tradition British music stars of today are constantly striving to push the boundaries and rein...
BITCH:CULTURE
18 Apr 2011 08:15 GMT
Kettner's is one of those places that you could be completely oblivious of, despite having lived in London for years. Tucked down a tiny Soho street, this restaurant and champagne bar doesn't look like much from the outside but is delightfully decadent once you're through the doors. It is here that Mr Carter from 40 Winks is now playing host to a regular afternoon of glamorous frivol...
BITCH:CULTURE
14 Apr 2011 13:30 GMT
Joe Wright, director of benchmark period films Pride & Prejudice and Atonement, brings us something strikingly different in his newly released action thriller Hanna. Saoirse Ronan plays the title character, a 16 year old who’s lived her entire life secluded from society and civilization with her father (Eric Bana). He’s trained her to be the perfect assassin, making her an expert in hand-to-hand combat, hunting, foreign languages and even general knowledge. The...
BITCH:CULTURE
11 Apr 2011 11:45 GMT
If you spent a good portion of your childhood living vicariously through the lives of a certain pair of blonde twin sisters then get ready for this…Sweet Valley High is back!If you're one of the girls who read Sweet Valley High books in your youth, and there's a good chance you are because there were over 150 of them published, then get ready to scream! Elizabeth and Jessica are back in Sweet Valley Confidential an all n...
BITCH:CULTURE
11 Apr 2011 09:00 GMT
The appeal of The Generationals lies in their instantly catchy, crowd pleasing tunes. Their 2009 release, Con Law, serves as an example of this. Its music has been featured in more commercials and television shows than I care to mention. The New Orleans’s indie-pop duo's latest release, Actor-Caster, works in similar ways. The album is full of music that is cheerful and bright, sounds that please and serve as the appropriate soundtrack for the spring and summer months ahead....
BITCH:CULTURE
08 Apr 2011 14:45 GMT
With its gilded statues, immaculately manicured gardens, and world-renown cuisine, Paris is indisputably expensive. When you factor in a week's stay in a hotel, dining out for meals, museum tickets, Métro passes, a boat cruise on the Seine and the obligatory Ladurée visit, you’ve got yourself a bill for a few thousand dollars (and that’s without traveling as a family).
BITCH:CULTURE
07 Apr 2011 08:39 GMT
This week the UK is celebrating UK coffee week. A “nationwide event which aims to promote the success and vibrancy of the UK coffee industry”. Huh? Finding a decent cup of coffee in London is more difficult than you might think.
BITCH:CULTURE
06 Apr 2011 13:36 GMT
If the memory of losing your virginity still makes your cheeks flush with embarrassment and the recollection of your adolescent fumblings makes your toes curl then The Last Picture Show will make you feel better. Probably.Peter Bogdanovich’s masterpiece The Last Picture show is getting a long overdue re-release this month. Set in small town '50s America it’s a coming-of-age story about a group of high school students spending their last...
BITCH:CULTURE
04 Apr 2011 08:35 GMT
"Fame is a bee. / It has a song / It has a sting / Ah, too, it has a wing." - Emily DickinsonThere have been a couple of instructive internet memes this past week: Rebecca Black and The Greek Seaman. The former is a 13-year-old with well-to-do parents who paid for a professionally recorded music video, the latter a n...
BITCH:CULTURE
01 Apr 2011 14:45 GMT