Subediting is the fine, thankless art that makes the magazines and newspapers you read actually readable.
It’s fitting text according to layout, correcting spellings and grammar, and generally making sure you’re not printing stuff that’s liable to get your publication in the firing line.
It’s a process that requires tact and encyclopaedic knowledge as much as speed and judgement. But it can also be tiring, and losing focus is the last thing you need when you’re subbing. Continue reading
Bass players don’t get enough props. And female bass players get even less.
It’s the likes of Shingai Shoniwa (Noisette), Lindsey ‘Lyn-Z’ Way (Mindless Self Indulgence) and Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads) who’ve had club goers and rock fans shaking to the beat.
Binisa Bonner (pictured above) is another name to add to that list. As Ruby and the Vines, she and her band shook up the place at the Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston on Saturday night. Continue reading
There are three things you can never be sure of in this life: the weather, buses turning up on time and technology.
Last night, it was that latter that was stopping me, and thousands of other eager record obsessives, from seeing all the special releases for Record Store Day 2013. Continue reading
On Monday, February 18th, I was fortunate enough to catch Electric Guest live at Rough Trade East.
The record store was crowded, but not overflowing, with people wanting to catch a glimpse of the psychedelic pop duo from LA. Continue reading
It’s been a momentous year for music – or at least that’s the conclusion I glean from my record collection, which has never been healthier. We’ve had new albums from artists in their prime and a cacophony of fresh-faced newbies all helping to expand the musical spectrum ever more. The critics have laid down their end of year verdicts, and so too have some of my friends.
Now, it’s time for my own subjective list of the year’s top ten albums. Continue reading
The Hour may have left some unsure whether it was a spy thriller or a newsroom drama, but when it came to the music, the series evoked the suave sound of the 1950s with flair. Continue reading
Would he show? That was the big question on all the show goers’ lips when I went to see MF Doom live for the first time at the HMV Forum in Kentish Town. Continue reading
You have to be made of tough stuff to take the stage at any of the open mic nights around the UK. Even at the smallest venue, you’re guaranteed to be breaking the ice with frequenters of the city’s poetry circuit and first timers (im)patiently waiting to be wowed. I was one of those first timers at Come Rhyme with Me in Islington. Continue reading