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Art Preview: Phlegm at Canal Mills

Located in Leeds, Canal Mills has welcomed and celebrated all forms of artistic expression since its inception in September 2012. Together with curators Unit44, Canal Mills is pleased to announce its first permanent installation: an exhibition from acclaimed muralist Phlegm. The bizarrely cartoony but hauntingly enchanting mural from …

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Preview: Flatpack Film Festival

Now in its seventh year, Birmingham’s Flatpack Festival is still going strong, offering a diverse range of new movies, classics and events in a number of Birmingham’s cinemas.

This year, Flatpack are screening such films as Harmony Korine‘s Spring Breakers (a film we’re very excited about), Andrzej Zulawski‘s …

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Preview: Soho Flea Market 2013

The Soho Flea Market is returning to Dean Street after the resounding success of their inaugural artisan and designer craft event last year. Over 10,000 people flocked to Soho to sample the sights and sounds of local artists and musicians at specially erected market stalls and live music stages.

The …

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Interview: Jack Whitehall

When PlanetNotion was invited to go and talk to Jack Whitehall about his new stand-up DVD, we were quite excited. HOWEVER, our predicted funny, interesting conversation with the Fresh Meat star clearly wasn’t going to turn out the way we anticipated it when we realised that he was hungover.

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Preview: A Very XOYO New Year’s Eve

XOYO describes themselves as “first and foremost a nightclub,” but it’s a lot more like a nightclub/world-class live music spot.  They recently had a massive relaunch and have in just a few months established themselves as a fantastic, next-generation level venue.  So they’re throwing a  New Year’s Eve party

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Glasgow Night Life: Rubix

There’s something going on up north, and you all need to know about it. No, not Manchester, not even Newcastle –it’s Glasgow.

The biggest city in Scotland is rapidly becoming the number one destination to fulfil your underground electronic music needs. Gone are the preconceptions of deep fried food and …

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Preview: Notion 059 Conor Maynard Cover

Here’s the second of our blockbuster September issue’s coverstars: the brilliant Conor Maynard.  Undaunted by keeping company as impressive as Ne-Yo, Pharrell and Frank Ocean, the Brighton teen sensation has wowed us all with a slick, sophisticated debut of urgent whispers and bass moans. Prior to a next week’s PlanetNotion …

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Author Interview: Lucy O’Brien

When I spoke to journalist Pat Long about his book The History Of The NME a few months ago, he recommended a female music writer named Lucy O’Brien. Lucy worked for the NME in the ‘80s, has written a number of books on artists like Madonna and Annie Lennox, and

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The Alternative Olympics: Cultural Diary

Where are you this fortnight? Not at the Olympics? The new diversion routes about the city offer the chance to re-orientate yourself and take a closer look at the usual places passed by everyday. Travel underground, explore the reflections, the shadows, and locate a city animated by its rich soundscapes

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Shambalans Say: “Find Your Inner Animal”

Remember when we spoke to our mates at Shambala music festival a while back? (if not, here’s something to refresh your memory). Well, don’t ask us how, but since then the conversation has turned in a dramatically different direction to the usual what-is-happening-to-the-state-of-the-music-biz chatter. Shamanic workshop anyone?

Fifteen years …

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