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Gingerline HQ: Fun for date night, or any night…

Founded by a bundle of creatives who share the love for art, theatre, excitement and most of all food, Gingerline is an adventure along the East London Overground line.

Born 2 years ago, Gingerline is helping provide an alternative way of spending your evenings by taking you on an inspiring, …

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Top of the Shops: The Merchant 24

Session time: when I stumbled across Merchant 24 I was in fact heading for Shop @ the Bluebird for this week’s Top of the Shops. A destination previously avoided for its inescapable links with a certain scripted reality show, Bluebird somehow felt like this tiny feature’s version of selling out. …

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Album Review: EULA – Maurice Narcisse

On their much-hyped debut album Maurice Narcisse, Brooklyn post-punks EULA take their audience captive, shoving down their throats a smorgasbord of influences that read like a who’s who of American alternative rock. That’s not to say the three-piece sound derivative, though. They sculpt and mould their musical forefathers into …

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Top of the Shops: MeeMee.com

It happens to us every month. That last Friday, payday, where suddenly all those pages that you’ve bookmarked on your usual webshop reappear in your browser and suddenly you’re clicking ‘buy’ faster than you can believe. The following week, there’s the joy when the clicks metamorphose into lovely parcels arriving …

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Label Profile: Drop Dead Clothing Co.

At 25 Oli Sykes has had a worldwide successful metalcore band and clothing line for 7 years, based in Steel City Sheffield and firmly a part of the diy internet business revolution of the broadband era Drop Dead Clothing Co. capitalised on the conditions being right and with £500 from …

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Live Review: François & The Atlas Mountains @ Cargo, 18/04/2012

François & The Atlas Mountains wow Steph Rice with their out-of-the-blue school kid dance routines and all-round flawless live show. Read her verdict below.

François Marry and his eccentric companions ease us in with the dreamy ‘Azrou Tune’ before launching into a foot-stomping version of the recent single ‘Les Plus …

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Album Review: Boxes – Stickers

What initially begins as a refrain of ricocheting electronic melodies launches itself to life with an eerie jolt of post-rock guitar chords, which rise from beneath a blanket of pulsing electronics. And so, as the instrumental ‘One’ closes, Boxes’ debut album “Stickers” is unlocked.

‘Throw Your Stones’ is taken from …

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Introducing: Giana Factory

As band formats go, you could say we’re rather fond of the three-ladies-making-pop way of doing things. Cast your mind back to some of the great triumvirates of yore: The Supremes, Bananarama, Sugababes (versions 1 to 3) and, well, then there was Atomic Kitten too (version 2, at a stretch). …

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Handy Bags: Esther Porter & Marthas and Arthurs

Here at planet Notion we appreciate art in all its forms, but nothing is better than pairing the tranquil alternative sounds of Marthas and Arthurs with the creation of the essential accessory…a handbag. Vocalist and designer Esther Keen’s fine, handmade Ester Porter bags crafted in East London,  bring more to …

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Video Premiere: Post War Years – Volcano

There’s no better way to launch an EP than releasing a 360 live ‘sneak peak’ session. Filming on an East London roof top of from the span of sunrise to sunset, Post War Years and Rockfeedback delivered a 4-part series which took us on a journey of the EP. But …

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