β¨ Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Music,Experimental music π **What Youβll Learn**: Mr Cobra begins with the central character of Korean American musician Lucy Liu, Baby Girl, eerily conjuring up her lover as piano shards attack a barren canvas. Over the course of the record, Liyou's textures swell and dissipate, veering into disco riffs and Taylor Swift skits, then collapsing into farmhouse sounds and text-to-speech streams of consciousness. This adaptation of Liyou's solo musical theater piece, which dissects a lustful relationship with a predator, has turned into what she calls a record "about…
β¨ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Olivia Rodrigo,Music,Culture,Pop and rock π **What Youβll Learn**: IIs there anything better than a fresh pop lyric that's so riveting you can't believe 60 years of songwriters didn't get there first? Or like that at least 20since googling a crush has become a completely normal element of modern romance: βOne night I got bored in bed / And I stalked you on the Internet,β Olivia Rodrigo sings on her comeback single, a casual acknowledgment of her innate melody destined in turn to haunt listeners' brains all…
π₯ Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Theatre,Stage,Culture,Awards and prizes,UK news,Stagecraft,West End,Dance,Olivier awards π **What Youβll Learn**: Theater choreographers and movement directors are undervalued at awards ceremonies and deserve greater recognition, says Equity Group, which represents both disciplines.At last weekend's Olivier Gala, the award for Best Theater Choreographer went to Fabien Allouise for Evita at the London Palladium. In a statement, Equity's Choreographers and Movement Directors Network (CMDN) said it was "great to see choreography recognized on major stages such as the Olivier Awards" but drew attention to movement directors who worked on nominated…
β¨ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Art and design,Culture,Painting,Photography,Art,Exhibitions π **What Youβll Learn**: Exhibition of the weekHandpicked: Flower Drawing from 1900 to Today Jim and Helen Eddy, founders of Kettle's Yard, cared as much about the cut flowers in their gallery as they did the art. This show highlights artists who share a passion for flowers, from Henri Rousseau to Lubina Hamid. Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, from 25 April to 6 Septemberalso appearBilly Childish: This is the universe...big, isn't it?The garage rock star does his hazy expressionist work with new paintings of the…
π₯ Read this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Theatre,Stage,Culture,Second world war,Comedy,Comedy π **What Youβll Learn**: THis play, written by Tudor Owen, tells the story of a World War II veteran, a windfall, a clogged toilet, and the journey of an entire Welsh village to London in 1994. It has the air of a tale that veers into more torturous terrain. PTSD, generational trauma, social exclusion, and the irreconcilable weight of grief are never far from the surface.One of Wales' most famous comedians and broadcasters, Owen also plays the role that bears his name (the play's…
π₯ Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Music,Culture,Pop and rock π‘ **What Youβll Learn**: from South LondonRecommended if you like Charlie xcx, confidence man, klaxonsthe next The tour begins in the UK on April 21If this had been April 2008, Punchbag brothers Clara and Anders Bach, aka South Londoners, would have been headlining the NME Tour alongside Alphabeat and Frankmusik, while the Popjustice forum would have been hailing them as the new face of βwonky popβ. The sonic calling cards of this tiny genre of the waning iPod era β off-kilter, unpolished electro-pop piled…
π Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Thrillers,Books,Culture,Fiction π **What Youβll Learn**: The Guardian by Tana French (Viking, Β£16.99)The final book in Cal Hooper's French trilogy sees the retired Chicago detective drawn into a power struggle for the future of the small Irish town he has made home. Ardnakelty is a place where everyone connects, with grudges and loyalties that last for generations, and Hooper, now engaged to local widow Lena and mentor to 16-year-old Trey, is part of its fabric. When the body of Rachel Holohan, the girlfriend of Tommy Moynihan's son,…
π Read this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: MasterChef,Television,Television & radio,Culture,Food TV π‘ **What Youβll Learn**: gMark Dent grew up with MasterChef. She and her father were watching the movie together at home in Carlisle. βWe used to laugh at the critics,β she says. "Just completely ridiculous people, with their inflated egos, thinking about their opinions on food items. Who are these people? And then there she is, smiling. Dent, who is also the Guardian's restaurant critic, is the show's new co-host with Irish chef Anna Ho; both have been guest judges across various MasterChef…
β¨ Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Film,Culture,Society books,Politics books,Politics,Books π‘ **What Youβll Learn**: CCapitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? It was published in 2009 for critical silence. Journalists and academics initially dismissed Mark Fisher's book, ignoring the cultural theorist's requests for coverage and interviews, and even the owner of his then publishing house, Zer0 Books, lamented that it was unmarketable. Fisher, who was also prone to self-doubt, questioned the importance of his thesis and the seriousness of his own approach after trying, and failing, to write a conventional methodological work on the theory.…
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**What Youβll Learn**: HeyOn his new album, Sean Shippey explores the expressive potential of the guitar through the lens of three British composers. There are interwoven themes here β Spain, 20th-century painters, antique musical forms β but this carefully curated program can be enjoyed piece by piece as a series of mind-expanding flights of imagination.Vesper artwork. Photo: PentatoneThomas AdΓ¨s's Forgotten Dances pays homage to the Baroque dance suite, the composer's quirky titles that imbue traditional forms with an extra imaginative layer. The opener,…
