Profiles

Profile: Joe Kerrigan

by Baz Jobson Photography

Joe Kerrigan is a photographer with a nack of picking up the grittier and real side of a city. And there’s nowhere more gritty than here. He’s put together a collection of his photos taken over the past few years, in a book called ‘Bright Lights’ that shows the reality of most pretty gritty cities [...]

Profile: Tobias Hall

by Baz Jobson Art/Design

Came across some fine illustration from a Cov Uni graduate going by the name of Tobias Hall. He also dabbles with animation and graphic design. He’s now a practicing freelance creative working darrnn London. Check out his work here. Or online here.

Calling The Shots: Independent Film-making in Coventry (Part Two)

by Brian Harley Features

PART TWO: So Call The Shots, the unique forum under which local film-makers could network and collaborate had expired, exposing a deficient, isolated scene, inhabited by creative refugees and struggling, aspiring film-makers. However, Wood and Pinches were defiant, certain that Call The Shots could still play a valuable role in Coventry’s film-making, they set about plotting its comeback. (Cue Rocky Theme). Just a [...]

Calling The Shots: Independent Film-making in Coventry (Part One)

by Brian Harley Features

PART ONE: Director Robert Altman once said that film-making is a chance to live many lifetimes. With this single remark, Altman sent forth what is arguably one of the most laconic endorsements for film-making ever, in which he refers not only to the subject matter of each film, but to the lives and times that revolve [...]

DON’T MOVE!

by la_boheme Interviews

DON’T MOVE! represent the ultimate in shaggy-haired, woolly-jumpered, accordion-playing, decently wholesome pop bands. They are fun-loving, colourful, catchy, and most importantly- an incredibly talented bunch of lads pouring their souls out into qualitative tunes. Think Love. The Beatles. The Byrds. The 60s! So delightfully retro, without an ounce of contrived pretention. Matt, Joe, Mason, and Cederick [...]

puio4: MARTIN BLATES

by rex trouble Art/Design

MARTIN BLATES BLATES is a one-man badman band, he’s Coventry cities best kept musical secret If you’ve been to any ƒLUD nights then you will have heard the live psycho sounds of Martin Blatehoven. The guy’s a musical monster band. His tracks glow with spooky beauty and good energy. He uses this ace combo of [...]

Artist Profile: Ben Sanderson

by Baz Jobson Art/Design

Ben Sanderson is a graduate from University College Falmouth with a BA Hons in Fine Art, recently returning back to Coventry working as an artist in residence at Southam College. Bens sculptures and paintings evolve from drawings and sketches. Materials such as cardboard, wood, paper, and old curtain fabric are the starting point for many [...]

peel ur i’s out 4: FRIAR’S TUCK

by rex trouble Profiles

“peel ur i’s out 4″ is a new section of the site, in which every week or 2 I’ll be telling all you dweebs and dudes and chicks and chumps and babes and beasts and stuff EXACTLY what is going on out there and what you should definitely tear your tonsils out about ok. Look, [...]

Anim/Illustrator Profile: Tex Royale

by Baz Jobson Film/Animation

Named after legendary cartoonist Tex Avery + classic house artist Royal House, Tex Royale was born in Coventry on June 9th 1988. Whilst growing up Tex was exposed to much Godzilla, Bugs Bunny and funky vibes. He wanted to be an astronaut or an artist but preferably both. At age 6 he moved away to [...]

Sounds Profile: Jon Pritchard AKA Young Montana

by Baz Jobson Profiles

This young producer out of Cov is getting some pretty big props from the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs (naming Young Montana her favourite unsigned act 2010 ) after one of his mixes were played on her show and the LA Producer Shlohmo . The ‘fidgety beats for feets’ are HEAVY with a nod to [...]

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Sun is Shining. EVERYTHING is Sweet.

Art/Design | Music

Hold tight Coventry. There seems to be a glowing yellow orb in the sky and it feels pretty fucking nice.