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Ghostpoet Debut Album ‘Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam’ 7th Feb

January 27, 2011

It’s about to drop. Long awaited here at Covert. The debut album ‘Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam’ on Brownswood Recordings from Ghostpoet hits all the good stores on 7th February 2011. Run Run Run, Cash & Carry Me Home & Garden Path standing out STRONG. Production is reight slick. You gotta get hold of

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Hector Osbert Silenced due to Egyptian riots

January 26, 2011

This is just a quick post, but I thought it needed sharing Some of you maybe aware of the Riots and demonstrations that are currently going in Egypt. And to most people of coventry this will have no relevance, and covert normally shy’s away from Politics because, lets be honest, it has no place here.

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The Suit’s New Favourite Band No1: La Femme

January 25, 2011

I don’t know about you, but I’m always searching for that new idea, new glint of majic, new spark of creativity to inspire me to move forward, pushing and testing my boundaries. I spend many hours trawling the internet on my quest to find new music, searching for the tunes that will take my breath

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Profile: Joe Kerrigan

January 25, 2011

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

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Profile: Tobias Hall

January 25, 2011

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.

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Street Casuals- January Sale

January 25, 2011

The guys at online streetwear/casual boutique, Street Casuals have a few more days left of their January sale; includng brands such as Supra, Penfield, Supreme Being, Happy Socks, Fila, Alkr, Actual Pain, CTRL, Lavenham and loads more. Things are going pretty fast, so grab something while you can- I personally missed out on an Actual

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Nathan Ward: Photography Feature

January 23, 2011

Emotionally vast and still, with strong elements of loneliness and solace within subjects’ surrounding, the work of Nathan Ward is powerful through its simplicity. Hailing from West Virginia USA, Ward produces work with such dramatism, mainly through his use of lighting and sharp eye in terms of composition. There is a strong theme of obscurity

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Taylor John’s open House in 2011

January 19, 2011

(Belated) Happy New Year to all of you! The team at Taylor John’s Music & Arts Centre would all like to thank everyone who made the events at The Tin Angel, Taylor John’s House itself and St John the Baptist’s Church so memorable. We hope to see you again – and many others – coming

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Treacle Clothing – Sticky as fuck

January 12, 2011

Treacle Town has released a bunch of artists who are at the top of their game at the minute. They’ve been winning Street Wars and painting the Big Chill for years – and have come together courtesy of Bob Treacle to form Treacle Clothing. A collection of edding, paint and photography graff adorned tshirts, walls

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Black Swan Posters by La Boca

January 12, 2011

Hmmm. Just checked out the beautiful posters for the Darren Aronofsky film, Black Swan by the rabble over at La Boca. The film is released in the UK on 11th February and the soundtrack is from the man Clint Mansell. Stunning type and illustration. Hats off!

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