ShadowPlay

News, reviews, thoughts and views from the world of London-based fanzine ShadowPlay and beyond.

Saturday, 15 November 2014

Serial: Could the crime podcast solve the case for radio's future?

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Serial host Sarah Koenig Ambridge’s cockerels could soon be shrieking their final crow, with former Home Secretary David Blunkett, sayin...
Saturday, 8 November 2014

Buck 65 at the 100 Club: The chirpiest heartbreak you ever did see

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I'll keep this short and sweet as Buck 65's place as ShadowPlay's All Time Favourite Artist is well documented and firmly assure...
Sunday, 19 October 2014

A breathy Scotsman is better than any melody

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Arab Strap's Love Detective pleasantly re-emerged in my head from the blue this week, but is paranoia an underused musical emotion? A ...
Saturday, 18 October 2014

Iggy Pop: Seven lessons for music labels, musicians and drug addicts

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The ‘godfather of punk’ Iggy Pop was lauded this week for his beguiling and amusing delivery at the fourth annual John Peel lecture in Sa...
Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Column: The greatest musical transport stunts of all time

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Few things are more enjoyable than trying to fit lots of colourful events into just 150 words, luckily this was what the Independent taske...
Thursday, 31 July 2014

Guide: Madrid's arts and crafts shops

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Delicate prints and clever handmade oddities dominate Madrid's thriving independent crafty stores. An eagerly consumed tour of the trend...
Monday, 16 June 2014

Video: How fanzines are thriving in a digital age

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The thriving zine scene typified by new zines and more zine fairs has surprised even the most ardent zinesters in an internet age dominated ...
Sunday, 27 April 2014

The rise of the 'by request' set list

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Joy Division legend Peter Hook is taking requests It's incredible something with as dreadful a name as Napster had such a revolution...
Sunday, 20 April 2014

Record Store Day 2014: London in photos

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Record Store Day is a slightly different beast in the capital. There's plenty of queues, exclusive releases and in-store gigs but Soho p...
Sunday, 6 April 2014

Podcasting: An intriguing medium

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As podcasting marks its tenth anniversary, it's a useful time to reflect on the unique spoken word episodic medium. A self-confessed add...
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The ShadowPlay and 89th Minute blogs are about using passion and humour to cover music, culture and football. Alex Lawson is a London-based journalist who likes photocopying weird pictures, tapes and his beloved Sheffield Wednesday. By day, Alex writes for the Evening Standard and Independent. Twitter - @alexshadowplay/ @mralexlawson Contact: shadowplayfanzine@hotmail.com Podcast - http://shadowplayboys.podbean.com
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