The Word Blog
06.01.2010 by Nicholas Lewis
At first listen, Amelie's new album - Dinah Dina - can be unnerving, even a little discomforting. The minute I popped the promo in the player, I was sure I had heard her tone somewhere before. And it wasn't on her previous effort, The Real Nature of the […] Continue
20.11.2009 by Nicholas Lewis
If Don Draper would loosen up a little, he'd most definitely do so at Radio Modern parties. Known for their heady mix of fifties fun, pettycoats and good ol' rock 'n' roll, the Radio Modern crew now have their eyes firmly fixed on their next challenge: to bring […] Continue
10.11.2009 by Hettie
Back in September, we talked with Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg about her RCA graduation project on bacteria hacking and synthetic biology. She’s barely stopped moving since then – she’s currently working on a new research project in Australia, but before she disappeared off to the other side of the […] Continue
08.11.2009 by Nicholas Lewis
Remix albums often turn out to be mediocre affairs, more an opportunity for the artist to make a quick buck than to say, scribble or sing something that hasn't already been, well, said, scribbled or sung. Sadly still, remixes very rarely shine a new, and more importantly, favourable light on […] Continue
25.10.2009 by Nicholas Lewis
Rock legends don’t pay a visit to Belgium everyday. Therefore it’s no wonder that when it was announced back in June that noise pioneers and alterna gods Sonic Youth were coming over, the 2700 tickets L' Ancienne Belgique issued were sold in little more than an hour. Sandwiched […] Continue
25.10.2009 by Nicholas Lewis
The latest installement in the famed DJ Kicks series (of which we'll be delving into further in our December edition), Chromeo' s mix is a gallactical voyage back to the days of synthetised vocals and unabashed glittereness. Confirming the Canadian duo's knack for funked up productions - somewhere […] Continue
19.10.2009 by Hettie
There was a day last week when girls outnumbered boys at The Word office, and we finally managed to get our new favourite lady, Cate Le Bon, playing on the stereo. Her first album Me Oh My is an addictive exercise in dark folk rock – vocal sweetness measured […] Continue
12.10.2009 by Hettie
An outlying Amsterdam housing project is now the home to 800 square metres of ornamental friezes designed by Studio Job. Decorating the façade of 5 large new buildings commissioned as part of a development by Far West, the designs feature a rich collection of the Studio’s iconic graphics, […] Continue
02.10.2009 by Hettie
On the last day of Design September we dashed between presentations from the dons of the European design award scene and talks from product packaging pack before sitting down for a speedy cappuccino with a very candy striped Karim Rashid It was the closing event of Design September – […] Continue
30.09.2009 by Nicholas Lewis
Unit Editions, a young upstart publishing imprit based in London, celebrated the launch of Studio Culture - its first book which delves into the sometimes insular world of graphic designers and their studios - with a party at the big smoke's Haunch of Venison gallery (aptly billed […] Continue
25.09.2009 by Hettie
We asked Rena, our latest intern who has since left us, to go up to Amsterdam to party it up with the city's cool cats for the opening of Puma's A Kinda Gang. Here's her account of how the night went down: "Puma kicked off the launch to their newly-released […] Continue
25.09.2009 by Hettie
We rediscovered 10 years of old Showstudio projects at the opening party of the exhibition at Somerset House on Monday; there were plenty of highpoints, including Alexander McQueen turning a bridegroom into a bride for Transformer and Julie Verhoven’s erotic interactive wallpaper, and we loved […] Continue
