Robin Hardy interview

Robin Hardy, the charming and visionary director of cult favourite, The Wicker Man, died in July. I pulled out an interview I did with Hardy for Rebeat on Halloween. You can read it here or down below:

Wicker Man Director Robin Hardy’s Inside Look at His Iconic Film

Christopher Lee considered it his best-ever film. Cinefantastisque magazine called it the “Citizen Kane of horror films.” Empire magazine said it was “Britain’s best horror film.” And both Time Out and the British Film Institute included it in their lists of the best British films of all time. (If you’ve never seen it, we highly recommend you watch it this Halloween.)

Warpaint at the Roundhouse

Warpaint
Shock Machine
Roundhouse, 27 October 2016

I didn't realise it at the time but tonight's support act, Shock Machine, is one third of the recently disbanded and once hugely popular London band the Klaxons. Not that I ever listened or took much notice of the Klaxons while they were still around, so when James Righton of the band ran on stage making his big entrance after his new band had already started playing I just figured it was a newcomer acting the big rock star. Turns out not only is he already something of a rock star he's also married to none other than Keira Knightley.

Angel Olsen at Koko

Angel Olsen
Little Wings
Koko, 17 October 2016

It's clear that in the couple of years since her last album Angel Olsen has become a little less lo-fi and a little more indie star. It's notable when her band arrive on stage wearing matching blue suits (boasting no less than two badass female musicians!) and the lights swirl like an arena show as the audience eagerly anticipate her long-awaited entrance. I sense the crowd getting excited as she emerges, all sulky pout and pointy, pin-up girl eyebrows. This is something you can only get away when you get to a certain level and judging by tonight's show (and another already booked for next year at the far bigger Roundhouse), Olsen is clearly on the up and on her way towards pop stardom.