Entertainment

By Grant Bailey, Music Editor @TLE_entertain As David Cameron tries to rebrand the Nasty Party as Party of Working People with a political manifesto harking back to Thatcher's archetypal Right To Buy Scheme, visual artist and DJ Eclectic Method makes another satirical rap that hopefully will go more viral than the man tipped to win the next election. We asked Eclectic Method (aka London-born globe-trotting Jonny Wilson) WHY ? TLE: Hi Eclectic Method, how are you? EM: OK ... considering...

By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic  A warm Wednesday evening in Chiswick, the beer garden that sits below the quaint Tabard Theatre is full with punters enjoying the first of the warm spring evenings. Tonight’s show, a Blush of Dogs, is billed as a play about conflicting freedoms and the desire to break repressive cycles, inspired by contemporary life and adapted from Atreus and Thyestes, a Greek the myth about brotherly rivalry and power. This abridged modernization immediately...

By Emma Silverthorn (@HouseOf_Gazelle) An expedient spring debut for a band headed by self-proclaimed nature kid Alex Story, The Rebel Kites debut EP, ‘The Witnessing’, is an appropriately vernal and pagan diorama of sound. Despite, or perhaps because of, their very urban base in Hackney Wick, (absence makes the heart grown fonder, etc.), the soundscape here is one that takes the listener to a place that if not exactly green and pleasant, is certainly of the earth. Indeed a portion...

In celebration of Terry Riley’s 80th Birthday, Lost Property presents a performance of his masterwork IN C, along with lesser known Riley pieces and new compositions inspired by him.   In C – Adam Bushel will lead a 25 piece ensemble to perform this minimalist classic. Written in 1964, it has been performed by ensembles as diverse as The Shanghai Film Orchestra and Acid Mothers Temple. The piece comprises 53 score fragments for an unspecified amount of players – as riffs and motifs overlap...

By Daniel Mackenzie (@EkcaLiena)   The recent drama surrounding Glastonbury's decision to book childish bigot Kanye West as a festival headliner was pretty funny, wasn't it? I personally couldn't give a shit about it. Partly because anything Kanye does is so off my radar it might as well not exist; partly because Glastonbury, and its loyal followers, should probably let go of the rock festival heritage and accept what it has become: a huge, international event that is geared towards...

By Anna  Power  @TLE_Film First look at Amy Winehouse documentary with the release of a teaser trailer. From BAFTA award-winning director Asif Kapadia (Senna), AMY tells the incredible story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse - in her own words. Featuring extensive unseen archive footage and previously unheard tracks, this strikingly modern, moving and vital film shines a light on the world we live in, in a way that very few can. A once-in-a-generation talent and a pure jazz artist in...

By Anna Power  @TLE_Film Editor “ I take it, I take it and I flip it.” James Brown Get On Up is a moving and suitably energetic homage to the legend that was James Brown, The Godfather of Soul. Much more than a rags-to-riches tale and avoiding the usual drab pitfalls that standard syrupy colour-by-number biopics fall into, Director Tate Taylor delivers a riveting portrait of a remarkable talent and an extraordinary life. A poor boy born in the rubble,...

By Declan Roberts (declanmr) Mode, London, 27/03/15 3pm. London. Mode. Free. Definitely four things you wouldn’t associate with a Blur gig, but here we are. The band are previewing their sixth album ‘The Magic Whip’ to a lucky selection of fans in one of the capital’s smaller venues. ‘Lonesome Street’ opens the set, a combination of Coxon and Albarn vocals and a track that could have easily slotted into the ‘Parklike’ tracklist. It’s a start-stop affair with a pure Brit-pop vibe....

By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor The 30th March marks the start of the 7th annual National Young Writers' awards.  The competition encourages children between the ages of five and 14 to explore their imaginations and submit a 500 word story on this year's theme of 'Strange Events and Peculiar Happenings' to try and win a holiday to Disneyland Paris and £500 worth of books for their school. Entry is free and stories can be submitted online at www.explorelearning.co.uk/youngwriters To celebrate the...