Photos of the director and stars from Japanese movie KIYOSU CONFERENCE (Kiyosu Kaigi) which closed the 2013 TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: director Koki Mitani, Koichi Sato, Yo Oizumi, Koji Yakusho, Fumio Kohinata, and Kyoka Suzuki (from left to right). Continue reading TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2013 – KIYOSU CONFERENCE closing film →

I’ve been eager to see Manchester-based band EVERYTHING EVERYTHING live for a while, and London’s Heaven is a great venue to hold them for my first time. Having come to love them mostly from their debut album “Man Alive,” I am intrigued to see if the live version lives up to the recorded one. Continue reading There’s something about EVERYTHING EVERYTHING… →

DELPHIC took to the stage at London’s Electrowerkz on Tuesday 11 December to much local excitement. I had only previously listened to Delphic on CD, so I was curious to see them live for the first time.

I was impressed. Live, they are actually even better because the instrumental arrangements seem to differ from the CD versions and the sound is enhanced. I noticed this particularly with their hit track Counterpoint off their brilliant debut album Acolyte. Continue reading Manchester meets London meets Tokyo through DELPHIC →