Codex Novena
: Michael Kemp reviews Codex Novena by The Academy of Sun
By Michael Kemp
Archive: Articles, Reviews, & Interviews
Bunty #101Collabz + Barnacles (horns drums heaviness)
: Michael Kemp reviews Bunty Looping at the Brighton Spiegeltent
By Michael Kemp
Narcotic Lullabies
: Michael Kemp reviews “A Dozen Drugs” by Mick Stannard
By Michael Kemp
Jozef Van Wissem at the Rose Hill
: Michael Kemp reviews Jozef Van Wissem at the Rose Hill
By Michael Kemp
Nick Hudson: Ganymede in a State of War
: Michael Kemp reviews Ganymede in a State of War by Nick Hudson
By Michael Kemp
Smoke and Mirrors
: Michael Kemp reviews Smoke and Mirrors by the Ricochet Project
By Michael Kemp
Sunday Sessions at The Ranelagh
: Michael Kemp reviews Mike Newsham, Jake Mackay, Ria Timkin, and Tenderhooks
By Michael Kemp
THEM: Naumann and Siebert 2004–2009
: Lazrs3 reviews the new 4-CD box set from Benjamin Siebert and Frank Naumann’s THEM
By Lazrs3
Poetry Can Fuck Off
: A review of Heathcote Williams’ radical new work Poetry Can Fuck Off at The Other Place Theatre, Brighton
By Michael Kemp
Fuckmorgue
: Lazrs3 talks with Fuckmorgue lead singer Morgan Peni and guitarist Morgan Paradis about the band, its influences, and its history
By Lazrs3
Birds of Fire
: Michael Kemp samples Electroscope at the Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, Glasgow on September 4, 2014
By Michael Kemp
The Square Deal
: An essay on childhood, memory, and a small antique shop in Crystal Palace
By Michael Kemp
Voyage to Mondegreen
: Voyage to Mondegreen: Collectress at Blind Tiger Club, 5th Dec 2013
By Michael Kemp
Larry Crywater
: Lazrs3 reviews two releases on the Larry Crywater label
By Lazrs3
The Black Scorpio Underground
: Lazrs3 reviews three split releases from The Black Scorpio Underground
By Lazrs3
Cremation Lily
: Lazrs3 reviews three new releases from noise/power electronics artist Cremation Lily
By Lazrs3
Germseed Double Review
: Lazrs3 reviews Germseed’s Postcards From the Isle of the Dead (Part One) and Hypernature CDs
By Lazrs3
An Appreciation of the Sound of the Wind in the Trees
: A review of The Sound of the Wind in the Trees from the Brighton Digital Festival
By Michael Kemp
The Autumn Crocus
: The life of Kurt Schwitters, inspired by his retrospective at the Tate Britain
By Michael Kemp
The Marina Experiment
: Interview with filmmaker Marina Lutz about her short film The Marina Experiment
By Paul Hawkins & Dug Degnin
Reading Burroughs Reading
: Paul Hawkins interviews Michael Stevens about his new book The Road to Interzone
By Paul Hawkins
Lost In Misery
: Lazrs3 examines experimental music project Nostalgia and talks to Mark Hunter
By Lazrs3
Fugs at the Meltdown
: Michael Kemp reviews The Fugs at the Meltdown, June 2011
By Michael Kemp
Ciril
: Lazrs3 interviews Darrin Hall about his band Ciril.
By Lazrs3
Papa November
: Lazrs3 interviews Stuart Tonge about the Birmingham-based electronic project Papa November.
By Lazrs3
Sync or Swim
: Michael and Sooty Kemp review Sync or Swim, a development & adaptation of Lizzy Carey's performance proposal for Wet Sounds 2008.
By Michael Kemp & Sooty Kemp
The Sound of Premature Ejaculation, 1981-1998
: Lazrs3 presents a definitive history of the Rozz Williams noise unit Premature Ejaculation, including interviews with Ron Athey and Erik S. Freeman.
By Lazrs3
Westhill Whimsicalities
: An evening of PTHHHH and friends, reviewed by Sooty Kemp.
By Sooty Kemp
Testing Vault
: Lazrs3 talks to dANi/ALvo of Testing Vault about his musical influences and forthcoming music
By Lazrs3
Wayne Wolfson
: Paul Hawkins talks to Wayne Wolfson about his music and collages.
By Paul Hawkins
Rich Kid Horseshit at the Chelsea Hotel, Manhattan
: Joe Ambrose interviewed by Paul Hawkins about the Chelsea Hotel, Manhattan.
By Paul Hawkins
David E. Williams
: Lazrs3 talks to David E. Williams, former collaborator with Rozz Williams, about his music
By Lazrs3
Ear Cinema
: A review of the Ear Cinema performance/installation, London 2007
By Michael Kemp
Joujouka via Johnny Cash
: Paul Hawkins talks to Frank Rynne about The Master Musicians of Joujouka.
By Paul Hawkins
Disparate Desperate and Extreme Travel Writing
: Paul Hawkins talks to Joe Ambrose about his new book about the Chelsea Hotel
By Paul Hawkins
Chuck Prophet: Can a Woman's Voice Drug You?
: Having left a trail of sparks from his left hand with Green on Red and ploughed a determined solo path that has given birth to some of the best solo albums of the decade, Chuck Prophet has had a busy last year
By Paul Hawkins
Omewenne
: Lazrs3 had heard the name Omewenne mentioned in high regard by some dedicated Rozz fans
By Lazrs3
Jeff Keen
: A rare expanded cinema performance from this legendary Brighton-based experimental filmmaker, reviewed by Michael Kemp.
By Michael Kemp
The Living Jarboe
: Paul Watson reviews Jarboe's gig at the London Scala, November 2005.
By Paul Watson
The Lifecycle of the Principia Discordia
: Kristin Buxton investigates the dissemination of the religion disguised as a joke and joke disguised as a religion that is the Principia Discordia.
By Kristin Buxton
Patti Smith
: Michael Kemp reviews Patti Smith's gig at the Brighton Dome Concert Hall, August 2005.
By Michael Kemp
Fierce Festival 2005
: A review of the Fierce Festival 2005 in Birmingham - performance and other strangeness.
By Wajid Yaseen
Dirty Wonderland - a review
: A review of Dirty Wonderland as performed by Frantic Assembly, Wednesday 25th May 2005
By Michael Kemp
Alain Noslier
: A short overview of the rare and elusive vignettes made by French film-maker Alain Noslier, virtually unseen by the general public.
By Michael Kemp
Changing Reels
: Memories of Brighton Cinematheque, by Michael Kemp
By Michael Kemp
I'm alone, but not lonely
: Japanese otaku-kids colonise the realm of information and media - a tale of sex and crime from a faraway place.
By Volker Grassmuck
SMiLE
: Meanwhile, back at home, the SMiLE album was nestling in the black mailbox (having been lost in the post for 37 years)
By Michael Kemp
Shane Meadows
: British Cinema Saviour Spreading the Word, Guerrilla Filmmaker Defying the Establishment, Short Film Fanatic and Film Festival Legend.
By Joe Field
Fahrenheit 9/11
: A review of Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11
By Michael Kemp
Came So Far for Beauty
: A review of “Came So Far for Beauty - an Evening of Leonard Cohen songs”, Brighton 2004.
By Michael Kemp
Dark Cinema
: Hilarious Moments of Extreme Violence and Torture (or “Death’s funny like that”)
By Joe Field
What’s the Rush?
: An opinion piece on the integration of ecstasy into mainstream society.
By Joe Field
New Symbolism in Art
: An exploration of the new symbolism used in Martino Catalano’s sculpture.
By Martino Catalano
Alternaporn
: Alternaporn is on the increase. Paul Watson talks to Lux Nightmare to find out why.
By Paul Watson
SMiLE - Brian Wilson
: A review of Brian Wilson’s performance of SMiLE at the Royal Festival Hall, London.
By Michael Kemp
A Brief History of Assemblage Art
: A Brief History of Assemblage Art, including Schwitters, Cornell, and Rauschenberg
By Paul Watson