Annelouisekershaw365
I’m Anne Louise Kershaw a freelance writer; Music Editor of Blankpages and Manchester's Finest & I write for Guardian Northerner and Clash Magazine amongst others . I'm Senior Editorial & Designer for Carel Press.
This is my blog where I write about music, theatre, fashion, arts & culture, gender & equality. Every time I blog I post a picture because i'm obsessed with my camera.
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Recent Posts
- Exclusive interview with Skin from Skunk Anansie
- Twitter: Procrastination, productivity and pain
- The drawbacks of Twitter bitching
- The Accrington Pals, Royal Exchange Manchester. Bitter, brutal and beautiful!
- Rats’ Tales at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre
- The Country Wife at the Royal Exchange
- I interview Shell Zenner – The godmother of new music
- Bringing classical music out of the concert hall and into the art world!
- I discuss ‘Madchester’ with Dave Haslam
- Blank Media Collective Projector Series
Tag Archives: Austra
Kuedo – Work, Sleep and Live in Collapsing Space
According to my iTunes playcount, Kuedo’s album Severant has clocked-up over 200 plays. This doesn’t include the many times i’ve listened to it on my iPod out and about or in my car. It may be safe to say that … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Reviews
Tagged Alt-J, Austra, Frank McCourt, Islington Mill, Kuedo, Laurel Halo, Live & Sleep in Collapsing Space, Music, Review, Tis, Work
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Severant by Kuedo – the perfect soundtrack to this beautiful winter
Amidst a week of hail and sleet, facing the kind of cold concrete scapes that make it necessary to perma-wear your fella’s hoodie, I discovered at last some new music to inspire me. Being inclined towards the over-dramatics, I am … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Photography, Reviews
Tagged Austra, Berlin, Cold, Feel It Break, Hearts, I Break Horses, Kuedo, Lights and Offerings, Margaret Atwood, Memory Thumderstorm, Mirrors, Mozart Parties, Music, Niki & The Dove, Red Dawrf, Review, Severant, Sleet, Snow, The Drummer, The Fox, The Handmaid's Tale, Winter
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115 – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart live at Sound Control 10th June 2011
115/250 Having been listening to Belong by The Pains of Being Pure At Heart on repeat for well over a month now (nicely alternated with Feel It Break by Austra, another on my must see list), I was as giddy … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Reviews
Tagged 10th June 2011, Austra, Band, Belong, Bjork, Fanzine, Feel It Break, Fender Telecaster, Gig, Gigs, G`olden Glow, Kate Hogg, King Kayak, Lady Behave, Manchester, More Dash Than Cash, Music, Sound Control, Tailor Bird, The Pains of Being pure at Heart, Vogue, Volta
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107 – A big old fashion mix-up
107/258 As anyone who know me knows (I wonder how many times I say and write that sentence, maybe they don’t bloody well know, maybe they are too blummin bored to take notice), I am fond of buying the odd … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion
Tagged Austra, Black Cherry, Fash, Fashion Magazines, Goldfrapp, Grumbi, Lose It, Mags
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101 – Austra – Lose It
101/264 Only yesterday I reviewed The Beat and the Pulse by Toronto three-piece Austra. Their sound has since been haunting me that much that I have been this morning obsessing over another track of theirs Lose It. I find in … Continue reading
100 – Austra, The beat and the pulse
100/265 Sitting and working today has been a physical chore that has taken the strength of all my being to play out. A super long weekend is coming, and with it cocktails with loved ones, delicious lemon curd cake and … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Reviews
Tagged Austra, Cathedral, Fade to Grey, Nu-Wave, Synth, The Beat and the Pulse, Visage, Warehouse Party
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