Browsing: Interview

It’s been thirty years since Arab Strap launched their acerbic musical challenge to the ills of the world. To commemorate this anniversary they’ve been doing what they love, creating music, with a forthcoming album, Half-Told Tales and a European tour this autumn.

You are back with a new film,Noblestone. What’s it about, and what made you want to return to the quirky caretaker character of Karen, and how did you approach evolving her story this time around?

Kazakh director Ayana Nurdinova will screen her debut feature, Mugalim (The Teacher), in the New Directors section of the San Sebastián International Film Festival, which runs September 18–26. The selection comes almost ten years after Nurdinova graduated from the Zhurgenov Academy of Arts. Shot in Balkhash, the film follows a music teacher who dreams of…

There’s something warm and inviting about Johanna Samuels’ music. Her songs have the feel of mid-70s singer/songwriter fare with a Laural Canyon edge, with guitars, bass, drums sitting alongside Wurlitzer, harmonium, Moog and Juno synthesizers. You can almost hear the room around the musicians and sometimes even the tape hiss. It’s an intimate, human sound…