Tag Archive: london

Getting to Know Abbey Ashton

Sydney-based model Abbey Ashton is currently across the world in London. She took some time off from YouTubing compilations of goats to tell us about herself:  I am from a small town in Tasmania. No, I… Read More →

Howling Bells talk film inspiration

We’ve just heard “Heartstrings”, the upcoming LP from Europe-based Australians Howling Bells, and can confidently announce that it’s absolutely magnificent. Indeed, this fourth offering might just be their finest album to date. There is… Read More →

Slowdive Rising – A Sparkling Return

Canada-based music junkie, G. William Rex, headed to London and saw the remarkable rebirth of shoegazers, Slowdive: When bands break up (as most of them eventually do) there are two schools of thought. Some persons assert… Read More →

SOHN, Tremors – album review

SOHN is a British producer from South London who moved to Vienna in 2010 to focus on crafting his “electronic soul” sound. Probs a good move given the city’s predisposition for electronic music.… Read More →

Fashion: RACHELALEX interview

As the dust (and glitter) settles post-Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia, we talk to the emerging designers that have us excited for future fashion. Carol Bowditch had a chat to sisters doing it… Read More →

Lyla Foy album review, Mirrors In The Sky

You may have heard of London songwriter/producer Lyla Foy under the WALL moniker. Well, now she’s unleashed her debut longplayer and it’s well worth a listen, as Joe Haddow explains:  If the haunting style… Read More →

Model interview: Sally Paton

Kaya Strehler interviews her friend and aesthetic pleasure, Perth-born, London-based model Sally Paton: I thoroughly enjoy good-looking people. And I mean that in the most unshallow way possible. For me it’s like walking… Read More →

Gold Panda live at Oxford Art Factory

Arriving 25 minutes into the set due to some seriously epic fails courtesy of CityRail (fuck, and we thought SouthernRail took the cake for incompetence…) Carol Bowditch pranced into Gold Panda’s set at… Read More →

Holiday Sidewinder, Carousel

We go way back with Holiday Sidewinder. We first chanced upon her in 2006, wearing a cat mask and sashaying around a stage as the sassy, mesmerising frontwoman of Sydney-based five-piece Bridezilla. She totally… Read More →

The Preatures – Better Than It Ever Could Be

Sydney-based five-piece The Preatures are back with a cracking arcade game-inspired retro video clip for their new song Better Than It Ever Could Be.  We’ve been gushing fanboys/fangirls of them since their name was spelt… Read More →

Poeticat smash the walls – Music Interview

After featuring Centre of the Concrete Square a few weeks ago, somethingyousaid.com interviews Poeticat’s Catherine Martindale to learn more: Your band members hail from London and Lisbon, how did you meet? How did you come together… Read More →

Photo Gallery: Brick Lane graffiti

Somethingyousaid.com takes in the street-art (and tasty snacks) of London’s East-End:  At some point during 1999 when I lived in London, a friend introduced me to the “Beigel Shop” on Brick Lane and… Read More →