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KERMODE ON FILM: ‘King Rocker’ Special

Comedian Stewart Lee and Director Michael Cumming talk to Mark Kermode about their new film 'King Rocker'

Okkyung Lee signs to Fire

Fire Records signs Okkyung Lee, a cellist, composer, and improviser who moves freely between artistic disciplines and contingencies. A native of South Korea, Lee has taken a broad array of inspirations—including noise, improvisation, jazz, western classical, and the traditional and popular music of her homeland—and used them to forge a highly distinctive approach.

Faten Kanaan releases new video for ‘Sleepwalker’ from her latest album ‘A Mythology of Circles’

Faten Kanaan shares new video for 'Sleepwalker' from her acclaimed album 'A Mythology Of Circles', released late last year to overwhelming critical acclaim. 'Sleepwalker', the surreal haze during the hypnagogic stage between sleep and waking, when consciousness teeters drowsily at a threshold and hallucinations & reality overlap.

Behind Islet’s artwork for ‘Eyelet’

Emma Daman Thomas has always created the sleeve art for Islet, her band (along with Mark Daman Thomas & Alex Williams). Here she walks us through the creative process behind the design of their 2020 critically acclaimed release 'Eyelet'. 

Marina Allen signs to Fire

It's some week when you can celebrate the signing of not one, but two unique and unstoppable talents. Californian songwriter Marina Allen surfs many musical tangents; her voice hovers and persists, floats and, only when entirely necessary, stings with honesty and aplomb.