19th June 2013
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Illustration by Julie Khan

What Happened Will?

So we checked out Will Smith’s new film After Earth this week. It’s not as bad as everyone reckons, but it’s so relentlessly serious it kind of feels more like a stern talking to from your dad rather than a summer blockbuster. What happened Will Smith? You used to be so cool when you were mildly bullying Carlton in the Fresh Prince.

Still, just checked out the new trailer from Alan Partridge’s Alpha Papa. Don't know about you, but it makes us wish August 7th would hurry up and get here.

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Win Stuff!

We're giving away tickets to Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life at the Tate.

John Hegley

We chat dancing and daleks with the king of interactive comedy.

Review: Mission Drift

American metaphors

Spoonfed Singles Club

It's back and it's got Vampire Weekend and Taylor Swift...

Friday 14th

Oh Canada! You’re like America’s kooky, more loveable cousins and your comedians are absolutely mental. Take masked weirdo Baconface for example, who is playing Soho this Friday. In what other country could produce a guy telling joke with pork products strapped to his face? Well maybe Denmark.

On the music front of things, Birmingham’s Jaws bring their laid-back slacker rock to this week’s edition of Bloodshake. Recalling everything from New Order to The Fall, bands don’t come as carefree as these guys.

Saturday 15th

Like a mass accelerator colliding sci-fi, science and conceptual art together, The Hayward’s new show The Alternative Guide to the Universe features a range of contributors from fringe physicists to the inventors of new languages, from artists who map cities of the future to others who design imaginary technologies.

Meanwhile up at KOKO, The Bug are playing a massive show with Mala and the Mad Professor. With shades of dancehall, noise, grime, and hip hop, it’s time to party like it’s 2002.

Next week

Oh look more Canadians, and this time they’re playing music! In fact they don’t come much bigger than the mighty Neil Young who is celebrating his recent reunion with Crazyhorse with a show next week, but if you’re the sort of person who likes their gigs up close and personal, then Austra’s show at the Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen on Monday is well worth checking out.

Always throwing up the very best in contemporary arts, the 2013 BP Portrait Prize gets underway at the National Portrait Gallery next week, showcasing the works of this year’s finalists. Over at the Tate, next week also sees the start of a brand new retrospective of iconic Northern artist Lowry, the only painter we can think of who inspired two cult hits in the '60s.

Lastly, if the weather ever cheers up then the Open Air Theatre’s production of Pride and Prejudice will be kicking off next Thursday. Oh Mr Darcy...

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