Mix #12

I've just returned from the western tip of Cornwall. We stayed in Mousehole for 3 nights before getting Great Western's Night Riviera train back to London (the cabin was very cute). We hit up St Michael's Mount, St Ives including the Tate (there was a great Virginia Woolf exhibition on) & Barbara Hepworth, the Minack Theatre (big up Rowena Cade), Cape Cornwall and Porthcurno beach (I had a brief dip). Need to explore more on the next visit but we were limited by only taking our bicycles. 

Mix #12

Anyhow, in this mix, you will find:
Modern Love because of rewatching Frances Ha.
The Psychedelic Furs because I watched Call Me By Your Name.
Talking Heads & Tom Tom Club because I finally watched Stop Making Sense (yes I know).
A fair few Drag City artists as they put a good chunk of their catalogue on Spotify for the first time.
New Jon Hopkins, Natalie Prass, Alexis Taylor, DJ Koze, Kadhja Bonet, Car Seat Headrest, Kamasi Washington, Melody's Echo Chamber, Ry Cooder and more.
A bit of John Cale after seeing him at the Barbican.
Larry Levan cause always. Likewise for The Crystals. 
Brand new things include Biig Piig, Yuno, A Beacon School, Seinabo Sey, Shannon Shaw. 
Moon Gangs sounding very 80s. 
And a bunch of older stuff from Stephen Malkmus and Alex Turner's recommendations. 
I watched the Nina Simone doc on Netflix too - other Netlflix recommendations include LA 1992, On My Block, The Magdalene Sisters, God's Own Country, Calvary, Christine and Victoria Wood As Seen On TV.

Luca Tombolini

Two quarters of a triangle - exploring Yorkshire

For the second May bank holiday, we decided to head to Yorkshire for the weekend. I've not spent that much time in the north, but this isn't actually very far north. Just past the Midlands really. Anyhow...

I was most obsessed with going to The Hepworth Wakefield and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, both part of the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle - which actually consists of 4 museums. 

We hired an airbnb just outside of Wakefield and incidentally within another triangle, the rhubarb triangle. Cute airbnb, we even had our very own rabbit roaming the garden. 

We ended up spending hours in the Hepworth, sheltering from a thunderstorm as we lost ourselves in JW Anderson's 'Disobedient Bodies' exhibition (beautifully curated). Continued onto the Yorkshire Sculpture Park which is huge, so many lovely pieces, so many we didn't get to see despite running around towards the end. 

Oh, and whilst we were in Wakefield, I couldn't resist hunting down the plaque for The Cribs, a cherished band of mine.

Check out Martin Parr's photography of the Rhubarb Triangle here.

A pitstop at OK Diner, Tickencote

Farm produce in our airbnb

The Hepworth Wakefield - nominated for Museum of the Year 2017

A cheeky cast of Hepworth's Winged Figure - the original lives at London's John Lewis

JW Anderson's Disobedient Bodies Exhbition

Ai Weiwei at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Cornelia Parker

Jaume Plensa

Zak Ové

Ursula von Rydingsvard

Jonathan Borofsky

The Cribs plaque in Wakefield

All photos my own.