ORGAN MAGAZINE

ORGAN THING: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum have a new live video, a film of a performance of a piece from the 2025 Festival de Musique de Création… Now this will more than do for today’s Organ Thing of The Day; Sleepytime Gorilla Museum have a new live video, a film of a performance of a piece from their 2007 album, Salt Crown as part of…

ORGAN THING: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum have a new live video, a film of a performance of a piece from the 2025 Festival de Musique de Création... wp.me/p2ScbB-xq9

#SleepytimeGorillaMuseum

ORGAN: Five Music Things – New Hyper Gal, new Bibi Club, more dälek, Hiding Places from Queens, New York have a deliciously paced new single, new Veil, oh and some Kathryn Mohr, six then… Who needs who? No time for editorials, repeat, replete, reheat, let the actual music do the actual walking and the actual talking. Exact same thing as last time once again, another five (or so) sli…

ORGAN: Five Music Things – New Hyper Gal, new Bibi Club, more dälek, Hiding Places from Queens, New York have a deliciously paced new single, new Veil, oh and some Kathryn Mohr, six then... wp.me/p2ScbB-xiV

#HyperGal #BibiClub #dälek #HidingPlaces #Veil #KathrymMohr #NewMusic

Cultivate Presents Three x Three (Part Ten) – An online art exhibition featuring Clara Lemos, Declen Patten and Kirsten Reynolds… Welcome to the latest Cultivate Three x Three exhibition, the tenth. Once again just three artists sharing our space. There’s more words about the show and the artists involved down under the actua…

Cultivate Presents Three x Three (Part Ten) – an online art exhibition featuring Clara Lemos, Declen Patten and Kirsten Reynolds... wp.me/p2ScbB-xp8

ORGAN THING: A #43SecondFilm of Máret Ánne Sara’s installation in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, London… Really have been meaning to go to the Southbank just to walk through and around Máret Ánne Sara’s installation in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. The problem with things like installations in the…

ORGAN THING: A #43SecondFilm of Máret Ánne Sara's installation in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, London... wp.me/p2ScbB-xpP

#LondonArtScene

ORGAN THING: Saputjiji, the harbinger of change. The standing tall. The unyielding. Designated protector. Hey, there’s been some good albums already this year, this, from Tanya Tagaq is as good as any... Tanya Tagaq – Saputjiji (Six Shooter) – There’s a lot to unpack here, layers to peel back, layers in terms of what she might be saying and well as playing, this is complex, not in…

ORGAN THING: Saputjiji, the harbinger of change. The standing tall. The unyielding. Designated protector. Hey, there's been some good albums already this year, this, from Tanya Tagaq is as good as any of them... wp.me/p2ScbB-xoD #TanyaTagaq

ORGAN THING: Sabrina Shah’s friendly invasion of Shane Bradford’s space at East London’s Union Gallery, a Trespass if you like… Trespass: Paintings by Sabrina Shah on surfaces by Shane Bradford at Union Gallery, East London, Match 2026 –  Sometimes it is good to recap, these small galleries that are semi hidden semi secrets…

ORGAN THING: Sabrina Shah's friendly invasion of Shane Bradford's space at East London's Union Gallery, a Trespass if you like... wp.me/p2ScbB-xoJ #LondonArtScene #UnionGallery

ORGAN THING: Experimental art and music collective Pas Musique and the fourth film of a series of 8 Phrases… An Organ Thing for today, for the last day of February. Pas Musique are a collective that started back in 1995 in Brooklyn, NY, USA, driven by the creative talents of Robert L. Pepper working in th…

ORGAN THING: Experimental art and music collective Pas Musique and the fourth film of a series of 8 Phrases... wp.me/p2ScbB-xoo #Film #ExperimentalFilm #PasMusique

ORGAN THING: Tracey Emin’s A Second Life at Tate Modern, London, much more than just Mad Tracey From Margate having the last laugh, much more than just that… Off to the Tate for the first morning proper of A Second Life, could have opted for the distractions of a thousand conversations on the opening night or indeed the relative peace and quiet of the p…

ORGAN THING: Tracey Emin's A Second Life at Tate Modern, London, much more than just Mad Tracey From Margate having the last laugh, much more than just that... wp.me/p2ScbB-xnq

#TraceyEmin #LondonArtScene #TateModern #Painting

ORGAN: Albums, albums, albums – Hen Ogledd’s Discombobulated will surely be one of the albums of the year, The Shits have their Diet of Worms, the Riot Grrrl flavoured punk rock of Cheap Perfume, Trau... More albums, more cherry picking through the mountain of albums that land here, more picking of the cherries, picking off the cherries, the never ending pile of demanding cherries that find their w…

ORGAN: Albums, albums, albums – Hen Ogledd's Discombobulated will surely be one of the albums of the year, The Shits have their Diet of Worms, the Riot Grrrl flavoured punk rock of Cheap Perfume, Trauma Ray's shoegaze Carnival... wp.me/p2ScbB-xlT

#HenOgledd #TheShits #RiorGrrrl #CheapPerfume

ORGAN: Five Recommended Art Shows – Leyla Yenirce at Jeremy Scholar Gallery, Ângela Ferreira’s Slits are Girls at The Showroom, Paintings by Sabrina Shah on surfaces by Shane Bradford at Union Gallery... We don’t need an editorial here do we? Another week, another Five Art Things thing and on with all this endless art coverage? Years of it. Should it all just knocked on the head, just get back to t…

ORGAN: Five Recommended Art Shows – Leyla Yenirce at Jeremy Scholar, Ângela Ferreira's Slits are Girls at The Showroom, Paintings by Sabrina Shah on surfaces by Shane Bradford at Union, Jock McFadyen & Jem Finer at the Guildhall, Los Angeles: A Visual Lineage at Woodbury House... wp.me/p2ScbB-xmo

ORGAN THING: Furii, Adrien Rodes and more of that glorious Spratleys magic just released on Amon Tobin’s Nomark label… Furii – Aphant (Nomark) – “Furii (pronounced Fury) is the alias of Adrien Rodes AKA Topo Gigio, long-time member of Tim Smith’s Spratleys and sometime musician in Cardiacs’ live b…

ORGAN THING: Furii, Adrien Rodes and more of that glorious Spratleys magic just released on Amon Tobin's Nomark label... wp.me/p2ScbB-xmP

#Spratleys #Cardiacs #AmonRobin #Furii

ORGAN THING: A #43Secondfilm of some Tracey Emin neon in the late night rain of Hackney ahead of her Tate show that opens tonight… Oh well, the mysteries of life, of a second life, of why there’s a load of Neon over the road here in Hackney, East London, well we know what it is, hype for the new Tracey Emin show opening …

ORGAN THING: A #43Secondfilm of some Tracey Emin neon in the late night rain of Hackney ahead of her Tate show that opens tonight... wp.me/p2ScbB-xm0

#TraceyEmin #Hackney #LondonArtScene

ORGAN: Albums, albums, albums – Wildernesses and a rather fine debut that’s about feelings, dynamics, interactions, meanwhile a Maria B.C album and the post hardcore math rock noise of Wot Gorilla… More albums, more cherry picking through the mountain of albums that land here, more picking of the cherries, picking off the cherries, the never ending pile of demanding cherries that find their w…

ORGAN: Albums, albums, albums – Wildernesses and a rather fine debut that's about feelings, dynamics, interactions, meanwhile a Maria B.C album and the post hardcore math rock noise of Wot Gorilla... wp.me/p2ScbB-xiS

#WotGorilla #Wildernesses #MariaBC #NewAlbums

Cultivate Presents: Mark Burrell, Recent Work, an exhibition… The second in a short series of Recent Work online exhibitions from Cultivate as we catch up with what some of the artists who have been regular contributors to Cultivate shows and events ahve been…

And the latest Cultivate online exhibition is open. Once again hosted on the Organ website...

Cultivate Presents: Mark Burrell, Recent Work, an exhibition… wp.me/p2ScbB-xkT

ORGAN THING: The calm of Takesada Matsutani’s Shifting Boundaries, the very busy Tetsumi Kudo show, both at Hauser and Wirth’s London spaces… Takesada Matsutani, Shifting Boundaries at Hauser and Wirth, London, Feb 2026 – There really isn’t a massive need to write about exhibitions that happen at big establishment places like…

ORGAN THING: The calm of Takesada Matsutani's Shifting Boundaries, the very busy Tetsumi Kudo show, both at Hauser and Wirth's London spaces... wp.me/p2ScbB-xiZ

#LondonArtScene #TakesadaMatsutani #TetsumiKudo #HauserAndWirth #Mayfair

ORGAN THING: A split single on Dur et Doux from French Other Rock tightrope walkers Ni and a band called Vojdi from Prešov, Slovakia… Ni, the rather positively challenging musical beast from Bourg En Bresse, France have a new single on the way next week, a split single, is it the first of a series of split seven inch vinyl single…

ORGAN THING: A split single on Dur et Doux from French Other Rock tightrope walkers Ni and a band called Vojdi from Prešov, Slovakia... wp.me/p2ScbB-xkl

#DurEtDoux #Ni

Can't recall ever coming across the brand or the manufacturer and my folks owned a small newagents shop in the early 70s so I was kind of familiar with all the stock as a kid.

is is a refrence to Tony Smith's work of the 60s? Possibly some kind of promo or catalogue from his work?

ORGAN THING: Kevin Kane’s Uncultivated Gods at Hoxton Arch, East London – is it loose or is it more a bold freedom in the way he paints? Is it about the sense of that bold freedom that you get from st... Kevin Kane, Uncultivated Gods, Hoxton Arch, East London – Seems the opening night was rather eventful, on Friday afternoon it feeling a little like the afternoon after the night before, the install…

ORGAN THING: Kevin Kane's Uncultivated Gods at Hoxton Arch, East London - is it loose or is it more a bold freedom in the way he paints? Is it about the sense of that bold freedom that you get from standing in front of his work? wp.me/p2ScbB-xk9

#LondonArtScene #KevinKane

ORGAN THING: Cat Phillipps and Fran Copeman’s Land at the Space Pop Up, Hackney – Now this one looked powerfully interesting from the moment they started installing it… Cat Phillipps and Fran Copeman, Land at the Space Pop Up, Hackney, East London, February 2026 – Something happening over the road at the criminally underused Space Pop Up space adjacent to th…

ORGAN THING: Cat Phillipps and Fran Copeman's Land at the Space Pop Up, #Hackney – Now this one looked powerfully interesting from the moment they started installing it... wp.me/p2ScbB-xjA #LondonArtScene

ORGAN: Five Music Things – Camille Camille, a sneaky bit of Slift’s epic prog, The Leaf Library and a classic bit of dreamy indie pop, Hen Ogledd and another impressive piece of their new album, Ronk... Who needs who? No time for editorials, repeat, replete, reheat, let the actual music do the actual walking and the actual talking. Exact same thing as last time once again, another five (or so) sli…

ORGAN: Five Music Things – Camille Camille, a sneaky bit of Slift's epic prog, The Leaf Library and a classic bit of dreamy indie pop, Hen Ogledd and another impressive piece of their new album, Ronker and a little more from that just released album... wp.me/p2ScbB-vML

ORGAN: Five Recommended Art Shows – Cat Phillipps and Fran Copeman at the Space Pop Up in Hackney, Kevin Kane’s Uncultivated Gods at Hoxton Arch, Joyce Edwards and A Story of Squatters at Four Corners... We don’t need an editorial here do we? Normal service is miles away from being resumed, am I still falling out of love with art? Did I say that last time? And the time before? Are we done here? Ano…

ORGAN: Five Recommended Art Shows – Cat Phillipps and Fran Copeman at the Space Pop Up in Hackney, #KevinKane Uncultivated Gods at Hoxton Arch, #JoyceEdwards and A Story of #Squatters at Four Corners Gallery, #SeanScully at Lisson#Gallery, #BenJamie at #JamesFreemanGallery and... wp.me/p2ScbB-xi6

ORGAN THING: Hirta’s Soft Peaks is something crafted, something clever but never too clever.  Elegantly honest, inviting, welcoming, a positive less is more and everything just right kind of album… Hirta – Soft Peaks (Half Painted Door Records) – Another album we’ve been enjoying rather a lot of the last couple of months, the rather quiet rather moving debut official release…

ORGAN THING: Hirta's Soft Peaks is something crafted, something clever but never too clever. Elegantly honest, inviting, welcoming, a positive less is more and everything just right kind of album... wp.me/p2ScbB-xhT #Hirta

No, this is all recent work and a show that opened today, we have featured his work before though, Edgington is one of our regular artists and has been for a handful of years now....

Cultivate presents: Edgington, Recent Work, an exhibition… The first in a short series of Recent Work online exhibitions from Cultivate as we catch up with what some of the artists who have been regular contributors to Cultivate shows and events. We’…

And the online exhibition is open...

Cultivate presents: Edgington, Recent Work, an exhibition... wp.me/p2ScbB-xgL

ORGAN: Five Music Things – Monsieur Thibault, ronja, Melvins and Napalm Death have been doing things together, The Shits, Pittsburgh-based experimental band Microwaves and some classic Hawklords… Who needs who? No time for editorials, repeat, replete, reheat, let the actual music do the actual walking and the actual talking. Exact same thing as last time once again, another five (or so) sli…

ORGAN: Five Music Things – Monsieur Thibault, ronja, Melvins and Napalm Death have been doing things together, The Shits, Pittsburgh-based experimental band Microwaves and some classic Hawklords... wp.me/p2ScbB-xfh #newmusic

ORGAN THING: A first listen of the new Bonner Kramer/Thurston Moore album They Came Like Swallows, a first taste released and some insight and… “Kramer set up a mobile recording contraption in the pad I was decamped in, the Florida sunshine flowing through the palm leaves, lithe lizards skittering across the windowsills, and we just …

ORGAN THING: A first listen of the new Bonner Kramer/Thurston Moore album They Came Like Swallows, a first taste released and some insight and... wp.me/p2ScbB-xgB

#Kramer #ThurstonMoore #SonicYouth #JoyDivision

ORGAN PREVIEW: Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks announce a UK tour, lots of epic Yes action promised… Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks have today announced a UK Tour, well an English tour with one date in Scotland but hey. It was starting to feel like the voice of Yes wasn’t going to make it o…

ORGAN PREVIEW: Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks announce a UK tour, lots of epic Yes action promised... wp.me/p2ScbB-xgn

#Yes #ProgRock #JonAnderson

It was great to take part in as an artist back in 2022...

ORGAN PREVIEW: Upfest is back, the street art festival is back in Bristol, back in Bedminster in May 2026, back with all the paint, the people, the engagement… “That’s right folks, Upfest is back, returning to the streets of Bristol’s Bedminster area and beyond for a 17 day extravaganza of colour!” it all happens between 15th &#821…

ORGAN PREVIEW: Upfest is back, the street art festival is back in Bristol, back in Bedminster in May 2026, back with all the paint, the people, the engagement… wp.me/p2ScbB-xge #Upfest #Bristol #StreetArt