MOOF Magazine presents: Upstairs at the Trades Hall Sunday 26th November, 7pm Join MOOF Magazine for another instalment of their live underground music & arts showcase at Walthamstow Trades Hall, and the last one of 2023! With live music from: ISTINA DEVA Istina Deva aims to be a mirror of transpersonal metaphors that reflect the horrifying beauty of being alive. It’s lyrical aspects are birthed as poetry with surreal symbolism, archetypal energy infusion, states of transcendence and descendence, an animistic realm where threads of interconnection between all, the dead living and the liv ..read more

Words by Lady Godiva Ghouls, witches and monsters of all kinds, let’s celebrate! The Frankieverse has dug out all the skeletons in your closet and cooked up the soundtrack of mere mortals’ nightmares, an EP made of a triptych that will make you groove whilst giving you shivers in equal measure. What’s inside this spooky season beast? A frenzied rhythm, voices beyond the grave and a wide array of Halloween ghost train style gimmicks that set the scene to its full extent, one gets trapped into a haunted derelict manor with a riff that literally sticks its fangs into our necks. Blimey!  Bey ..read more

Words by Millen Brown-Ewens Oscar Browne’s debut EP packs a tender punch. Seamlessly blending folk with the soft synths of indie rock and roots music, If Only delivers a mature sound that cushions our decent into the wilderness.  Far removed from the bustling streets of London that the singer calls home, the paced acoustic instrumentation provides ample space for his introspective lyricism to unfurl. Drawn from the hearth to the heath, we follow Browne across five tracks as he relates a relationship through its end to arrive at hopeful beginnings. The narrator shares his old-time honey t ..read more

Interview by Melanie Xulu Edith Morris is an artist and filmmaker based between Cornwall, Cardiff and Bristol. Drawing on folklore and the mythological, she creates moving image, 3D installation and costume for music, live performance and film.  Earlier this year she directed, edited, animated, recorded sound, created the costumes and filmed her short film SÆKÝR, during an artist residency at Fish Factory in Iceland. Still from SÆKÝR Where does your interest in mythology and folklore stem from? I’ve always loved story, growing up in the Welsh hills and more recently based at the far end ..read more

MOOF Magazine presents: Upstairs at the Trades Hall – A Spooky Soiree Saturday 28th October Join MOOF Magazine on the night of the October full moon night for a spooky soiree with live music from:  BOBBIE WATSON + JON SEAGROATT (COMUS) Bobbie Watson is probably best known as the vocalist of legendary dark-folk uber-lords, Comus. She has cast her vapour-trails of spine-tingling vocals throughout all of Comus’ recordings, from ‘Diana’ (1971), through the classic ‘First Utterance’, to the latter-day ‘Out of the Coma’ (2012).  Jon Seagroatt is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and ..read more

Words by Lady Godiva The wild Wild West, a spring that never runs dry in the collective imagination, has fascinated many for well over a century and inspired iconic layers of popular culture, from music and film, to fashion. The U.K. has its own kind of cowboys and the sassy and aptly named Trip Westerns don’t need a gun to blow your mind. A Brighton outfit, although their sounds conjure up mental pictures far away from the shores of Sussex. Their debut EP is a statement in style, with eye-catching artwork incorporating nearly phosphorescent cowboy boots in a sun-scorching ambiance, while the ..read more

Coming up this Autumn equinox weekend at Walthamstow Trades Hall, another instalment of MOOF Magazine’s brand new live music & arts showcase. Sunday 24th September // Doors 7pm Featuring: Ike Gray  – With a nylon string guitar, Ike (Tapir!) tries out new songs and old ditties. + Performance art poetry from Montenegrofisher – Adrian Fisher & Luna Montenegro collaborate in making visual & sonic arts, performance, films, books and curatorial projects. They investigate ideas of improvisation, participation, politics, poetics, ritual and transformation. They show their w ..read more

Words by Grey Malkin Belbury Poly, Jim Jupp’s long standing project on his renowned and revered Ghost Box label, have made a significant imprint upon popular culture since their debut release ‘Farmer’s Angle’ back in 2004. Instigating and inspiring much of the ‘hauntological’ trend that followed both musically and aesthetically (along with fellow Ghost Box travellers The Advisory Circle and The Focus Group), Belbury Poly have continued to explore the more esoteric corners of electronica, alongside collaborations with the likes of John Foxx, Sharron Kraus and Justin Hopper. Indeed, Hopper reap ..read more

Words by Gareth Thompson Visual artist Jake Blanchard unveils his new exhibition, Creatures, this month at Studio 9a, Robinwood Mill in Todmorden. Blanchard’s work delves into a world of both familiar and outlandish beings, surrounded by a created mythology and folklore from an alternative evolutionary and cultural history. The exhibition will feature over sixty new works including paintings, prints, drawings, masks, ritual objects and instruments, all rendered in Blanchard’s signature psychedelic style. Blanchard says: “For this exhibition I was thinking about the creatures that exist in t ..read more

We are accepting all sorts of submissions on the weird, the wonderful and the countercultural for our next print issue; from interviews and reviews, to pieces on art, culture, fashion, film and music, to creative writing and poetry. please send all submissions to moofmagazine@gmail.com deadline is 15/10/23 (deadline for advertisements to be included is the same ..read more