20 year old Harriet Shephard from Worcestershire, aka Alana, is flying the flag for skater girls everywhere with her impressive zine ‘Brash’, showcasing artwork of her own as well as other emerging artists and interviewing skaters, illustrators and anyone else who takes her fancy.

Harriet is currently in her second year of an illustration degree at Camberwell College (part of the University of the Arts London) and creates the zine in her spare time as well as personal art projects and skateboarding.

Fused caught up with Harriet to chat about the new issue of Brash which has evolved from a black and white photocopy to a skillfully screen-printed booklet full of great illustration. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

Expanded to a three-day event in 2010, this year Dot to Dot will be taking over three of England’s musical hubs – Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester – to continue the festival’s tradition of hosting some of the most exciting up-and-coming talent. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

Interviewing bands is normally pretty straightforward: you meet up with them or call them, get the quotes you need and head back to the office to write it up. Not so in the case of Gorillaz, whose line-up of 2-dimensional band members means that interviewing them is a little like having a tête-à-tête with Orville the Duck. Though perhaps a little bit cooler. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

The Lunar Society night, brought to you by the Moseley Folk Festival, is bringing more great music to Birmingham this month. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

If you are one of the lucky people to be based in the West Midlands like Fused then you need to make sure you get your hands on our new monthly pocket guide – AREA.

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