People say young people don’t care about politics, or social change.
One initiative is seeking to challenge that. In its second season, Battlefront brings together 14-21 year olds from all over the UK who want to make a change.
Our favourite campaign so far this year is the Meet Your Street campaign, fronted by Alex Loughlin, who’s featured in this weeks episode of Battlefront The Show. Alex is campaigning for people to ‘Meet Their Neighbours’. Even though it doesn’t seem ‘Political’ with a capital P, if you know what I mean, I think it is an important campaign that says a lot about the way we live now.

In a world where we become increasingly selective about who we associate with, through online communities and niche networks, perhaps we not at risk of losing the ability to empathise and relate to people different to us? Those that live close to us physically, that we may have nothing more in common with, than that we live in the same postcode? Cos everybody needs good neighbours, don’t you know…

Check out more of the campaigners here.

The Cut’s last 2 cover stars come together for Gangsta, released today.

Scrapertown from California is a place. on Vimeo.

From the guys at California Is A Place.

Starting tomorrow night, the BBC’s Junior Apprentice pits 10 contestants aged 16 and 17 against each other for a 25k award towards business development. Not to be missed for the business-heads.

I Don’t Believe is taken from Rox’s debut album, Memoirs, which is released on June 7th. Look out for her in the next issue of The Cut.

Nike are bringing back phoneboxes! On Friday 23rd, as part of the Grid project, Nike are asking people to run around London, and score points for your area by calling from special grid phoneboxes. I don’t quite know what you get out of it? I don’t think it’s a pair of trainers, maybe it’s just the glory of being a local sporting hero? The rules are a bit confusing at first glance, but it sounds like fun, so  if you feel like some exercise, get off your bums and play for your postcode London people.

If The Cut was in New York, we’d go and see this…Younger Than I’ll Be, a photography group show curated by Skye Parrott, which is opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last week. The show is about New York, its association with youth and change.

‘Being young here was a singular experience–riding the subways, walking everywhere, phone booths, beepers, sitting on stoops, the feeling that you owned everything. Part of that was just the joy and omnipotence of adolescence. Part of it is the overwhelming experience of coming into one’s own in a place as exceptional as New York.’ Skye Parrot

Raw Material and the BFI’s Future Film presents ‘Raw Flix’
19-30 April, 12-5pm daily

Come and develop new skills, alongside industry professionals, across music and digital visuals on this 10 day creative project. You’ll gain an Arts Award, Event Management and Marketing skills and get to showcase your work at the BFI Southbank.

Raw Flix Masterclasses and Live Event
1 May, 12-6pm

An massive audio/visual mash up event with film screenings, masterclasses, interactive workshops, live music performance, DJs and VJ-ing.

Find out more: Jedda jdrawfutures@gmail.com / 020 7737 6103

www.raw-material.org

Worth checking out if you’re into getting into animation, film.

4321….looks like NY-LON meets Adulthood? Noel Clarke goes stateside for his new film, due out on June 2nd.

Check the Trailer

Never seen curls like this before…What a track! Collaborators Fatima & FunkinEven (Eglo Records) are bringing something truly different. Soul Glo is taken from the newly released Mindtravelin’ EP, get your copy here.