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Three Decades On: Sepultura’s Roots At 30

Three decades on from the release of Roots, Keith Kahn-Harris digs in to the legacy Sepultura's much vaunted sixth album. This feature was first published 15/02/21

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Unbeatable: Drum’s Not Dead by Liars, 20 Years On

Two decades on from the release of Liars third album, Luke Turner argues that its percussive invention shouldn't obscure a rich, emotional core. For our top tier Subscriber Plus supporters, this Anniversary feature comes with a playlist by Liars of the music they were listening to when the album was made.

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“It’s About Time We Brought Art In, Innit?” Talk Talk’s The Colour Of Spring at 40

Though eclipsed by what came in its wake, The Colour Of Spring, at the heart of Talk Talk’s catalogue, is no less astonishing. Forty years on, Wyndham Wallace commends the inaugural rebirth of Mark Hollis’ synthpop band. And for top tier subscribers there is a 'Quietus Essentials Playlist' guide to the music of Talk Talk

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How men are? The Preposterously Testosterone-fuelled Taxi Driver turns 50

John Quin presents a hormonally loaded take on Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader’s classic of male alienation. For top tier subscribers to this site, click below for a 'Quietus Essentials Playlist' guide to the cinematic music of Bernard Herrmann

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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ Murder Ballads As Gangsta Rap Album

Dele Fadele looks back to The Bad Seeds album that has odd parallels with gangsta rap. This feature was first published in 2016

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Notions of Decadence: Half a Century of Bowie’s Station To Station

Ben Graham takes a detailed look at the decadent path trod by David Bowie during the creation of Station To Station

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Rhythmic Cinema: Why Battleship Potemkin Remains Relevant, 100 Years On

From Shostakovich, to Pet Shop Boys, to DIY and grassroots collectivism, Luke Richards celebrates the centenary of the first public screening of Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, on January 18, 1926, and the myriad interpretations of its soundtrack which keep it relevant and radical today

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Sunburst Finish by Be-Bop Deluxe, 50 years on

Toby Manning looks beyond woeful sleeve art to find the UK's underrated Be-Bop Deluxe, serving up a unique blend of art rock, pop prog and late period glam in 1976

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Been Around The World: The Magical Odyssey Of The Avalanches’ Since I Left You

A concept album that transcended its concept, a stealth mix-CD, global disco, sampledelic exotica, yacht rock by other means: the Australian group’s debut was many things, writes David Bennun - and above all it was, and remains, a joy. This article was first published in 2020

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LL Cool J: Radio Versus Mama Said Knock You Out

Angus Batey takes a look at LL Cool J's two greatest LPs and considers the difference five years can make in a rapper's career. This feature was first published in 2015

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The Wind is Screaming Around the Trees: 40 Years of Psychocandy

Four decades back a major label released a debut album that sounded like almost nothing on earth while still sounding incredibly familiar. Our man in San Francisco Ned Raggett takes stock of it all

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The Murmuring of the Future: Ghost In The Shell 30 Years On

Lawrence English speaks to art director Hiromasa Ogura and composer Kenji Kawai in order to celebrate one of the greatest anime ever made. Japanese interview translation by Haruna Ito. Cover portrait of Hong Kong courtesy of the author

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50 Years On: Patti Smith’s Horses Revisited

Hannah Pezzack looks back half a century and finds a crucial album which is pulsating with erotic energy

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30 years on: Angus Batey dissects Liquid Swords By GZA

Angus Batey delves into his own extensive interview archive to reassess Liquid Swords three decades later. This feature was first published in 2015

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What kind of Language is this? Kate Bush’s Aerial At 20

Two decades on Matthew Barton considers how the revered artist came back after a 12 year absence with an album that was well worth the wait

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30 Years On: Autechre’s Tri Repetae Revisited

Gary Suarez gives us an American perspective on one of Autechre's most revered albums and a duo about to sever all remaining ties to the culture that surrounded them. First published in 2015

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Something Changed: Pulp’s Different Class Revisited

Luke Turner looks back 30 years to a singular album and a nation standing at a cultural crossroads. First published in 2015

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All this and Ian McShane too: Grace Jones’ Slave To The Rhythm at 40

Keith Kahn-Harris celebrates a sometimes glorious, occasionally infuriating, always baffling album that remains entirely of its time

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An Unkind of Blue: Darran Anderson on Chris Morris’ Blue Jam

A quarter of a century after Warp released the sketch album, Darran Anderson looks back at the deep existential malignancy, and brilliance, of Blue Jam

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Adolescent Awkwardness: U2’s Boy turns 45

Ben Graham confesses his love for early U2, and implores us to remember them before they became the biggest band in the world. This feature was first published in 2010

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Memories Of Genius: 45 Years On Prince’s Dirty Mind Revisited

John Freeman was not a fan of post-Witness rebirth Prince. Here he recalls happier days with Dirty Mind. The feature was first published in 2010

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The Impossibility of Forgetting: Haneke’s Caché at 20

Rory Kiberd looks back at an implacable and unforgiving film that has only become more relevant over the last two decades. Contains spoilers for Caché and plot information from various Haneke films plus The Act Of Killing, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and The Zone Of Interest. CW: discussion of suicide and atrocity