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The Quietus Essay
Eric Clapton & Enoch Powell To Morrissey: Race In British Music Since '76
On 5th August 1976, Eric Clapton took to the stage at the Birmingham Odeon. This strange ...
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The Quietus Essay
Music For A Purpose: KPM And The History Of Library Music
Keith Mansfield conducting, by Peter Cox Keith Mansfield wrote the theme tune to Grandsta...
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Black Sky Thinking
ICH BIN EIN EUROPEAN: Bill Drummond Stands With A Romanian Gypsy Band
YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW Yesterday, I cast my vote and then got the train up to Birmin...
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A Queer Continent? On Masculinity & Australia's Queer Origin Stories
By and large, the stereotypes of Australia at home and abroad are inherently masculine. Whether...
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Euro 96 20 Years On: Gazza, UKIP, Brexit - Where Are We Now?
In February 2016, a new version of Baddiel and Skinner’s Euro 96 anthem 'Three Lions' app...
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Will It Even Be Called Music? The Intriguing Future Of Virtual Reality
U2. Kasabian. Muse. It's fair to say that the list of bands who have pioneered the use of...
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Black Sky Thinking
You Might Just Be An Unwitting Apologist For Racism If...!
I've been working on a stand-up routine. Not usually my game, but I've got this great hoo...
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Why We're All To Blame For ATP's Latest Collapse
This morning, the most inevitable event in music happened: All Tomorrow's Parties cancell...
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A Record Shopkeeper Writes: Why Record Store Day Must End
Record Store Day has its purpose in the title: a day for Record Stores. Well, OK, so we d...
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Record Store Day: The Documents They Didn't Want You To See...
Taking another of his regular constitutionals, David Stubbs happened to be passing the he...
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