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Siavash Amini
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Working with some of the earliest piano recordings made in Iran, Siavash Amini shatters these archival sounds, recomposing them into a startling new electronic tapestry
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“This is My Happening – and it Freaks Me Out!”: 10 of the All-Time Weirdest Rock’n’Roll Movies
Shane Pinnegar, author of the new book, Rocksploitation, picks out ten of the strangest marriages of movies and rock music
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Reissue of the Week: The Three E.P.’s by The Beta Band
Darran Anderson hails the ramshackle and hypnotic power of The Beta Band, and hears a unique sound that benefited many other musicians but not themselves
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Sheer Momentum: Jack Barnett of These New Puritans’ Favourite Music
Ahead of their show at this year’s Skaņu Mežs festival, Jack Barnett of These New Puritans takes Claire Biddles through an eclectic Baker’s Dozen, taking in everything from flamenco and Greek traditional music to Steely Dan and Bob Dylan
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30 Years On: And The Circus Leaves Town by Kyuss Revisited
Dean Brown revisits the stoner rock giants' flawed but rewarding swan song. Originally published 13/02/2015
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“Want to Change My Clothes, My Hair, My Face”: How Springsteen Helped Me Come Out
In an exclusive edited extract from Niko Stratis’s new book The Dad Rock That Made Me A Woman, the award-winning Canadian writer explores trans identity, the music of the American heartlands and how the Boss changed her life for good
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Artists Only? Jonathan Gould’s Book on Talking Heads and Downtown New York
Burning Down the House by Jonathan Gould tells the story of the American new wave band and the fertile scene they came up with, but does the book risk reducing the city and everyone in it to a backdrop for the group's mercurial lead singer? asks Elizabeth Wiet
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