Reissue of the Week
Reissue of the Week: Grinderman 2
Robert Davidson hails the art of growing old disgracefully as exemplified on the second and (so far) final Grinderman album
Organic Intelligence
Organic Intelligence XLVI: The UK Industrial Diaspora
In this month’s antidote to the algorithm Mat Colegate rips it to shreds with the ‘orrible racket that emerged in the early-80s, from S.P.K to Ramleh, Whitehouse and 23 Skidoo (pictured)
Album of the Week
Simulation Dismantled: Beside Myself by DJ Haram
The New Jersey-born, New York-based 'multidisciplinary propagandist' weaves non-Western sounds into a potent critique of the West's exoticising gaze, finds Aydin Khalili
Baker's Dozen
The Multitudes in Us: Kae Tempest’s Favourite Records
Following the release of his excellent new album, the acclaimed poet, musician, novelist and playwright shares the music that shaped his life – from Nina Simone to Gravediggaz
Cassettes
Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for July by Daryl Worthington
From improvisations that capture the archaeology of the internet to werewolf inspired black metal played with Cajun instruments, roaming synths, sidewinding freakouts and clipped nails, Daryl Worthington dives into the latest cassette releases
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Cassettes
Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for July by Daryl Worthington
From improvisations that capture the archaeology of the internet to werewolf inspired black metal played with Cajun instruments, roaming synths, sidewinding freakouts and clipped nails, Daryl Worthington dives into the latest cassette releases
Baker’s Dozen
Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
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45 Years Later: Closer & The Last Days Of Joy Division
Because of the death of Ian Curtis and the nature of the band's last recordings, Joy Division's Closer is an album around which a stillness has settled. In truth, says Jonathan Wright as he talks to Peter Hook and Paul Morley, no band evolved so rapidly. This feature was originally published on 13/07/2020
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Explore 15 Years Of Cultural Wayfinding
Each week we conjure up a miscellany of tQ writing from the mists of time for you. Most often random. Sometimes themed. Always enthralling.
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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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