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Anniversary
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
Cassettes
Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for November by Daryl Worthington
From radical dance music to triumphant, intricately layered synth pop and a levitating collaboration between a Ugandan embaire ensemble and a Japanese dub producer, Daryl Worthington finds rays of joy on cassette to blast away the impending winter entropy this November
Books
The Lodger In Me: Bid from The Monochrome Set on the Aneurysm that Changed His Life
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Strange Young Alien, the founder member and principal songwriter of the Monochrome Set discusses the ruptured cerebral aneurysm that changed the way he thought about music and the creative process
Reissue of the Week
Reissue of the Week: Tenor Saw’s ‘Ring The Alarm’
Newly reissued to mark its 40th birthday, ‘Ring The Alarm’ continues to rattle speaker boxers and make sound men and women tremble. Wrongtom charts the history of its Stalag rhythm, from overlooked origins in the early 1970s to Tenor Saw’s 1985 masterpiece and beyond
Strange World Of...
The Strange World Of… Lovers & Lollypops
Two decades and 150 releases since their formation in the Porto underground, Lovers & Lollypops has grown into one of Europe's most vital connecting points for DIY culture. Anu Shukla charts their story so far via 10 key releases, from early makeshift gigs with battered soundsystems to the thriving community of today
Album of the Week
A Topography of Intimacy: A Body Like A Home by Alejandra Cárdenas
To the sound of cumbia rhythms, noisy bass tremors, frantic violin phrases and spectral electronics, the Peruvian-born artist creates a moving meditation on home and homeliness, from the unconscious desires buried in the basement to the hopes and dreams spiralling from the attic room
The Quietus International
North American Music: tQ in New York City, by Maxelle Talena
New York isn’t dead, says Maxelle Talena in the latest of tQ’s dispatches from the North American underground. It’s being killed. From jumpstyle to hardcore punk, from hip hop to garage rock (for those who can’t afford a garage), she introduces five key artists keeping the flame alive
Live Reviews
A Long Drink of the Best Water: Highlights from 2025’s Le Guess Who?
Richard Foster reports back from another stellar edition of the Utrecht Festival, where he finds equal space for spiritual nourishment gibbering wig-outs, courtesy of Valentina Magaletti, upsammy, EarthBall, The Fiery Furnaces and many more
