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Film
How Sheffield Film Tales From A Hard City set the Scene for Pulp’s Different Class
Daniel Dylan Wray argues that the depiction of Steel City life in a little-known 1995 film (currently being celebrated in an art exhibition and series of screenings) acts as a "companion and contrast piece" to Jarvis Cocker & co's commercial breakthrough, released the same year. Black and white still photography by Bill Stephenson.
Books
Demolishing the Outmoded Society: Michel Faber on Situationism and the French Rock Underground
Ian Thompson’s new book Synths, Sax & Situationists explores the legacy of soixante-huit through the music of bands like Cheval Fou, Barricade, Maajun and Fille Qui Mousse. It offers a “vivid” account with an “impressive” number of interviews, finds Michel Faber
Anniversary
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
A Quietus Interview
What Can’t be Synthesised: An Interview with HAAi
On new record Humanise, HAAi confronts a world where our relationships are increasingly controlled by algorithms, and finds a counterforce in the joy of real-life connection. She speaks to Karly Quadros about the volatility of technology, the record's found family of collaborators and the power of the human voice
Rum Music
Rum Music for September Reviewed by Jennifer Lucy Allan
Jennifer Lucy Allan returns with another batch of rum music, reviewing an essential new compilation of Amy Sheffer, posthumous releases from Mika Vainio (as Ø) and Amelia Cuni, the return of Surface Of The Earth, the first recording of legendary Ugandan vocalist John Katokye, and much more
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