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Low Culture Essay
The Low Culture Essay: Jeanette Leech on Elastica’s The Menace
In this month's essay, Jeanette Leech seeks to reclaim the legacy of Elastica's vastly underrated second album from prurient mutterings about drug addiction and the collapse of Britpop, celebrating Mark E. Smith collaborations and the birth of M.I.A.
Cassettes
Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for March by Daryl Worthington
Daryl Worthington speaks to Turmeric Acid about telepathic collaborations, and reviews tapes of free-wheeling hardanger and Andean flute improvisations, sat nav fall outs, ecstatic noise and more in March’s dive into the cassette scene
Things I Have Learned
Circuit des Yeux on the Poop Jokes of Scott Walker
A decade ago CdY couldn't understand why people compared her music to that made by a man in his seventies, but after listening to the work of Scott Walker she found much she approved of, including scatological humour. Main portrait by Dana Trippe, all other pictures by Haley Fohr
Organic Intelligence
Organic Intelligence XLII: British Bengalis in 90s subculture
In this month’s antidote to the algorithm Puja Nandi celebrates five pioneering artists, from Asian Dub Foundation (pictured) to Osmani Soundz, who enriched the soundtrack of the pre-millennial UK by mixing drum & bass and electronica with the sounds of the Bengali diaspora
Anniversary
World Class: How Radiohead Gave Us The Bends
Though The Bends has since been overshadowed by what followed, its release 30 years ago found Radiohead on the cusp of stardom. Wyndham Wallace joins them on a journey from their early days to their inevitable worldwide breakthrough. This article was first published on 3 March 2015
Metal
Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for March Reviewed by Kez Whelan
Having failed to secure tickets for the big Black Sabbath farewell this summer, Kez Whelan wonders whether missing out might be for the best. He also reviews the latest from Intensive Care x The Body, The Overmold, Abduction and many more
Books
The Music Machine: Alan Jones’s Top Ten Disco Movies
Was disco the hated antithesis of all that was punk? Not according to OG punk rocker, Vivienne Westwood collaborator and Sex Pistols DJ Alan Jones. With his new book Discomania recenly published, here he picks his all-time top ten celluloid stompers
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