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Prole Art Threat: Cynthia Cruz On The Melancholia Of Class
With her new book The Melancholia of Class just out from Repeater Books, author Cynthia Cruz talks to Enrico Monacelli about identity politics, class consciousness, and why Mark E. Smith was one of the great working class militants of the 20th Century
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Everyone’s Invited: Author Amber Medland On Toxic Masculinity
Amber Medland's new book Wild Pets is "an instant set text of the emerging canon of millennial fiction" (*The Guardian*). In this exclusive essay for the Quietus, she talks about campus rape culture and teaching masculinity in the classroom
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The Best Songs Are Like Bad Dreams: Tropical Fuck Storm Interviewed
In their first interview about their chaotic new album Deep States, Tropical Fuck Storm’s Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin speak to Patrick Clarke about their ideal apocalypses, their disdain for hackneyed rock & roll tropes, and why their music has more heart and soul than you might think
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Rockfort! French Music For July Reviewed By David McKenna
In his latest French music column, David McKenna gets reacquainted with nouvelle nouvelle chanson singer Mathieu Boogaerts, visits producer NSDOS’s Micro Club and finds energy in the young French jazz scene to rival that in the UK. Home page photograph: Edredon Sensible
A Quietus Interview
Before Language There Was Sound: Nene H Interviewed
Following a family tragedy, Berlin-based producer Nene H combined modular synthesis with the instruments of her native Turkey to produce her debut album, a powerful sonic document of healing. She talks to Adam Quarshie about balancing conflicting identities and the confines of classical music
