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How Jack Johnson Burned A Path For Some Of The World’s Worst Artists
There was grey and gravel-flavoured BlokeMusic before him. But, argues David Bennun, the tepid indie-folk mumbler’s commercial success ensured that an awful lot more came after him – and we’re still living with the consequences 20 years on
Art
An Eye That listens: An Interview With Eddie Otchere
Photographer Eddie Otchere captured jungle and drum 'n' bass from the inside. On the eve of Velocity Press' publication of their oral history of the scene, Who Say Reload (which features Otchere's images extensively), Charlie Bird caught up with the photographer to discuss nights down the Blue Note, the hardcore continuum and why dancing is dangerous to conservativism
Books
The Trouble With Comics: Can UK Comics Step Out From The Shadows?
Without America's scale, France's cultural capital or Japan's mass readership, the UK comics industry finds itself in a curious position. Katriona Chapman looks at the state of the art in light of Hannah Berry's UK Comics Creators Research Report
Film
Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream: A 400-Film Collage About Our Anxious Present
Almost a year into the pandemic, a 400-film collage is now reflecting our overwhelming reality, rather than offering any release. Igor Fishman writes on 'Just Don't Think I'll Scream', and how the fun of binge-watching has started to curdle
Black Sky Thinking
Why Mainstream AIDS Drama It’s A Sin Is Right To Provoke Tears Of Rage
Remembering what it was like to grow up in the shadow of AIDS, Luke Turner argues that Russell T Davies' moving drama It's A Sin provides an overdue opportunity for society to recognise its complicity in the crisis, as well as similar injustices today
A Quietus Interview
Something Of Substance: An Interview With Billy Nomates
As she releases the first track 'Heels' - which you can listen to below - from a new EP, Billy Nomates, aka Tor Maries, speaks to Patrick Clarke about class barriers, the fragility of DIY musicianship, and the government's 'sinister' disregard for an industry on the edge of collapse
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