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Richard Dawson
2020

2020 by Richard Dawson may be the British songwriter's most accessible album, but it still finds room for plenty of barbs, finds Johny Lamb

Album of the Week

Crocus In The Machine: Blossoms By Emptyset

Regardless of how you feel about AI-derived music, a strong sense of perpetual emergence makes Emptyset's latest LP, *Blossoms*, an especially remarkable listen, says Kristen Gallerneaux

A Quietus Interview

Speaking In Tongues: Magma Interviewed By Musicians

Ahead of their appearance at Tusk Festival we canvassed members of Voivod, Hawkwind, Gong, The Utopia Strong, SunnO))), 808 State and more to see what they would ask Magma if they had the chance... And here are the results. Magma appreciation by John Doran

Reviews

Various
And Now For Something Completely Crunchy: 25 Years of Crunchy Frog

A degree of silliness abounds in this quarter century comp from Copenhagen’s Crunchy Frog label, but above and beyond that there remains something refreshing and inspiring, finds Richard Foster

Reviews

Ensemble neoN
Niblock / Lamb

Two composers exploring the outer reaches of microtonality played with consummate virtuosity by Oslo's Ensemble neoN, finds Aaron Skates

A Quietus Interview

Points Of Transition: An Interview With Squid

Squid, the amorphous frontrunners of guitar music's new breed, sit down with Patrick Clarke to talk cultural bombardment, anxiety and joy. All photos by Holly Whitaker

A Quietus Interview

The Importance Of Physicality: Alessandro Cortini Interviewed

Ahead of his audio visual show at Semibreve festival, Aimee Armstrong speaks to the Italian musician about about living in Berlin, The Beatles and Lil Nas X

Reviews

Tom Brosseau
In the Shadow of The Hill: Songs from the Carter Family catalogue, Vol. 1

Folksinger Tom Brosseau finds curatorial flair in his selections from the Carter Family songbook, finds Lara C Cory

Reviews

Black Cilice
Transfixion Of Spirits

The mysterious Black Cilice offer up more essential extremity, finds Noel Gardner

Album of the Week

Wonderland: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ ‘Ghosteen’ Reviewed

On his new album, Nick Cave conjures a profound and powerful sense of wonder. This is a record of coping, writes Patrick Clarke, not closure.

Reviews

J Rick
No Retreat, No Surrender

If anything, J Rick's new mixtape just has *too many* ideas, finds Luke Cartledge

A Quietus Interview

Shut Your Eyes And See: Félicia Atkinson Interviewed

Ahead of her appearance at this year’s Semibreve festival in Braga, Portugal, the French musician talks to David McKenna about nature, nurture and musicians as “machines that constantly need rebooting”

Anniversary

Top Gear: The Jesus And Mary Chain’s Automatic Revisited

On release the JAMC's third LP was dismissed as a dud but the critics were way off mark when it came to the band's experimentation with acid house and hip hop rhythms, says Julian Marszalek

Film

WATCH: Jack Rooke’s Dawn Of A New Gay

Comedian and theatre maker Jack Rooke turns to the screen with his debut film Dawn of a New Gay, a short full of generous humour and lurid detail, finds Kate Wyver

Film

Moviedrone: This Month’s Finest Film Soundtracks, September 2019

Charlie Brigden returns with his monthly column leafing through the biggest and best film soundtrack releases

Books

Orgasm Addict: New Fiction Inspired By Buzzcocks

'Orgasm Addict' by Tomoé Hill is an exclusive extract from the new Dostoyevsky Wannabe book, Love Bites: Fiction inspired by Pete Shelley and Buzzcocks, edited by Andrew Gallix, Tomoé Hill and C.D. Rose

Art

Fed Through The Memory Filter: Richard Foster’s Museum of Photocopies

Curator Richard Foster welcomes us into his Museum of Photocopies

Film

Where Is The Love? 20 Years Of Fight Club

Looking back on David Fincher's now cult picture Fight Club 20 years later, there's much to be uncovered about the story's diffused queerness and the sexual blockage the film describes, finds Steve Erickson

Reviews

Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Antichrist OST

Kristian Eidnes Andersen's soundtrack to the Lars von Trier film Antichrist may be short, but it's still a monster of a record, finds Robert Barry

Reviews

Serafina Steer
The Mind is a Trap

Bas Jan's Serafina Steer delivers a unique and multifaceted solo album, finds Tom Bolton

Reviews

Cult of Luna
A Dawn To Fear

Swedish metal stalwarts Cult of Luna return with seventy-nine minutes of hypnotic riffs and some almost dance-y rhythms, finds Tom Coles

Album of the Week

Beyond Good & Evil: Breaching Lightning Bolt’s Sonic Citadel

Twenty-five years and seven albums in, Sonic Citadel finds Lightning Bolt making some of the best music of their career, says Bernie Brooks

A Quietus Interview

Afternoon Delight: Brett Anderson Interviewed

Tariq Goddard sits down with Suede frontman, Brett Anderson for a frank talk ahead of the publication of Afternoons With The Blinds Drawn, the second volume of the singer's memoirs

Reviews

Fire-Toolz
Field Whispers (Into The Crystal Palace)

Fire-Toolz' fifth album sounds like so many things that it ends up sounding like absolutely nothing on earth, finds Noel Gardner

Reviews

Todd Anderson-Kunert
Conjectures

Amongst the bucketloads of ambient records currently on Bandcamp, Todd Anderson-Kunert's Conjectures stands out, finds Joseph Burnett

A Quietus Interview

A Young Person’s Guide To Hitting Things: Katherina Bornefeld Of The Ex Interviewed

Our man in Rotterdam Richard Foster talks to Kat Bornefeld about her new album of healing music, Angeltalk, and a cassette called Abflug that has been many decades in the making

Reviews

Thaiboy Digital
Legendary Member

Swedish immigration officers be damned, Thaiboy Digital will keep spitting out bangers, finds Zac Cazes

Reviews

Julie’s Haircut
In The Silence Electric

The ninth album by Italian psych rockers Julie's Haircut deserves to be played loud, finds Sean Kitching

A Quietus Interview

Moon Madness: Cult Of Luna And Opeth Step Into The Unknown

Cult of Luna and Opeth are so far ahead of the current metal scene that Dan Franklin had to employ a tracker to find them. Releasing two of the best albums of their careers, he spoke to Swedish frontmen Johannes Persson and Mikael Åkerfeldt about melancholy, fear and family beyond the end of the line

Reviews

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Richard Dawson 2020

Crocus In The Machine: Blossoms By Emptyset

Speaking In Tongues: Magma Interviewed By Musicians

Various And Now For Something Completely Crunchy: 25 Years of Crunchy Frog

Ensemble neoN Niblock / Lamb

Points Of Transition: An Interview With Squid

The Importance Of Physicality: Alessandro Cortini Interviewed

Tom Brosseau In the Shadow of The Hill: Songs from the Carter Family catalogue, Vol. 1

Black Cilice Transfixion Of Spirits

Wonderland: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ ‘Ghosteen’ Reviewed

J Rick No Retreat, No Surrender

Shut Your Eyes And See: Félicia Atkinson Interviewed

Top Gear: The Jesus And Mary Chain’s Automatic Revisited

WATCH: Jack Rooke’s Dawn Of A New Gay

Moviedrone: This Month’s Finest Film Soundtracks, September 2019

Orgasm Addict: New Fiction Inspired By Buzzcocks

Fed Through The Memory Filter: Richard Foster’s Museum of Photocopies

Where Is The Love? 20 Years Of Fight Club

Kristian Eidnes Andersen Antichrist OST

Serafina Steer The Mind is a Trap

Cult of Luna A Dawn To Fear

Beyond Good & Evil: Breaching Lightning Bolt’s Sonic Citadel

Afternoon Delight: Brett Anderson Interviewed

Fire-Toolz Field Whispers (Into The Crystal Palace)

Todd Anderson-Kunert Conjectures

A Young Person’s Guide To Hitting Things: Katherina Bornefeld Of The Ex Interviewed

Thaiboy Digital Legendary Member

Julie’s Haircut In The Silence Electric

Moon Madness: Cult Of Luna And Opeth Step Into The Unknown

Laura Cannell & Polly Wright Sing As The Crow Flies

Opeth In Cauda Venenum

Leaving The Comfort Zone: Station Narva Estonia Reviewed

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Richard Dawson
2020

Various
And Now For Something Completely Crunchy: 25 Years of Crunchy Frog

Ensemble neoN
Niblock / Lamb

Tom Brosseau
In the Shadow of The Hill: Songs from the Carter Family catalogue, Vol. 1

Black Cilice
Transfixion Of Spirits

J Rick
No Retreat, No Surrender

Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Antichrist OST

Serafina Steer
The Mind is a Trap

Cult of Luna
A Dawn To Fear

Fire-Toolz
Field Whispers (Into The Crystal Palace)

Todd Anderson-Kunert
Conjectures

Thaiboy Digital
Legendary Member

Julie’s Haircut
In The Silence Electric

Laura Cannell & Polly Wright
Sing As The Crow Flies

Opeth
In Cauda Venenum