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A Quietus Interview
Capital Punishment: An Interview With Gum Takes Tooth
After five tumultuous years, Gum Takes Tooth have delivered one of 2019’s early standouts in the form of new album ‘Arrow’. Patrick Clarke meets the band to talk the realities of musicianship in London, automatic writing and the story behind their stunning third record. All pictures by Eric Oliveira.
Anniversary
Calm Amidst The Storm: Low’s Debut 25 Years On
From ignorant farmers to making one of 2018’s most revered records, Low and producer Kramer talk to Daniel Dylan Wray about the making of I Could Live In Hope, the album that started it all off, ahead of their appearance at this year's Rewire festival in The Hague
Black Sky Thinking
The Mark Is Upon Them! The Musical Legacy Of Witchfinder General
Last year marked the 50th anniversary of Witchfinder General. But in a world still characterised by corruption and violence, did we learn nothing from its warnings? Sean McGeady traces the film’s musical legacy and asks what keeps us coming back to it.
The Quietus International
New Weird Russia – #2 Moscow
In the second of a series on the current Russian alternative music scene, We find out why hassles with venues and house hunting help set Moscow’s scene, tune into some wall-melting electro hybrids and try and fail to understand whatever passes for alt-jazz here. (Disclaimer, no rap!)
Black Sky Thinking
Does My Black Sun Look Big In This? Skullflower’s Patterns Of Predjudice
Late last week, veteran noise act Skullflower were dropped from the line up of Raw Power festival - yet for most of their lengthy career they have been considered apolitical. Here Dylan Miller considers the jigsaw of evidence against Matthew Bower and asks, 'What changed?'
Film
Robbing Malice Of Its Venom: Suri Krishnamma Remembers Albert Finney
The great actor Albert Finney, star of Tom Jones and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning, died from a chest infection on 7 February 2019, at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. In a conversation edited from a telephone interview, the film-maker Suri Krishnamma remembers working with Finney on the film A Man of No Importance, which screens on BBC One this evening
A Quietus Interview
The Size Of The Ocean: Suzanne Ciani interviewed
Suzanne Ciani is an important and innovative figure in the history of electronic music, being one of the first owners and users of the Buchla modular synthesizer. Ahead of her appearance at Terraforma festival she talks to Ben Graham about the importance of spirituality in her practice
Album of the Week
Party Politics: International Teachers Of Pop
Grim times breed great music, but not the kind that you might think. All those po-faced lads, sweating and grimacing their way through dreary derivative ‘political’ indie rock, are false prophets. If any band has a useful response to our current predicaments, it is these daft-as-fuck pop geniuses
Anniversary
Beyond The Vast Nineties: Exploring Extreme Behaviour In Black Metal
In February 1994, Darkthrone and Emperor released albums that are regarded as some of the most influential and important black metal ever created. Both acts also became enmeshed in controversies that would likely end a career if they happened today. Ben Handelman examines these albums and how we've distinguished youthful missteps from unacceptable and dangerous behaviors in this community over the years
