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Mega Bog

Dolphine

Dolphine by Mega Bog manages to be mystical but tough, finds Diva Harris

Faith, Discouragement & Imagination: Rum Music With Jennifer Lucy Allan

New Rum Music Editor Jennifer Lucy Allan hosts a roadside picnic of long notes and short (wave) records excavated from the future and the past, from Bamako to Stockholm; Yugoslavia to Japan

F***! Mr Agreeable Reviews Ed Sheeran’s Collaborations No 6 Project

After a pre-Brexit shortage of sherry gets his goat, Mr Agreeable is none too pleased to be forced to sit and listen to Ed Sheeran's record of collaborations with his famous mates

Blown Out ’77: In The Studio With Suicide

Suicide's debut has been remastered and reissued as part of Mute/BMG's Art Of The Album series. In this extract from the sleevenotes, John Doran talks to Marty Rev and producer Craig Leon about the album's disorientating production

Purple Mountains

Purple Mountains

Silver Jews' David Berman is back with his first new music for over a decade. Purple Mountains' eponymous debut is a fine and moving addition to his oeuvre, finds Noel Gardner

Give Up Your Enquiries: Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut Turns 20

Stanley Kubrick’s last film, is shrouded in dark and disturbing secrets. A more than fitting open end to his four-decade spanning mythology, says Aimee Armstrong. ****CONTAINS SPOILERS****

Double Take: A Beginner’s Guide To The Chicago Imagists

Unfamiliar with the work of Ed Flood, Suellen Rocca, and Steve Albini's old art teacher, Ed Paschke? Fear not! John Quin visits a survey of Chicago Imagists at the De La Warr Pavilion

Poisoned Pen: New Book By Lydia Lunch

In So Real It Hurts, the new book from Lydia Lunch, the no wave icon exorcises some demons

Deadpan: Jim Jarmusch’s Political Take On The Zombie Film

Jim Jarmusch’s late entry into the zombie genre may first appear to be a restrained retreading of anti-consumerist tropes and fears of humanity’s auto-obliteration. But, Sean Kitching asks, if such warnings are obsolete, then why do we still fail to heed them?

Pere Ubu

The Long Goodbye

In the dense, ‘techno-rock’ soundscapes of Pere Ubu’s new album, Sean Kitching finds the long-running cult band have found yet another angle from which to depict their ever evolving, yet always eternal ‘avant-garage’ ethos

That’s Where I’m From: Idris Elba On Making The Yardie Mixtape

As Idris Elba releases a mixtape of music inspired by Yardie, he tells Joe Muggs about his life in music, style, and inspiration of UK hip hop

Ondness

Not Really Now Not Any More

The new album by Lisbon electronic artist Ondness takes inspiration from the same graffiti that triggered Alan Garner's Red Shift, finds Antonio Poscic

The Horror Of Folk: Bobby Krlic’s Midsommar Score

The music for Ari Aster's Midsommar, by the Haxan Cloak aka Bobby Krlic, reflects our changing perspectives of the horrors of humanity, finds Lara C Cory

Black Punk, Feminism And LGBQT+ Values: Big Joanie Interviewed

From touring with Bikini Kill to conversing with the Raincoats, Big Joanie explore in depth their personal experiences between the nexus of black feminism and punk, says Laviea Thomas

Various

Seven at 77 2019

The latest Seven at 77 collection offers up another set of musicians creating music without borders to help a meaningful cause, find Nick Roseblade

Listening To The Messages: Oumou Sangaré’s Favourite Albums

Malian musician Oumou Sangaré speaks to David McKenna about her favourite music, being discovered by Ali Farka Touré, and collaborating with Alicia Keys and Tony Allen

Trash Kit

Horizon

Trash Kit’s third LP, Horizon, embodies the bright, drawn-out days into which it has emerged, says Bernie Brooks

Freddie Gibbs and Madlib

Bandana

Bandana, the second instalment in a planned trilogy of albums from Madlib and Freddie Gibbs, captures the alchemy of a successful hip hop collaboration, finds Jamie Chambers

Anois, Os Ard: Irish Underground Music Reviewed By Eoin Murray

In the second edition of our column on the sounds of Irish undergrowth, Eoin Murray finds shadowy techno, socially charged afrobeat, warped affirmations and reflective guitar instrumentals...

A Long Term Effect: Tim Pope On Four Decades Of Work With The Cure

Our man in San Francisco Ned Raggett chats with Pope about his forthcoming Cure concert film Anniversary as well as more unusual anecdotes about his many music videos for them than you can shake a stick at. Or is that a sock?

A Guide To Listening Better: Spectres Of The GRM

A new collection from Shelter Press offers diverse perspectives on musique concrète, from Chris Watson to Drew Daniel to Brunhild Ferrari and Félicia Atkinson

No Worries? New Art From Australia

John Quin checks out a large survey of contemporary work on show in Sydney

Konx-Om-Pax

Ways Of Seeing

Ways of Seeing, the new album by Konx-Om-Pax offers mellow cuts, bubbling synths, and – most of all – vision, finds Kareem Ghezawi

Pelican

Nighttime Stories

Pelican's Big Riff Energy remains in tact, now with an added goth twist, finds Tom Coles

The Haxan Cloak Talks His ‘Midsommar’ Score

Bobby Krlic, The Haxan Cloak, talks to Patrick Clarke about his extraordinary score to Ari Aster's new horror 'Midsommar'

Deep Time: The Shifting Force Fields Of Ellen Arkbro’s CHORDS

While walking along the riverbank, listening to CHORDS by Ellen Arkbro, Aaron Skates finds his sense of time and place subtly transformed

Why It’s Time To Ditch Your Morrissey-Loving Friend

13 Friends Of Mine: Adam Green’s Favourite Records

Adam Green guides Paul Stokes through 13 favourite albums, revealing an attachments to The Libertines' vision of England and lamenting the loss of a drum machine in his divorce

READ: An Extract From Vivien Goldman’s Revenge Of The She Punks

Ahead of her appearance at the next Quietus Social, we have an extract from punk professor, Vivien Goldman's Revenge Of The She Punks: A Feminist Music History From Poly Styrene To Pussy Riot

75 Dollar Bill

I Was Real

I Was Real by 75 Dollar Bill may be hard to define but it remains a thoughtful and accessible exercise in focussed, intense musicianship, finds Johny Lamb

Rutger Hauser

The Swim

Second album by South-East London experimentalists Rutger Hauser feels playful and inquisitive, finds Luke Cartledge

Unquiet Spirits: Ifriqiyya Electrique Interviewed

With Laylet el Booree - one of tQ's albums of the year so far - Ifriqiyya Electrique have fused industrial post punk and techno with the traditional Banga music of the Tunisian desert to brilliant effect. But as instigator Francois Cambuzat tells Ben Graham, they still fear it could all be a dreadful mistake