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Music of the Month
Albums Of The Month: Music We’ve Loved This February
This not-quite-spring is getting our hopes up, and these records are getting our spirits up. From The Skull Defekts to Insecure Men to Laurie Anderson, here are the albums we’ve loved this month - some we reviewed already, some we missed - plus tracks of the month. And: a request for your help
A Quietus Interview
Before And After Bandits: Marc Hollander Of Aksak Maboul & Crammed Discs
Marc Hollander of Aksak Maboul and Crammed Discs talks to Sean Kitching about the consistent thread running through the different chapters of his band, the progress of their forthcoming fourth album, Rock In Opposition and cultural cross-pollination
Strange World Of...
Dismantled King Back On His Throne: The Strange World Of… Lawrence
Ben Graham meets the Felt, Denim and Go-Kart Mozart singer to talk pop dreams, the pursuit of fame, accidentally inventing indie and laying down the blueprint for Britpop, via ten key points in a varied and unique body of work. Homepage photo by PP Hartnett
A Quietus Interview
Melancholy Optimism: Manic Street Preachers Interviewed
The Manic Street Preachers thought they might never make another album again, then along came Resistance Is Futile. Patrick Clarke meets Nicky Wire to discuss a record that's either the start of a great new era or the end of it all
Books
“Settle For Nothing Less”: On Ann Quin By The Authors She Has Influenced
Contemporary authors Stewart Home, Isabel Waidner, Lee Rourke, Juliette Jacques, Stuart Evers, China Miéville, and Lara Pawson reflect on the work of English experimental novelist Ann Quin, whose collection The Unmapped Country has recently been published by And Other Stories
Strange World Of...
To The Future Or To The Past: The Strange World Of… The Rebel
Oliver Cookson sits down with Country Teasers frontman Ben Wallers to discuss ten points of entry into his extensive discography. They also talk "shit production", Kool Keith, Pink Floyd, fear of nuclear annihilation and his infamous 'Spakenkreuz' symbol
