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Baker's Dozen
Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums
From teenage awakenings at the hands of Björk and Stereolab via English folksong, a lockdown obsession with Dead Can Dance and a newfound love of Lili Boulanger, Patrick Wolf takes Luke Turner through the thirteen records that have defined his life
A Quietus Interview
Moderate Chaos: Jerskin Fendrix Interviewed
Jerskin's second album Once Upon a Time... In Shropshire is a novel album of country death songs, country life songs and country love songs. But why did it take so long and how does it fit in with his growing reputation as a composer for films? Words by Robert Davidson. All photography by Tim Gutt. CW: Contains mention of suicide
A Quietus Interview
Everything Wide Open: An Interview with The Messthetics
Ahead of their show at Cagliari's Siren Festival next month, Stevie Chick speaks to The Messthetics as he charts their story so far, from its roots in the relentless rhythm section of Fugazi to the recruitment of bravura guitarist Anthony Pirog, and new lightning-in-a-bottle collaborations with James Brandon Lewis
In Conversation
Peer Review: Peter Strickland Interviews Cosey Fanni Tutti… and Vice Versa
Ahead of the release of her new album 2t2, Cosey Fanni Tutti is interviewed by inimitable film director Peter Strickland, before the tables are turned, with both parties free from any kind of interference from us
Strange World Of...
The Strange World Of… The Young Gods
Franz Treichler guides David Stubbs through the archives of the Swiss trio who repurposed the sampler to give rock a new, industrial lease of life in the 1980s, before venturing into space influenced by ambient and techno. Portrait by Charlotte Walker
Black Sky Thinking
Some Might Not Say: What a Glut of New Oasis Books is Leaving Unwritten
Oasis are back, and a publishing supernova of new biographies examines the Manchester band... but for most of their lifespan, they were appalling. Fergal Kinney asks how do writers confront Oasis after their peak
