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Dionysus Vs. Apollo: Berlin Atonal 2016
At this year's edition of Berlin Atonal, Maria Perevedentseva finds a festival packed with art installations and music ranging from the DJ-friendly to all-out carnage, which – having found its footing so spectacularly in recent years - seems not quite so sure what exactly its next step should be. (Photographs by Camille Blake)
A Quietus Interview
Out Of Time: Leyland James Kirby And The Death Of A Caretaker
John Doran goes to Krakow to throw darts with Leyland James Kirby and hear about Everywhere At The End Of Time, the grand farewell he has planned for his Caretaker project… A farewell which will take six albums and three years to conclude fully
Album of the Week
Suzie McCracken on Jenny Hval’s Blood Bitch
In attempting to unpick the much-advertised gothic vampire horror of Jenny Hval's sixth album (and fourth under her own name), Suzie McCracken finds a much denser web of influence, connecting layers of ancient themes — from witchcraft to menstruation — with the pranksterism of conceptual art
Black Sky Thinking
From The Ramblers To Punk: Why We Need A New Age Of Trespass
Last week a group of London punks staged a gig on the Thames foreshore in a defiant statement of public rights over our land. Gary Budden argues that they're in a fine tradition stretching back through the ramblers of the Kinder Scout trespass and the 17th century Diggers - and that is a tradition we need to uphold.
Strange World Of...
There Is No Ending: The Strange World of… Arab Strap
Two decades since the release of their debut single, 'The First Big Weekend' – and 10 years since they called it a day – Arab Strap are back with a handful of reunion shows, and a new compilation. They give Nicola Meighan a guided tour of their favourite singles, furthest-flung rarities and bizarrest 'self-destructive ideas'
