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Jessie Thompson speaks to playwright Beth Steel about moving beyond the collapse of the welfare state, representations of masculinity and moving beyond the usual themes of the Miners' Strike in her latest work, Wonderland, showing now at Hampstead Theatre. Pictures by Manuel Harlan
With The Brian Jonestown Massacre's UK and Ireland tour in support of recent LP Revelation starting in Brighton on Saturday, the band's frontman shirks the album rundown request, opens up his DJ bag and gives Julian Marszalek a top 13 songs mixtape
Matthew Kent catches up with Ravi Binning to discuss the brilliantly stripped-back rhythmic machinations of his latest Thought Broadcast album Votive Zero, improvisation as a freeing tool, and the crucial distinctions between noise and techno
Jamie Skey heads to the reunited Loose Tubes' recent gig at Ronnie Scott's, has an in-depth interview with Phronesis' Jasper Høiby and reviews new releases from Bitch 'N' Monk, Alexander Hawkins Ensemble, Neil Cowley Trio and Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra
Exploring - and taking as a yardstick - Mark Fisher's Ghosts of My Life, Paul Wolinski considers the apparent paralysis of contemporary culture and the slow cancellation of the future through the lens of the success and failures of advances in electronic music production
Last week, the Quietus relocated to Barcelona for Sónar Festival, one of the year's major electronic music summits. Angus Finlayson, Luke Turner, Rory Gibb and Ben Cardew report back on some of the life lessons they took home with them
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