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In an extract from his recently-released book, U.ESS.AY: Politics and Humanity in American Film, Stephen Lee Naish considers the relationship between our enduring love for apocalyptic cinema and humanity's innate, unstoppable drive toward destruction
With Wild Beasts' excellent fourth album Present Tense released this week, they sit down with Luke Turner to discuss blurring the line between myth and reality, and how their music has evolved through growing older and (not necessarily) wiser
As they release their third single, and on the eve of their appearance at by:Larm in Oslo, Wyndham Wallace confronts Norway's most rowdily entertaining, fiercely rocking outfit, Deathcrush, to hear about Rod Stewart's former drum kit and why they're happy living in the future
As the BFI launches a major season Derek Jarman's live and work, longtime musical collaborator Simon Fisher Turner talks The Quietus through 'Blue's genesis, creation and release, and his subsequent part in keeping Jarman's memory alive.
Islam Chipsy is an explosive talent in Egypt at the moment; in a wider sense part of the new wave of chaabi artists electrifying the country's music scene, but also completely unlike any other musician working today. John Doran talks to him about his fearsome work ethic and his unique style