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A Quietus Interview
Plans That They Made: Hüsker Dü Interviewed
Stevie Chick talks to Bob Mould and Greg Norton about blazing a trail in hardcore, the uneasy switch from independent to major label and their complex relationship with Grant Hart, plus paving the way for Pixies and Nirvana. Cover portrait courtesy of Greg Norton
Live Reviews
An Elated Sense of Unity: The Live Return of Cabaret Voltaire
As Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson bring Cabaret Voltaire back to life at the Sheffield's FORGE warehouse as part of the Sensoria Festival, Daniel Dylan Wray is knocked sidewise by a set of visceral power, and moving tribute to Richard H Kirk
Album of the Week
A Flying Start: Daughters by Jennifer Walton
The debut album by the Iceboy Violet and BABii collaborator drifts through the non-places of supermodernity, devastated by grief – a stirring and tender work of mourning in which traditional instruments combine with electronics with verve and ambition
Baker's Dozen
Strings to the Bow: Sudan Archives’ Baker’s Dozen
From the artists and musicologists who fuelled a fascination with traditional string instruments to the songs that make her cry - via a memorable encounter with Erykah Badu and more, Sudan Archives selects 13 pieces of music that have shaped her life
Strange World Of...
The Strange World Of… Galaxie 500 Rarities
Thirty-five years after they burned slow and bright, Galaxie 500 remain one of indie rock’s most quietly untouchable constellations. In conversation with Dean Wareham, Naomi Yang and Damon Krukowski, Brian Coney provides ten points of entry to the dimmer recesses of their back catalogue
Electronic
Hyperspecific: Electronic Music for October Reviewed by Jaša Bužinel
Jaša Bužinel reflects on the importance of outside recognition and the influence of industry-fed dogmas on the success of aspiring artists, and reviews releases covering devilish UKG, Swedish minimal tech, bubbly deep house from Japan and more
Reviews
Melvin Gibbs
Melvin Gibbs
Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2
When visual artist Arthur Jafa suggested Melvin Gibbs assemble a band to riff off Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis, it could easily have turned into an exercise in nostalgia. But Gibbs had other ideas, taking the grooves and rhythmic experiments of electric Miles into weird and wonderful new terrains
