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Acid Shampoo & Flower Punk: The Hypnotic Eye Interviewed
Despite having not yet released their debut album, London five-piece The Hypnotic Eye are cutting a swathe through the capital with bullets of psychedelic garage rock. Julian Marszalek met the band to find out about the origins of their name and why they're already recording their second album
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“It Punches You In The Face From Start To Finish”: Blacklisters Interviewed
With their debut LP Blklstrs, Leeds based noise rock quartet Blacklisters whirl aggression, energy and dark humour into a wild, pugilistic beast of an album. Charlotte Richardson Andrews caught up with them to discuss why their music's actually an expression of positivity
Rum Music
On The Chopping Block: Transmissions From The Outer Reaches
Feel that rumbling underfoot? That's the sound of Rum Music emanating from the Quietus office, as Luke Turner and Rory Gibb take a tour through some of this month's outer reaches, via Emptyset, Man Forever, Thomas Koner, Human Greed, Richard Skelton & more
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Thought Into Sound: Motion Sickness Of Time Travel Interviewed
On her new self-titled LP, Rachel Evans stretches her solo synth project out into longform, crafting side-long suites that toy with normal perceptions of time and space. Joseph Burnett caught up with her to discuss bedroom jamming, documenting thought via sound, and Alan Moore
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“This Record Sold My Heart”: Bobby Womack Interviewed
"[This record] speaks for itself," says soul legend Bobby Womack of his new album. "If it didn’t sell no records at all, it sold my heart." In a frank conversation, he shares truths, histories and lessons learned with Stevie Chick
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The Hunger & The Fight: Jesca Hoop Interviewed
Jesca Hoop's new album The House That Jack Built was informed by the recent death of her father, but still finds room to be playful with both sound and lyrical concerns. She tells John Freeman about how it came together, touring with Peter Gabriel and the compulsion to keep creating
Black Sky Thinking
Martin Amis, Geezer-Prat, & His Unfortunate Clichés Of Britishness
With the release of cynical new novel Lionel Asbo: State Of England, argues Alex Niven, Martin Amis continues the patronising run of form that helped install the pernicious and cliché-ridden notion of 'Cool Britannia' and ultimately Boris and Dave's Big Society
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Unlocking The Dancefloor: An Interview With Heatsick
The ramshackle and fiendishly addictive dance music that Berlin resident Heatsick coaxes from a simple set-up opens a direct conduit between his own impulses and the movements of the dancefloor. Angus Finlayson caught up with him to discuss limitation, imitation and "unlocking" the audience
Live Reviews
Go East! Gay London Celebrates With Miss Grace At Lovebox
It's a fruity Sunday at Lovebox, as the gentlemen's gentlemen take over the disco with help from Grace Jones, Chic, umpteen hot drag queens and "the world's first travelling homo disco". Andy Thomas gets down. Photographs thanks to Katja Ogrin
