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A Quietus Interview
Sautéed For Es And Whizz: Getting Fried With White Hills
Julian Marszalek speaks to stoner glam rock guitar wrangler Dave W and bass frequency provider Ego Sensation about shredding, pounding and frying your brains. Plus! The first watch of their new video for 'You Dream You See'
Black Sky Thinking
Cracked Actor: In Defence Of Oliver Reed
Ken Russell's 1971 landmark The Devils is finally out on DVD today. To celebrate, Anthony Nield reassesses the popular perception of its star Oliver Reed, arguing that we should remember the actor rather than the alcoholic. Behind the scenes production shot courtesy of Warner Bros.
Film
No Rush: AV Festival’s Slow Cinema Weekend Explored
Spread across venues in Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough and Sunderland, the theme of this month's AV Festival is 'As Slow As Possible'. Kate Taylor was sitting comfortably for last weekend's film programme. Still from Lav Diaz's Century Of Birthing
Black Sky Thinking
Com Lag: Slow Media, & The Occupation Of Online Time
As concern grows over what the corporate internet's flattening of time might be doing to our minds, a host of modern artists are using its own devices to resist the onslaught, slowing music and art and allowing time for its meaning to sink in. Ryan Diduck examines the significance of these 'com-lagged' works of art
A Quietus Interview
Where There’s Light, There’s Shadow: Lawrence English Interviewed
Using field recordings as inspiration and sound source, Lawrence English assembles music of rare beauty and tectonic power. His latest album, last year's frosty The Peregrine, was inspired an encounter with an obscure English writer. Greg Neate met up with him at home in Brisbane to talk about sound, nature and his career so far
A Quietus Interview
The Joy Of Synth: Nothing But Noise Interviewed
Front 242 founder member Daniel B has reunited with co-founder Dirk Bergen after almost 30 years, for a new project entitled Nothing But Noise. Nix Lowrey caught up with Daniel to discuss working together again, the lure of electronic music and the wonder of synthesisers
Rock's Backpages
From Rock’s Backpages: Neil Tennant & Brett Anderson On Noel Coward
Today from the Rock's Backpages archive, an archive piece from 1997 where Suede's Brett Anderson and Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant (with interjections from Vic Reeves) sat down to discuss the legacy of Noel Coward and changing attitudes to sexuality
Anniversary
No Regrets – 25 Years Of The Butthole Surfers’ Locust Abortion Technician
For 25 years David Stubbs has been having bad dreams and attempting to put endings on them like he comes out a winner but thanks to the Butthole Surfers' finest album, Locust Abortion Technician, he's been getting nowhere
