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New Weird Britain
New Weird Britain In Review For July By Noel Gardner
Psychedelic noizegaze and fractal deathyowl electro! Air-thinning drone immensity! Basslines they should store in old phone boxes in case the defibrillator doesn’t work! It could only be the return of your regular New Weird Britain roundup, courtesy of Noel Gardner
Reissue of the Week
Box Set Of The Week: EP/64’s 64
The box set captures the explosive farewell event by EP/64, in which 35 artists – spanning techno, noise, punk, jazz and more – convened for a weekend of improvised sets. It tells the story of a brilliantly strange musical project and raises intriguing questions, finds Alastair Shuttleworth
Low Culture Essay
Low Culture Essay: Harry Sword On The Flashman Papers
In this month's Low Culture essay, commissioned exclusively for tQ subscribers, Harry Sword makes the case for George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman series of novels being a fine lesson in the grim reality of British history, and the literary equivalents of the music of Throbbing Gristle and Iron Maiden
A Quietus Interview
The Tao Of Kevin Rowland: Dexys Interviewed
It's been a long road, but just before the release of his sixth album under the Dexys banner, Kevin Rowland has finally found some peace of mind regarding his identity. He speaks frankly to Natalie Marlin about sexuality, gender and The Feminine Divine. All portraits by Bruno Murari
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Half Japanese
Half Japanese
Jump Into Love
Half Japanese continue a run of fine late career albums, with their 20th studio release, Jump Into Love. These tunes wear their hearts on their sleeves, but after almost 50 years of making music Jad Fair's art is more innate and instinctive than naive, finds Sean Kitching
Strange World Of...
The Strange World Of… Oxbow
As they prepare to release their eighth album, Love’s Holiday, and ahead of an appearance at Supersonic Festival, Eugene Robinson and Niko Wenner from Oxbow talk to Greg Hyde about the band's impressive discography. Feature contains discussion of suicidal ideation
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Blur
Blur
The Ballad Of Darren
In a year that has already seen the releases of a Gorillaz album, a solo record from Dave Rowntree, and the debut from Graham Coxon’s the Waeve, a new Blur album was an unlikely addition to the docket. With so many outlets for their work, what creative impulse drives their ninth album?
Organic Intelligence
Organic Intelligence XXII: Scottish Avant-Jazz and Improvised Music
In this month's antidote to the algorithm, Stewart Smith introduces us to the wildly diverse world of Scottish free jazz and improv, from a 70s Peel Session to the present day via Bill Wells (pictured above) and the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra
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