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A Quietus Interview
Reconfigured Memory: An Interview With Mo’min Swaitat of the Palestinian Sound Archive
Following his involvement in Tai Shani's The Spell or The Dream at Somerset House, Mo'min Swaitat of the Palestinian Sound Archive tells Rob Corsini about how the project is preserving Palestine’s musical and cultural history
Reissue of the Week
Posthumous LP of the Week: Cardiacs’ LSD
Begun in 2007 and finished towards the end of last year by a dedicated group of late frontman Tim Smith's closest comrades, Cardiacs' LSD is a triumph of creativity and friendship over adversity, and a testament to the enduring uniqueness of Smith’s artistic vision, says Sean Kitching
A Quietus Interview
Cut the Crop: Agriculture Interviewed
While black metal history is often the story of errant youth reaping chaos, Agriculture plough their own furrow. Dan Franklin meets a band who sow explosive seeds via songwriting and then reap joyous brinkmanship onstage. Main portrait by Olivia Crumm
Black Sky Thinking
25 Years of Infernal Weight: The Destructive Legacy of Electric Wizard’s Dopethrone
Dopethrone, says Dan 'The Doom' Franklin, is the greatest album ever recorded; so great in fact that it splintered the band that created it. But one person was standing in the wings, with resurrection on her mind. Jus Oborn and Liz Buckingham discuss the 25-year legacy of Electric Wizard's most notorious album
Album of the Week
A Different Man: Bronto by The Hidden Cameras
At first blush the floor-friendly latest album from the Canadian purveyors of ‘gay church folk’ sounds a far cry from their early records, but for Claire Sawers there’s a clear throughline in the bittersweet sentiment, the soaring melodies and the sheer euphoria of the record’s yearning for transcendence
A Quietus Interview
The Life Push: An Interview with Ursula Sereghy
Ahead of an AV performance at Lunchmeat Festival this month, Prague’s Ursula Sereghy tells Daryl Worthington about how post-humanism rewired her brain, the themes of safety (and lack of it) explored on her new album Cordial, and why playful music can still be deadly serious
