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Lamin Fofana
Ballad Air & Fire / Shafts of Sunlight / The Open Boat

Sierra Leonean artist and producer Lamin Fofana re-imagines geographies of the African diaspora through elegantly abstract sound design

A Quietus Interview

Beyond The Bubble: An Interview With Aasthma

Elizabeth Aubrey speaks to longstanding techno masterminds Pär Grindvik and Peder Mannerfelt about their ambitious pop project Aasthma, plus the first listen of their new single 'Soulhack' and a chance to win debut album Arrival on vinyl!

Reviews

Kode 9
Escapology

The Hyperdub head honcho's first album in seven years is the soundtrack to an imaginary computer game about a space-faring imperial Scotland

Album of the Week

A Terrible Beauty: Diamanda Galás’ Broken Gargoyles

Setting the words of German poet Georg Heym, the American *soprano sfogato* returns with a masterpiece of ardent abjection

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Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC For August

Your guide to the world's finest new punk and hardcore releases returns for August, with reviews of Chat Pile, Gehenna, Trauma Bond and more

Reviews

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Let’s Turn It Into Sound

Delirious, kaleidoscopic hyperpop from the Buchla-wielding American composer

Black Sky Thinking

Portalunacy: Remembering The Leeds Festival Riot of 2002

The Carling Weekend was a rite of passage for many youngsters, but JR Moores got more than he bargained for when he attended Leeds Festival in 2002. He recalls police helicopters, burning portaloos and petulant headliners; and asks "What was that all about?"

Live Reviews

What’s Kraftwerk? Green Man Festival 2022 Reviewed

At its 20th anniversary edition, Green Man's all-inclusive spirit of embracing the unconventional remains stronger than ever, finds Julian Marszalek

A Quietus Interview

Primal Instinct: An Interview With Kurokuma

Ahead of their appearance at this weekend's Raw Power Festival, Joe Allen of Sheffield sludge metallers Kurokuma discuss their desire for total intensity, and their new album inspired by Aztec and Olmec spiritual practices

Reviews

Max Tundra
Remixtape

Artists including AG Cook, Julia Holter, and Kero Kero Bonito remix and rework cuts from the Max Tundra catalogue

Film

Ways Of Seeing: Koyaanisqatsi At 40

Although groundbreaking at the time already, Koyaanisqatsi has only earned greater value 40 years later in our modern climate crisis, finds Josef Steen

Film

Pure Motion: Girls Can’t Surf And Other Wave Stories

New documentary Girls Don't Surf offers an upbeat take on young women overturning the pay gap, but there's more to learn about the pain, beauty and solitude of surfing on screen, finds Soma Ghosh

Reviews

Yanna Momina
Afar Ways

Direct from a stilt-hut in Djibout, Glitterbeat's Hidden Music series continues with an album of sparsely accompanied Afar laments

Black Sky Thinking

Corrugated Iron: Bill Drummond On David Keenan, John Higgs And The 1960s

Bill Drummond writes on two new books, David Keenan's Industry Of Magic & Light and John Higgs' Love And Let Die, as well as his love of corrugated iron and the end of the 1960s

Books

The Madwoman Of God: Cosey Fanni Tutti’s Playlist For Margery Kempe

With her new book, *Re-Sisters*, out this week, Cosey Fanni Tutti picks out the songs she would sync to an imaginary film about the fourteenth-century mystic and memoirist

Art

Sound Of The Crowd: The Procession By Hew Locke

A large-scale commission for Tate Britain's Duveen Galleries presents a teeming humanity bursting out of the lacunae of history

Music Downloads

Could’ve Been A Disaster: A Conversation With Hey Colossus

Chris Summerlin and Joe Thompson of Hey Colossus talk to Bernie Brooks about their marathon cover version of a Patrick Cowley and Jorge Socarras original

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Reviews

Kamikaze Palm Tree
Mint Chip

Zig-zag rhythms, theatrical post-punk and surreal ballads abound on the second studio album by off-kilter Californians

Low Culture Essay

Paws For Thought: Tara Joshi On Disney’s A Goofy Movie

In this month's Low Culture essay, Tara Joshi goes back to 1995 and Disney outlier A Goofy Movie, a surprisingly deep examination of the trials of adolescence and fitting in

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Album of the Week

Do You Want New Rave? The Soft Pink Truth Hits The Dancefloor

Taken together, the new album and sister EP from Drew Daniel are a joyful hobbyist exploration of dancefloor memories, says Skye Butchard

Reviews

Abandoned
Various Artists

A compilation of Iranian avant-garde composers explore feelings of nostalgia for the demolished, featuring Sote, Aso Kohzadi, Issa Ghaffari, Ehsan Sedigh and others

Baker's Dozen

An Exchange Of Feelings: Felicia Atkinson’s Baker’s Dozen

Soon to play at Portugal’s Semibreve Festival with Violeta Azevado, Felicia Atkinson guides Alex Rigotti through thirteen eclectic albums that have informed her musical practise the most

Reviews

Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
Reset

One of the Animal Collective plus half of Spaceman 3 mutiplied by a sack of mid-century pop samples equals a ray of sunshine for Ed Power

Rum Music

Rum Music For August Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Jennifer Lucy Allan looks at acoustic instruments exploring machine-like qualities, from hurdy gurdy to gamelan, plus porcelain percussion, a cello, and a question over a drum machine, in this month's Rum Music

Reviews

Kyle Kidd
Soothsayer

Kyle Kidd of Mourning [A] BLKstar plays liberation anthems to a disco beat, offering a beacon in the darkness for Antonio Poscic

A Quietus Interview

Good Mistakes Are Gold: An Interview With Staraya Derevnya

Using everything from toys to a homemade cello, Staraya Derevnya have been making trippy audiovisual dream worlds since the ‘90s. Daryl Worthington speaks to them to find out how

Reviews

Oneida
Success

After several years' hiatus, Oneida are back, taking indie rock and twisting it into oblivion

Books

Catastrophe Fiction: Adam Levin’s Mount Chicago

The new novel by American author Adam Levin, about the fall out from a natural disaster, blends philosophical speculation with literary fillip to thrilling effect, finds Sean Kitching

Art

A Spectre Is Haunting Mayfair: Haunted Realism At The Gagosian

Drawing on the work of cultural theorist Mark Fisher, the Gagosian Gallery’s present group show features work by Jenny Saville, Ed Ruscha and Richard Prince, among others

Reviews

Erasure
Day-Glo (Based On A True Story)

An extensive re-working of 2020’s *The Neon* becomes an entirely new album, showcasing the 35-year-old synth pop group at their strangest and most experimental

Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Mastered By Guy At The Exchange By Max Tundra

Ben Jacobs, aka Max Tundra, was the only real antecedent to PC Music, says Fergal Kinney, as he reviews the timely reissue of a 'true' cult album

Reviews

Nayeon
Im Nayeon

Twice’s big sister takes her first step as a soloist with a track list bursting with full-blown bubblegum pop

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Lamin Fofana Ballad Air & Fire / Shafts of Sunlight / The Open Boat

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Lamin Fofana
Ballad Air & Fire / Shafts of Sunlight / The Open Boat

Kode 9
Escapology

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Let’s Turn It Into Sound

Max Tundra
Remixtape

Yanna Momina
Afar Ways

Kamikaze Palm Tree
Mint Chip

Abandoned
Various Artists

Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
Reset

Kyle Kidd
Soothsayer

Oneida
Success

Erasure
Day-Glo (Based On A True Story)

Nayeon
Im Nayeon

Abul Mogard
Quiet Pieces

Sufjan Stevens
Carrie & Lowell (10th Anniversary Edition)