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A Quietus Interview
Open Minded: Koreless Interviewed
Eight years ago, everyone wanted to know what producer Lewis Roberts' next move would be but then he 'disappeared' into obsessive work on his singular debut album Agor, which has finally surfaced. Luke Turner talks to him about the apocalyptic nature of Cafe del Mar, the alterity of the coast and FKA Twigs
A Quietus Interview
The Greatness Beyond: How Chaos Rising Are Breaking Metal’s Boundaries
Formed in 2019, the "international all-female metal collective" Chaos Rising have been slowly building up an impressive catalogue of unique collaborative works. Keith Kahn-Harris meets some of the people behind the project and argues that the model it provides has the potential to overturn some of metal’s most enduring institutions
Books
Burden Of Proofs: The Return Of Our Crime Fiction Column
In the second edition of our crime fiction column, Angus Batey reviews new books from John Barlow, James Lee Burke, Nickolas Butler, James Ellroy, Paula Hawkins, and others, while Enrico Monacelli tackles Joseph Knox's latest and the new unfinished book in podcast form from Bret Easton Ellis
A Quietus Interview
My Own Jazz: An Interview With A Guy Called Gerald
Gerald Simpson is an acid house and jungle trailblazer whose groundbreaking releases have defined the course of UK dance music history. He talks to Jaša Bužinel about bringing the avant garde tradition of Sun Ra, Lee "Scratch" Perry and George Clinton into the 21st century, plus his Trip City collaboration
The Quietus International
Complete Communion: Jazz For July Reviewed By Peter Margasak
While there are great 'pandemic albums' being released now, it’s hard not to gravitate toward records where the charged, spontaneous interplay of musicians feels palpable. Complete Communion has both polarities covered, says Peter Margasak, with some gripping stops in between
Strange World Of...
The Strange World Of… Amphetamine Reptile Records
Kevin Mccaighy takes a close look at one of the most important American independent rock labels of the 80s and 90s, finding ten points of entry into a bewilderingly large back catalogue, in the shape of gems from Unsane, Today Is The Day, Cows and Mudhoney
Books
Prole Art Threat: Cynthia Cruz On The Melancholia Of Class
With her new book The Melancholia of Class just out from Repeater Books, author Cynthia Cruz talks to Enrico Monacelli about identity politics, class consciousness, and why Mark E. Smith was one of the great working class militants of the 20th Century
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