Githead

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Sampling The Airwaves & Soundtracking A Morgue: Strange World Of Scanner

Ahead of his collaboration with Gazelle Twin at the Drill:London festival we're curating with Wire, Robin 'Scanner' Rimbaud talks Luke Turner through his musical career, from cassettes with Coil to scanning police airwaves for phone conversations, a Derek Jarman tribute record, dance scores and soundtracking a morgue

A Quietus Interview

Begin Again, Every Time: Malka Spigel Interviewed

Malka Spigel's new pop-tinged album was made with a host of collaborators, including husband Colin Newman. They tell Luke Turner about the unique, nomadic creative process that made it happen

Film

Branchage Festival 2010: Scanner On His Magic Lantern Soundtrack

We kick off our coverage of this year's Branchage Festival with a chat with Robin Rimbaud, AKA Scanner, who'll be soundtracking a magic lantern show

A Quietus Interview

Githead Interview: Colin Newman & Malka Spigel On Making A Perfect Landing

Don't-call-them-a-supergroup-group Githead's new album is a Quietus favourite of 2009. Luke Turner sat down with Colin Newman and Malka Spigel for an animated discussion on its whys and wherefores

In Conversation

Wire’s Colin Newman And Tortoise Talk BBC Late Junction Collaboration

This week Wire's Colin Newman and Chicago bods Tortoise collaborate in a session for BBC Radio 3's Late Junction. Session photographs by Lucy Johnston.

News 3

LISTEN: Stream Githead’s New Album

Play Waiting For A Sign, out next week, in full below

Githead Return With Fourth Album

Post-punk experimentalists return after five-year recess from recording and stream Bringing The Sea To The City

LISTEN: Malka Spigel LP Stream

Plus! How-we-met details on collaborators including Johnny Marr and Nik Factory Floor

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Low Culture Essay

Do Ya Wanna Funk? Paul Flynn On Hi-NRG

In our monthly subscriber-only essay, writer Paul Flynn describes being handed a flyer for an unusual literary event which acts as a madeleine, casting him back to the 1980s, and a sexual and sonic awakening. Detail from the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt photographed by the author

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Low Culture Essay

The Low Culture Essay: Wendy Erskine On Rod Stewart’s Hot Legs Video

In this month's Low Culture essay, Wendy Erskine discusses Rod Stewart's video for his 'Hot Legs' single while considering the cultural history of the leg under the male gaze

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