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Lightning Bolt

Reviews 3

Beyond Good & Evil: Breaching Lightning Bolt’s Sonic Citadel

Columnus Metallicus: Spring’s Best Metal Reviewed By Toby Cook

Lightning Bolt

Earthly Delights

Articles 5

Black Sky Thinking

Quietus Writers’ Top 40 Noise Rock Tracks

It's noise rock week on the Quietus. Here is a primer for those that don't know and a reminder for those that do with contributions from John Calvert, Kate Hennessy, John Doran, Sharon O'Connell, Daniel Dylan Wray, Matt Ridout, Noel Gardner, Kevin McCaighy, Rory Gibb, Dustin Krcatovich, Jeremy Allen, Sean Kitching, Joe Banks, JR Moores, Matt Evans, Kiran Acharya, Nick Hutchings, Julian Marszalek, Tony F Wilson and Dale Sawa Berning
A Quietus Interview

Ein Zei Bri Here: Lightning Bolt Interviewed

Brian Chippendale and Brian Gibson are back with their sixth album as Lightning Bolt (and their first for Thrill Jockey, recorded after a break of five years). Suzie McCraken is on hand to ask the questions
A Quietus Interview

Crazy Yellow Sunglasses: An Interview With Black Pus

Lightning Bolt's inimitable drummer Brian Chippendale returns this month with a solo album under the name Black Pus. He speaks with Ian Maleney about the joys of unpredictability, mood-affecting music and "barely knowing what any of the lyrics are"

A Quietus Interview

Lightning Bolt Interview: Earthly Delights & The Quest For The Mask

John Doran sat down with Lightning Bolt's Brian Chippendale to talk a life of noise and how he retrieved his stolen mask
Film

Poster Children: Died Young, Stayed Pretty Reviewed

This charming documentary about punk rock poster artists examines the designers, collagers and scribblers behind the likes of Nirvana, Hole, The White Stripes and Lightning Bolt. _Died Young Stayed Pretty_ is showing this week at the ICA.

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 2

Baker's Dozen

About The Heart: Greg Fox Of Guardian Alien’s Favourite Albums

Before he takes part in no fewer than three performances at Roskilde festival next week, the Guardian Alien drummer, Liturgy man and prolific collaborator guides Tristan Bath through his top 13 records

Baker's Dozen

A Controlling Cacophony: Dan Deacon’s Favourite Albums

With his fourth album Gliss Riffer released earlier this year and a European tour just started, the Baltimore electronics wizard tells Dom Smith what the gems in his record collection have given to his own musical creations

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