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The Sword Of Musical Righteousness: Incubate 2015 Reviewed

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The Light In You

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Snowflake Midnight

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Baker's Dozen

Mercurial Rev: Richard Coles’ Favourite Music

Vicar, musician, broadcaster and ex-Communard, The Reverend Richard Coles tells Alex Burrows how music is still important to belief and why parish choirs are the new punk. Portrait by Tim Anderson.

Baker's Dozen

Constellations In The Sky: Jonathan Donahue Of Mercury Rev’s Top LPs

From spooky narrations in the Catskill Mountains to avant-garde masterworks, the New York band's singer and guitarist tells Yousif Nur about the albums and one song that have had a lasting impact on his own music
Anniversary

A Circus Of Colour & Light: Mercury Rev’s Boces 25 Years On

Ben Cardew talks to Mercury Rev's original frontman David Baker about the band's classic second album
A Quietus Interview

From Mercury Rev To Variety Lights: David Baker Interviewed

Eighteen years since his last album, Mercury Rev founder David Baker has returned with his new band Variety Lights. Stuart Huggett hears him lay some myths to rest
Albums of the Year so far

Quietus Reissues, Mixes & Compilations Of The Year So Far

We're halfway through the year, so here's a recap of the anthologies, mix tapes and repackaged gems that have been rinsed on the Quietus stereo
A Quietus Interview

Jonathan Donahue On The Troubled Birth Of Mercury Rev’s Deserter’s Songs

Mercury Rev are currently touring their 1998 classic album Deserter's Songs. Here, Jonathan Donahue narrates the bleak and troubled birth of an album that nearly wasn't. Interview by Luke Turner
A Quietus Interview

Mercury Rev Interview: The Intriguing Birth Of Snowflake Midnight

Mercury Rev tell the Quietus that new album _Snowflake Midnight_ was influenced as much by the building of their new bar as their Catskill Mountain home.

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 1

Baker's Dozen

Call The Police! – Terry Bickers’ Favourite Albums

One of 80s indie's defining guitarists talks us through his 13 albums – and risks the ire of purists everywhere by insisting that sometimes compilations are best

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