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Simon Reynolds

Reviews 2

Alien Materials: Lamin Fofana’s Blues

Nostalgia Buffed: The Horrors Live

Articles 10

Black Sky Thinking

GIFwave, Groundhog Day & Culture After The Apocalypse

The recent announcement that the OED had made "GIF" its word of the year prompts Ryan Diduck to consider the similarities of that tiny looping file format to culture in 2012, and why, like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, being doomed to repeat ourselves might not be entirely a bad thing
Black Sky Thinking

The New Bleak: Trauma, Haunting And The Cultural Obsession With Darkness

Minimal techno, black metal, witch house, goth... Why is so much of the music we listen to so bleak, asks Ryan Diduck
Black Sky Thinking

Futuremania: Retro Goes Cold Turkey In 2011

In today's Wreath Lecture Charlie Frame argues that retro is soon to be a thing of the past
Television

BBC’s “Primetime Hauntology” The Shadow Line Reviewed

As the labyrinthine conspiracy thriller The Shadow Line comes to DVD, Joe Kennedy salutes a series that turns TV drama on its head and "reclaims the medium for oddness."
Books

Is Pop Culture Consuming Itself? Simon Reynolds Discusses Retromania

The great Simon Reynolds talks to Colin McKean about his new tome Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction To Its Own Past, and explains why conditions for musicians and consumers today are unprecedented - even if the art itself isn't
Anniversary

The Final Warning: Three Decades After This Heat’s Deceit

Thirty years after the release of This Heat's Deceit, John Calvert re-examines a record that embraced the Cold War terror of ultimate destruction - and made something far more complex, humane and moral than mere hatred
A Quietus Interview

The Musical Osteopath: An Interview With Woebot

In a wide-ranging chat, Daniel Baker talks to Matthew Ingram - aka Woebot - about his new album Chunks
Rock's Backpages

A Classic Aphex Twin Interview. Simon Reynolds Talks To Richard D. James

"Schizophrenia is fuckin' excellent", said electronica's most gifted son in 1993. Come on you slags, let's have some Rock's Backpages Acid!

Black Sky Thinking

Beyond Rip It Up: Towards A New Definition Of Post Punk?

Alex Ogg visits Leeds University to assess the academic response to the developing debate around post-punk and finds a little too much consensus
Books

Simon Reynolds In Conversation: Talking Totally Wired

The Quietus speaks to Simon Reynolds about his new book _Totally Wired_, a companion piece to post punk bible _Rip It Up And Start Again_

News 5

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