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Noel’s Foul House: Your New Weird Britain Hits For January

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EastEnders: The Death Of Pat, And The Decline Of The Soap Matriarch

The elder stateswomen of serial drama are an endangered species, says Terry Staunton

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Hyperspecific: June And July’s Electronic Music

Christian Eede returns with the latest edition of Hyperspecific taking a look at new releases from SØS Gunver Ryberg (pictured), Rian Treanor, Toxe, the Infinite Machine label and more

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About Remembering: Vic Godard Interviewed

Lapidary and unclotted, witty, punchy and surprising - Vic Godard of Subway Sect talks to Helen King about The Fall, Bernie Rhodes, being a postman, and recording old songs for his new album in Edwyn Collins' studio

News

New Track From Anthoney Hart, New Essay From Paul Gilroy

The first album from East Man, the new project from Anthoney Hart aka Basic Rhythm, is out next February. Listen to the first track, ‘Look & Listen’ with grime MC Darkos Strife, below, and read the essay written to introduce the album by great British academic and author Paul Gilroy.

News

LIVE REPORT: Pet Shop Boys

As Pet Shop Boys prepare to release brilliant new album Electric, Darren Lee sees them recapture their disco mojo at the 02 Arena, London

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All Truth, No Lies: Big | Brave Interviewed

The Montrealers talk to Tristan Bath about the pursuit of "good" feedback, dealing out honest live performances and how unexplainable feelings fed into their inward journey towards their triumphant second album, Au De La

Strange World Of...

The Strange World Of… South African Drill

As South African electronic music infiltrates the international pop sphere, Lior Phillips highlights the country’s take on drill as a fascinating example of the country’s ability to remake genres in its own image

News

Liverpool’s Kazimier Club To Close

More venue shutting bullshit

Black Sky Thinking

Stop, Look, & Don’t Think: Why Adults Need Picture Books In 2017

From retro-kid parody to colouring books, Sarah Bee explains why the simple visual is vital in times of intense stress – and why the dismissive should put a dummy in it

News

The Otherness On UK Tour

Argentinians set for plethora of London gigs

News

Total Inertia Festival This Month

Festival features Richard Dawson, Guttersnipe and more at Leeds' Wharf Chambers later this month

News

WATCH: Bluedot Festival Unveils Telescope Installation

Get an insight into the art installation that will light up the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory as part of this year's Bluedot festival, which will also host The Flaming Lips, Slowdive and more

News

LISTEN: Stream Shlomo Casio’s New EP

Ace cold wave two-tracker surfaces on SoundCloud

Black Sky Thinking

Junk Shop Classical On Decca & EMI: Music Stories Told £1 LP By £1 LP

In 1958, Decca Records audaciously began to record Wagner’s epic, 15-hour Ring Cycle. As Phil Hebblethwaite explains, there was more at stake than art. Decca was a classical music underdog determined to land a knock-out punch on arch rival EMI

Film

Cannes 2018: New Voices Breathe Life Into Fresh Love Stories

At this year's Cannes Film Festival, Ella Kemp finds an old guard peddling the same old gimmicks and shock tactics while a raft of young directors offer a ray of hope in the shape of a reinvigorated faith in love

A Quietus Interview

Everybody Gets Wings: King Champion Sounds Interviewed

Ajay Saggar, leader of King Champion Sounds, tells Ben Graham how the collective went from one-off Mike Watt support act to fully fledged, brass-touting genre melders ahead of their UK tour, starting this week

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