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The Voice Of Minimalism: An Interview With To Rococo Rot

Robert Lippok of German post-rock stalwarts To Rococo Rot talks to John Freeman about unlocking the band's voice on their eighth album, Instrument
Books

A Scene In Between – A Visual History Of Indie Fashion

Adrian Lobb gets to grips with Sam Knee's pictorial history of Indie via the Jesus and Mary Chain, postcards from Morrissey and the ubiquitous influence of the Scottish weather
Anniversary

The Jesus And Mary Chain Barbed Wire Kisses 30 Years On

It's 30 years since East Kilbride reprobates, Jim and William Reid released their excellent early doors compilation Barbed Wire Kisses, so who better to revisit it (with Jim, Douglas Hart and John Moore in tow) than their biographer Zoë Howe
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Slowly But Surely: An Interview With The Pastels

In a rare interview, Stephen Pastel talks to John Freeman about why the seminal Glasgow band’s forthcoming album, Slow Summits, was a “struggle” and made with “love”
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A Taste Of Divine: Remembering The Legendary Glasgow Club

David Peschek remembers recently-deceased Glasgow club Divine as he speaks to the likes of founder Andrew Divine, JD Twitch from Optimo, Stephen Pastel and Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian, who recalls the time he wore a dress... Oh, and there's a mix too.
Anniversary

C86 And All That: The 25th Anniversary

Jim Keoghan explains why the C86 cassette compilation has a far more important legacy in independent music than just giving rise to jangly indie-pop

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 2

Baker's Dozen

Beautiful Losers: Jim Reid of The Jesus And Mary Chain’s Baker’s Dozen

Eschewing what he sees as the wilful obscurity of previous Baker's Dozens, Jim Reid takes Daniel Dylan Wray through the 13 records that "chiselled out The Jesus And Mary Chain"
Baker's Dozen

Songs Of Praise: David Keenan’s Baker’s Dozen

Jennifer Lucy Allan hears about high-fiving Edgar Froese, frightening the neighbours, disavowing the devil and how Scottish author David Keenan is all about saying yes. Portrait by Heather Leigh.

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