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Strange World Of...
There Is No Neutral: The Strange World Of… Mark Stewart
Wherein the towering frontman of The Pop Group and The Maffia takes occasional breaks from busting writer Dustin Krcatovich's chops to look back on four decades of fire theft, including the recently reissued 1983 album Learning To Cope With Cowardice
In Conversation
“We Came From Outside”: Thurston Moore & Mark Stewart In Conversation
As The Pop Group prepare to release their first album in over three decades, Bobby Barry brings together the band's Mark Stewart with mutual fan (and fellow cloud-botherer) Thurston Moore to discuss punk, properness and Primark. Photographs courtesy of Chiara Meattelli
A Quietus Interview
Pay It All Back: Adrian Sherwood On 30 Years Of On-U Sound
Thirty years since he founded the On-U Sound label, Adrian Sherwood talks to Melissa Bradshaw about its history, the grim early 80s, his work in the studio, and the trouble with contemporary sound. Exclusive photos thanks to and copyright Kishi Yamamoto
A Quietus Interview
Beyond The Mirror: Mark Stewart Of The Pop Group Interviewed
Mark Stewart, dub revolutionary and motor mouth tells John Doran how The Pop Group reformation is going to clash together Om, Sleep, DJ Assault, Joker and Appleblim, smash the mirror and put them up on the big screen...
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Baker's Dozen
Magic Moments: Michael Head’s Baker’s Dozen
In a year that sees him finish his 'magical memoir', a new album with The Red Elastic Band and a career-spanning homecoming show in Liverpool, former Shack, Strands and Pale Fountains frontman Michael Head takes Patrick Clarke through the 13 records that shaped him
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Film
Crashes, Bangs and Quarries: An Interview With The The Radiophonic Workshop
Ahead of their curating of Jersey's Branchage film festival and their site-specific performance on the island on the 28th of September, Colm McAuliffe sits down with the legendary Radiophonic Workshop to discuss their long, strange history.
