Torn Sail

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PREMIERE: Torn Sail Share New Track, ‘A Beautiful Life’

The new single from the Mark Lanegan favourites is out now

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Sectioned Cinema: Wojciech Has and The Hour-Glass Sanatorium

Fans of the stranger side of cinema will love _The Hour-Glass Sanatorium_, Wojciech Has' surreal procession of mindblowing imagery and ideas. Lee Arizuno looks back on this under-watched classic of far-out film as a season of Has' work comes to a cinema near you.

Film

Fisherman’s Friend: Mark Jenkin’s Bait

Bait, the new film by Mark Jenkin, is a story about ownership and boundaries shot in a coarse, fractured monochrome, finds Darren Hayman

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Preview: La Route Du Rock Festival

Running from the 11th to the 14th of August in the (sort of) historic Breton city of Saint-Malo, this year's La Route Du Rock festival promises another four days of looking ahead and looking over your shoulder in a setting that remains hard to top

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London Film Festival Preview: Everyday

Adrian Lobb watches Michael Winterbottom's long-gestating family drama, which screens in the Official Competition at the 56th London Film Festival, before its November television broadcast by producers Channel 4

Film

Sisters With Transistors: Discovering Electronic Music’s Female Innovators

A new documentary is exploring the rich history of female composers at the forefront of electronic music – Madeleine Seidel speaks to director Lisa Rovner to find out more

News

WATCH: M.I.A – ‘Bad Girls’

The guerilla chic thing is starting to wear a little thin on the latest video from the artist occasionally known as /\/\ /\ Y /\

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ANOHNI To Release 7″ Vinyl Of Covers

She's updated tracks by Bob Dylan and Nina Simone for the new record

Baker's Dozen

Creation Of Worlds: Bok Bok Discusses 13 Favourite Albums

Ahead of his new EP Your Charizmatic Self, the Night Slugs co-founder meets Rory Gibb to discuss thirteen favourite albums, from pioneering R&B production to grime's sonic brutalism and the blossoming influence of labelmate Jam City

Art

Interior, With Laptop: On Art At Home When There’s Nowhere Else To Go

What happens to art works when our homes become galleries?

Television

Nurse Jackie: Pills, Thrills And Belly Laughs

Edie Falco's troubled hospital heroine faces further complications in her second season. Terry Staunton welcomes the repeat prescription.

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Hannah Peel & Will Burns Announce LP

Musician and poet collaborate on first joint record

Television

An Alternative Visual Poem: In Praise Of Southcliffe

Brilliant new Channel 4 series Southcliffe is a rare television programme that succeeds in capturing contemporary malaise. Austin Collings writes in praise of a challenging drama

Television

Ryan Murphy’s Feud & BBC’s The Replacement Reviewed By John Tatlock

Two shows about two women not getting along with each other, one of which is cleverer than it looks. ***Contains mild spoilers***

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WATCH: Nochexxx & Plastic Horse

Watch Plastic Horse's freaky extended film to accompany Thrusters, the debut album from Cambridge's Nochexxx

Books

24 Hour Clinic: The Art Of The Poetry Anthology

Kit Caless gets to grips with Clinic III, the latest anthology from the South London poetry platform, and speaks to its editors about their selection process and the state of contemporary poetry

Film

Capital Gains! London: The Modern Babylon Explored

Jenny Horwell weighs the pros and cons of Julien Temple's cine-portrait of London, which is released on DVD by the British Film Institute next week

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