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From the esoteric to the sonic, tQ’s bookshelf revealed
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Welcome To Dystopia: Dorian Lynskey’s 1984 Playlist
Dorian Lynskey's recent book The Ministry of Truth looks at the culture and context of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Ahead of a talk about the book this coming Tuesday at Waterstones, Covent Garden, he picks out ten of the best examples of pop songs adhering to that nebulous genre, 'George Orwave'
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A Revolution In Sound: Inside The Polish Radio Experimental Studio
In an exclusive extract from the new book, Ultra Sounds. The Sonic Art of Polish Radio Experimental Studio, David Crowley introduces the trailblazing electronic workshop’s place at the forefront of the Scientific-Technological Revolution
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Bible Burning: Sleevenotes By Joe Thompson Review, Extract & Interview
Does DIY music need a Bible? That's debatable, says John Doran, but either way Sleevenotes by Joe Thompson of Hey Colossus should be mandatory reading for anyone who aspires to the life of an underground rock musician. Plus extract and author interview
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The Return Of The Native: Maurice Manning Interviewed
John Doran interviews the Appalachian Poet Maurice Manning, the subject of the latest Matter Is A Relative Matter film for Lush, whose latest collection of poetry brings forth the voice of Abraham Lincoln. Portrait by Steve Cody. Stills from Matter Is A Relative Matter courtesy of Rob Curry
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A Hub Of Potential: Mark Sinker On The UK Music Press
With his new book out now from Strange Attractor Press, A Hidden Landscape Once A Week: The Unruly Curiosity of the UK Music Press in the 1960s-80s, former Wire editor Mark Sinker tells Colm McAuliffe about the highs and lows of the old inkies and weeklies
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I Am Reality: Butthole Surfers In Coffee Table Book Shocker
A lavish coffee table book about the Butthole Surfers may seem like a strange idea, but, finds Richard Fontenoy, Aaron Tanner's What Does Regret Mean succeeds in painting a vivid and persisting picture of what was at one point probably the most outrageous band the world had seen
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Books At Bedtime: Quietus Writers & Friends Reading For Pleasure
In a new semi-regular series, Quietus writers and friends talk about the books they read for pleasure and the rituals and habits they keep to while reading, with Lara C. Cory, Frances Castle of Claypipe Music, and tQ Books Editor Robert Barry
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Dawn Of The Living Dead: Electric Wizard’s Dorset Roots
This June sees the publication of Come My Fanatics: A Journey Into The World Of Electric Wizard by White Rabbit. Here, author and tQ writer Dan Franklin explains the genesis of the book and gives us a glimpse into the crepuscular Wimborne, the town in Dorset where 'The Wizard' first coagulated into a rural world of biker gangs and drugs...
