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From the esoteric to the sonic, tQ’s bookshelf revealed
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“Settle For Nothing Less”: On Ann Quin By The Authors She Has Influenced
Contemporary authors Stewart Home, Isabel Waidner, Lee Rourke, Juliette Jacques, Stuart Evers, China Miéville, and Lara Pawson reflect on the work of English experimental novelist Ann Quin, whose collection The Unmapped Country has recently been published by And Other Stories
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Fracture: How Post-Rock Stopped Dancing
In the early and mid 1990s, says author Jeanette Leech, the language of dance and electronic music was an intrinsic part of post-rock. So why, by the end of that decade, did post-rock lose its groove? Also we have an extract from Jeanette's recent book, Fearless, regarding the bands Tortoise, Bastro and Gastr Del Sol
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Read An Extract From Rock In A Hard Place: Music & Mayhem In The Middle East
Read a hard hitting extract from a new book on heavy metal and hip hop in the Middle East, concerning the fate of several metalheads who tried to keep the Syrian scene alive, despite tremendous odds against them doing so
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Graphic Adventures Of The Epic & Banal Kind: An Interview With Steve Tillotson
After the publication of his first full length graphic novel with Avery Hill, Steve Tillotson talks to Jenny Robins, and reflects on the journey of a creative through collaboration, disillusionment, perseverance and lashings of deadpan surreal humour
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Quit Your Band! Musical Notes From The Japanese Underground
As an outsider, It's tempting to view Japan through an extremely narrow musical lens, a caricature typified by jazz and karaoke – if you're lucky someone might mention either Sakamoto – but Ian F. Martin's new book is a wide angle shot of a sprawling scene
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25 Years Of Troubling Love: Ferrante’s Women & The Fight For Privacy
For two decades, Italian author Elena Ferrante maintained her privacy – until a recent article claimed to reveal her 'true' identity. Twenty-five years after the publication of her first novel, Lauren Strain considers the example that her fight for selfhood – and the struggles of the women in her novels – sets for us today. (Image from the film L'Amore Molesto, based on the novel)
