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Kosmische Kid: The Celestial Soundscape Of John Was Trying To Contact Aliens
Across three decades, John Shepherd built a Nasa-style lab at his grandparents’ Michigan home to communicate with extra-terrestrials, beaming sets featuring Can, Kraftwerk and Neu! into space. Now the subject of an acclaimed film, he tells Ben Gilbert why and records an exclusive tQ mix
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The Last Laugh: Cronos Of Venom Interviewed
Venom are now widely recognised as being the cornerstone of modern extreme metal. Cronos, the driving force behind the band over the last four decades, talks to John Doran about how class, geography and an accident with a gun went into shaping what they became
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Different Ways Of Knowing: Paradise Cinema Interviewed
Paradise Cinema's Jack Wyllie and Khadim Mbaye talk to Bernie Brooks about mbalax, optimism, appropriation, and the rhythms that come together on their self-titled debut LP. The interview with Khadim Mbaye was translated by Anna Wood
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Human Nature: An Interview With Young Knives
Young Knives' first LP in seven years sees the brothers Dartnall plumbing the depths of human darkness and emerging with by far their best record to date. They speak to Patrick Clarke about their bold new sound, and why they no longer consider themselves a 'band'
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The Best Batch Yet? Captain Beefheart’s Doc At The Radar Station Revisited
For Sean Kitching, it's Don Van Vliet's penultimate album, 'Doc At The Radar Station', that best encapsulates his singular artistic vision. As the album turns 40 this month, former manager Gary Lucas, and band member Eric Drew Feldman, recall working with the man
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Casserole Buffet: Bright Eyes Interviewed
As they gear up to the release of their long-awaited tenth album, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott speak to Patrick Clarke about their innovative approach to sonic world-building, the many forms of loss that inform their new record, and Donald Trump's "psychotic" America
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Magic In Residence: Pictish Trail, Rachel Aggs And Jason Lytle On Lost Map’s ‘Visitations’ Series
Lost Map records have spent the last few years inviting some of the world's most interesting musicians to their home on the beautiful and remote Isle of Eigg to record work for their 'Visitations' series. Here, founder Pictish Trail and participants Rachel Aggs and Jason Lytle discuss Eigg's peculiar and potent creative spirit.
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Sharing Interfaces: Mark Fell And Rian Treanor Interviewed
Father and son Mark Fell and Rian Treanor are both unique voices in electronic music and due to perform together at this year's Next Festival. Adam Quarshie speaks to the pair about what led them towards music and their new ideas for collaborative alternatives to streaming in the age of Covid
