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Angry Fun: An Interview With Tacocat

Following Lost Time's release earlier this year, John Freeman catches up with the Seattle band's singer Emily Nokes to find out why their sparkling third album is driven by a desire for satire and rooted in deep-down rage

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Corporeal Engagement: An Interview With Neil Luck

From pieces built on the splutters and falters of human speech to adding virtual pop stars to contemporary music, welcome to the world of the composer and Arco ensemble and squib-box founder. By Robert Barry

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Let Them Wander: An Interview With Yeah You

Yeah You are a father-daughter duo based in Newcastle and Vienna making noise-pop out of field recordings taken in Ikea car parks. The band's singer Elvin Brandhi talks to Tristan Bath about being in a genre of one

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Echo Of Creation: An Interview With Jambinai

The Korean trio blend traditional instrumentation with political ferocity and heavy metal and hip-hop influences. They talk to Patrick Clarke about pushing boundaries to make music to "communicate with ordinary people"

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Notts Bounty: The Invisible Orchestra Interviewed

The 24-piece collecting some of Nottingham's finest musicians have just released their debut album, taking in afrobeat, jazz and funk. They talk to Scott Oliver about turning a pipe-dream pub conversation into reality

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Alien Love: An Interview With Jackie Lynn

For her new album, Haley Fohr of Circuit des Yeux spins the story of Jackie Lynn, on the run from the law after leaving behind her Chicago drug empire. She tells Luke Cartledge about her "fried cocaine-country record"

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This Happened: Sylvia Patterson And Miranda Sawyer In Conversation

Jude Rogers took a long brunch (if we're going to be specific) with two of this country's best music writers, Sylvia Patterson and Miranda Sawyer, recently. Samantha Hayley was on hand to take photographs

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Music Is A Replication: An Interview With Kara-Lis Coverdale

After her performance at this year's Mutek Festival in Montreal, Ryan Alexander Diduck sits down to talk (and order slipshod tapas) with Kara-Lis Coverdale — an artist who, through her music, resists simplification, invites collaboration and thrives on the power of replication

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Semi-Incongruous Morass: The Past, Present and Future of Smegma

Portland, Oregon's "folk music avant garde" institution Smegma, now in their fourth decade, has been spending more time reflecting on their past, but that doesn't mean there's no future ahead

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Revelation Junkie: An Interview With Sasha Siem

For her second album the singer-songwriter uncovered her Sami heritage in Norway. She tells William Doyle about learning from a tradition where music can move matter and serves the community over the individual

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At The Brink Of Destruction: Ian William Craig Interviewed

John Doran speaks to one of tQ's favourite artists of recent years, the singer and tape manipulator, Ian William Craig

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Pattern Man: Rick Holland Interviewed

With the release of his new book, Rick Holland challenges the idea of himself as a poet. He speaks to William Doyle in a concrete room in Yorkshire about modes of delivery and capturing inspiration

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Where’s The Urgency? An Interview With Porest’s Mark Gergis

With his first album under the Porest name in ten years, Mark Gergis draws on years of recordings made across Syria for his own take on pop music. He tells Yousif Nur about making a "tragicomedy told in song and sound"

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Nesting Behaviour: An Interview With Mothers

With the Athens, Georgia band's debut, When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired, Kristine Leschper's candid songs have become full-blown genre-hopping indie. They tell Luke Cartledge about the evolution

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The Journey & The Destination: An Interview With Hawthonn

The Leeds duo combine folk with electronics, geographical data with fox-bone rattle to create haunted dreamworlds of sound. Following a new release, Sea-Spiral Spirit, they unravel their unique processes with Russell Cuzner

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A Sense Of Urgency: WALL Interviewed

WALL's debut EP is a set of stark post-punk tracks riddled with the pressures of striving to carve a place for yourself in the metropolis. They tell Gary Kaill why they're taking a "mind over matter" approach to moving forward

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A New England? Billy Bragg On The EU And Current Affairs

In a ten point agenda, Billy Bragg talks to Joel McIver about Brexit, Trump, Boris and the importance of remaining optimistic amid political chaos

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The Healing Process: Dave Okumu Of The Invisible Interviewed

Patrick Clarke meets Dave Okumu of The Invisible to talk endurance and commitment. Band portraits courtesy of Phil Sharp

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Virtually Reality: An Interview With Odonis Odonis

John Freeman catches up with the Canadian trio to find out why their brutal third album, Post Plague, which you can stream in full below, was inspired by the technology-enhanced relationships of the very near future

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Journey To The Treasure House: Talking Road Trips With Cats Eyes

As Cats Eyes release their sumptuous second album, Luke Turner speaks to Faris Badwan and Rachel Zeffira about a journey through Canadian wildfires to a place of strange rocks and honesty

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Active Listening: An Interview With Molly Nilsson

A prolific self-releasing artist playing a rare festival set at Field Day, the Swedish songwriter tells Patrick Clarke why she'd rather you discovered her music by "weird coincidence" or YouTube marathon than label publicity

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Human Dialogue: An Interview With Moa Pillar

Fedor Pereverzev tells Nikita Velichko about journeying from Moscow to the Caucasus to see how possible it was for a cultural exchange to take place between a modern electronic artist and traditional folk musicians

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An Ecumenical Chatter: When Rev Robert Hood Met Fr Alan Green

As well as being a true genius of Detroit techno, Robert Hood is an ordained pastor. Here, Luke Turner conducts a conversation on Christianity, politics and music between Hood and the Reverend Alan Green (NO NOT THAT REV AL GREEN) of St John On Bethnal Green Church, London.

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And If You Need An Explanation: Manic Street Preachers interviewed

In 1996, Manic Street Preachers released Everything Must Go, the million-selling album that restarted their career after the trauma of losing Richey Edwards. Simon Price meets James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire on the record's 20th anniversary to get the rationale behind the nostalgia, their memories of recording it, and the ultimate track-by-track guide to the album itself

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Heavenly Music: An Interview With T’ien Lai

With the highly prolific Jakub Ziolek, of long-term Quietus favourites Stara Rzeka and Innercity Ensemble, now working on his electronics project, he tells Lucia Udvardyova about music and politics, memory and forgetting

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Coil Interview & Extract From England’s Hidden Reverse

The American writer Derek de Koff got in touch with us recently to offer us this rarely seen or read Coil interview (with John Balance and Peter Christopherson) from 2001. And we've also got a long extract from David Keenan's excellent England's Hidden Reverse on the narcotic and artistic influences on Love's Secret Doman. Thanks to Luke Cartledge & Mark Pilkington

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Angry Fun: An Interview With Tacocat

Corporeal Engagement: An Interview With Neil Luck

Let Them Wander: An Interview With Yeah You

Echo Of Creation: An Interview With Jambinai

Notts Bounty: The Invisible Orchestra Interviewed

Alien Love: An Interview With Jackie Lynn

This Happened: Sylvia Patterson And Miranda Sawyer In Conversation

Music Is A Replication: An Interview With Kara-Lis Coverdale

Semi-Incongruous Morass: The Past, Present and Future of Smegma

Revelation Junkie: An Interview With Sasha Siem

At The Brink Of Destruction: Ian William Craig Interviewed

Pattern Man: Rick Holland Interviewed

Where’s The Urgency? An Interview With Porest’s Mark Gergis

Nesting Behaviour: An Interview With Mothers

The Journey & The Destination: An Interview With Hawthonn

A Sense Of Urgency: WALL Interviewed

A New England? Billy Bragg On The EU And Current Affairs

The Healing Process: Dave Okumu Of The Invisible Interviewed

Virtually Reality: An Interview With Odonis Odonis

Journey To The Treasure House: Talking Road Trips With Cats Eyes

Active Listening: An Interview With Molly Nilsson

Human Dialogue: An Interview With Moa Pillar

An Ecumenical Chatter: When Rev Robert Hood Met Fr Alan Green

And If You Need An Explanation: Manic Street Preachers interviewed

Heavenly Music: An Interview With T’ien Lai

Coil Interview & Extract From England’s Hidden Reverse

Under Siege: An Interview With Tangerines

A Universal Language: Owiny Sigoma Band Interviewed

From The Lighthouse: Kristoffer Lo Interviewed

Time Is Elastic: An Interview With Selvhenter

A Fluid Trip: Jessy Lanza Interviewed

Porch Songs: Marissa Nadler Interviewed

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