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Things Learned At: Bergen’s Borealis Festival, By Luke Turner
Luke Turner heads to the Norwegian city of Bergen for the annual Borealis Festival for a wonderful weekend featuring composition, experimentation, melting ice, Russell Haswell, Lucy Railton and Richard Dawson, recontextualised rap and more. All photos thanks to Borealis and Henrik Beck.
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Towards An Unknown Resolution: Bloc Weekend 2015 Reviewed
Bloc Weekend returned to Butlins Minehead last week, for its first festival at the venue since 2011. Rory Gibb and Ed Gillett journeyed out west to report on a weekend of techno-heavy delights, spaced-out cosmic drifts and several killer DJ sets. Photographs by Beth Marsh and Jake Davis
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Not Masochism As A Simplistic Concept: CTM 2015 Reviewed
Sophie Coletta, Luke Turner and Sonja Matuszczyk visited Berlin last month for the sixteenth edition of CTM festival. Here's what they saw, in and amongst their thankfully edited out moments of debauchery. Photos: Udo Siegfriedt, Fausto Caricato, Benjamin Renter and Marco Microbi
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Defiance Never Ages: The Manics’ Holy Bible Live
Late last year Tom Hawking flew across the Atlantic just to see the Manic Street Preachers play The Holy Bible at the Camden Roundhouse. Here he reflects on a record that had the power to change his life. Thanks to the Manics for the use of images.
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Beyond The Barrage: Einstürzende Neubauten’s Lament Live
Sand Avidar travels to Diksmuide for the first performance of Einsturzende Neubauten's Lament, their commemoration of the First World War. In it, he argues, can be seen and heard not just the history of 20th century warfare, but of Neubauten themselves. Photography by Valerio Berdini of Liveon35mm
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Dream Baby Dream: Unsound Festival Reviewed
Luke Turner and Rory Gibb head to Krakow for a week at Poland's Unsound Festival, the theme of which is The Dream... the likes of The Bug, Cyclobe, Zamilska, Ksiezyc, Powell and Russell Haswell send them into a heady, other place... Photos by Anna Spysz and Camille Blake
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Unsound 2014: Various Artists On ‘Living The Dream’
This year's Unsound Festival theme is 'The Dream'... The Quietus asked artists including DJ Stingray, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Michael Gira, Perc and Kuba Ziolek what 'living the dream' means to them. Thanks to Chad Parkhill for interviewing Michael Gira and Katarzyna Stuczyńska for co-ordinating.
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Maximum Strength: E.E.K. Featuring Islam Chipsy Live In London
If you want to hear really exciting innovation in music you have to be willing to look beyond America and Europe, says John Doran after watching the Cairene trio tear the Boston Arms to shreds. Live pictures courtesy of Kimberly Powenski
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Still Echoing Round The Streets Of Tilburg: Incubate 2014 Reviewed
After returning to Blighty with suitcases full of ripped and bloody clothes, grit infested knees and an infected toe, John Doran, Laurie Tuffrey, Sophie Coletta and Richard James Foster look back at a joyous week in Tilburg
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No Class: Frank Turner Live In Barnsley
Like many towns in the UK, Barnsley is all-too-often left off the tour itinerary of most groups. Ian Winwood saw a chance to rectify this during a drunken evening with Frank Turner, and asked the singer songwriter to play for the price of his train fare. Here's what happened next
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Everything But The Gig: The Fat White Family, The Future Of Rock & Gaza
The conversation that takes place around rock & roll is often so engrossing that there's barely enough space or time to discuss the actual music, as John Doran found out after attending The Fat Whites' Slide In For Palestine gig in Brixton last week. All pictures Lou Smith
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