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Drake is out there. He can't be bargained with. He can't be reasoned with. Drake doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear. And he absolutely will not stop ever until you are dead. If you want to live, go with Gary Suarez our hip hop guru
It's a new Quietus column! On jazz! Jamie Skey brings us birthday wishes and fond remembrances for jazz legends departed, along with great new albums by Magnus Ostrom, Joachim Kuhn, Blue Touch Paper, Sons of Kemet (pictured) plus a live review of Kentyah Presents: M1, Brian Jackson and The New Midnight Band
Last week Quietus editor John Doran traveled to Cairo with Incubate's Joost Heijthuijsen to learn more about the city's nascent Electro Chaabi scene. In this report from their final day in Egypt, Joost reflects on the tangled relationships between past and present that they encountered along the way
In this month's Rockfort, David McKenna ponders the imminent arrival of Daft Punk's new LP, and what that means for French music. He also takes a look at 69, featuring former members of Albini-produced Sly... and some Françoise Hardy
In the first of a new ongoing column covering each month's most interesting (for both positive and negative reasons) hip hop mixtapes, Gary Suarez takes you on a whistlestop tour from echo-chamber halfstep to baseless swagger blather