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Acid Horse 26: tQ’s Ten Essential Picks
Three months to go until Acid Horse festival; Noel Gardner selects ten must sees from The Ex to Lord Spikeheart, via futurist mutant rave and ancient, hairy French-Alpine folk invocations! For top tier subscribers there's also an essential audio guide to Acid Horse past & present
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Unbeatable: Drum’s Not Dead by Liars, 20 Years On
Two decades on from the release of Liars third album, Luke Turner argues that its percussive invention shouldn't obscure a rich, emotional core. For our top tier Subscriber Plus supporters, this Anniversary feature comes with a playlist by Liars of the music they were listening to when the album was made.
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The January Subscriber Playlist is Here!
Dispel the winter gloom! Our subscribers can catch up with all the music we wrote about last month
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Low Culture Essay: Jennifer Lucy Allan on Susumu Yokota
In this month’s Low Culture Essay, Jennifer Lucy Allan considers nostalgia and the Japanese idea of kona in the work of electronic pioneer Susumu Yokota. Featuring an exclusive playlist for our Subscriber Plus tier.
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Low Culture Essay: Tariq Goddard on Jeremy Brett, the Perfect Sherlock Holmes
Tariq Goddard declares that in Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective, the actor delivered one of the greatest TV performances of all time – one that was so total, it arguably destroyed him
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Low Culture Essay: Duncan Wheeler on Ozzy at the 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival
Although they went to the same primary school, Duncan Wheeler knew little about Ozzy Osbourne until Jon Bon Jovi led him to a VHS of a gig that counts as one of the strangest live events in rock history
Low Culture Essay
Low Culture Essay: Tariq Goddard on Jeremy Brett, the Perfect Sherlock Holmes
Tariq Goddard declares that in Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective, the actor delivered one of the greatest TV performances of all time – one that was so total, it arguably destroyed him
Low Culture Essay
Low Culture Essay: Duncan Wheeler on Ozzy at the 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival
Although they went to the same primary school, Duncan Wheeler knew little about Ozzy Osbourne until Jon Bon Jovi led him to a VHS of a gig that counts as one of the strangest live events in rock history
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Low Culture Podcast: Mulholland Drive
In the first pod of 2026, John Doran outlines the meaning of David Lynch's masterpiece to a previously confused Luke Turner
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Head further into the musical margins
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Organic Intelligence LII: Treasures of the Basque Country
In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Derek Walmsley celebrates the rich treasures of the independently-spirited region on the borders of France and Spain
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My Pioneers: Santigold’s Favourite Albums
In this week's Baker's Dozen, Santigold takes Tara Joshi through 13 favourite albums from Salt-N-Pepa to the Cocteau Twins, Fela Kuti, Nina Simone and Bad Brains, and points out that while Morrissey might have gone wrong, you can't take away what his songs once gave her
