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How cinema will change your life and queer lives on film are the subjects discussed on this month's Low Culture podcast, in which Alli Logout from Special Interest joins Luke Turner and Jennifer Lucy Allan to discuss Todd Haynes 1998 film, Velvet Goldmine
The seventh in our subscriber only series of podcasts features Mariam Rezaei talking about the often misunderstood art of turntablism and the pros and cons of having one foot in the hip hop camp and one foot in the world of experimental music
The fifth in our series of subscriber only podcasts sees KLF and William Blake author John Higgs talking about the deep, esoteric history of the heavy metal mascot that embodies the spirit of one of the world's biggest bands
Recorded at King Crimson’s nadir, Red looked destined to be just another forgotten final album, its release playing second fiddle to Robert Fripp’s idiosyncratic “retirement”. 50 years later, its influence is immeasurable, the perfect distillation of what’s possible from a rock trio, says Jeremy Allen
It seems odd to argue that a member of one of the most celebrated rock bands of all time, the Velvet Underground, is under-appreciated, says Daniel Dylan Wray in this subscriber only essay, until you consider just how absent he is from conversations about popular music
In our monthly subscriber-only essay Daniel Spicer has a Proustian rush listening to Elvis Presley's career concluding single Way Down, is reminded of the fragility of existence and is catapulted back into a childhood of ageing teds, biker gangs and wyrd Cornish magic...