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Total Love & Dedication: Nicky Wire Discusses Generation Terrorists

Nicky Wire discusses Manic Street Preachers' Generation Terrorists with Ben Graham, twenty years after it blasted forth in an unholy mix of socialism and GNFNR

In Transit: An Interview With Danielle de Picciotto

The prolific musician, artist, film-maker, author and co-founder of the Berlin Love Parade has recently released her debut solo album, Tacoma. She tells Sand Avidar how the nomadic lifestyle she shares with husband Alexander Hacke and a return to her hometown shaped the record

Temporal Slips & The Erosion Of Time: Semibreve 2019 Reviewed

Time is of the essence at the wonderful Semibreve festival in Braga Portugal finds Aimee Armstrong

Fiery Sermons Against The Age Of Beige: Algiers Live

Within their gospel-flecked industrial rattlers, Algiers cover rage, politics, sex and death. After watching them play London's Ace Hotel last night, Luke Turner argues that they are what pop music needs in 2015

Joy Subtraction: Titus Andronicus Interview

Our man Lewis Parker grills Titus Andronicus in a basement, then pushes the gun to his temple at their live show. All pictures courtesy of Richard Johnson

Spool’s Out: August’s Tapes Reviewed By Tristan Bath

As Mark Twain said - there are only two things certain in life: taxes and Necro Deathmort. Tristan Bath covers their new compilation cassette and the rest of this month's best tapes

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A Volcanic Talent: Senyawa Interviewed

Indonesian duo Senyawa are one of the most startlingly original acts of recent years, combining a bamboo instrument shaped like a ritual spear with throat singing, producing music that's reminiscent of heavy metal. WTF, asks John Doran. Vocalist Rully Shabara Herman gives him some answers

Make Way For Queer Communism: Owen Hatherley In Bishkek

In an exclusive extract from his new book The Adventures of Owen Hatherley in the Post-Soviet Space, out now from Repeater Books, Owen Hatherley, goes in search of Utopian Bishkek, only to find all is not what it at first seems

Depeche Mode: Work On New LP Begins

Martin Gore gets "vigour" from VCMG