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Baker's Dozen

O Superfan: How Rock & Pop’s Elite Screw their Loyal Supporters – and why it won’t Work

Reissue of the Week

Reissue of the Week: Coil’s Black Antlers

Baker's Dozen

God Tier: Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road’s Favourite Albums

Baker's Dozen

The Perfect Beat: Arthur Baker’s Baker’s Dozen

Baker's Dozen

Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

Baker's Dozen

Bakers Dozen: Joy Division & New Order’s Stephen Morris On His Top 13 Albums

Album of the Week

In-Between Days: Wind, Again by Sary Moussa

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Stephen O’Malley
But Remember What You Have Had

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Punk

Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC for July

Noel Gardner delivers ten more frowning bales of intemperate earslaughter, including the perfectly executed anarcho punk of Subdued, the oppressively fucked sound of rising Leeds teenagers Narkotyk, and the feral, bare-brick recordings of Vancouver's Bootlicker

Film

The Quietus’ London Film Festival 2009 Roundup

Val Phoenix takes in the best of the Times-BFI 53rd London Film Festival.

News

SFTOC Sense Blasting Sunday In Salford

Sculpture, ILL, Chrononautz, Yossarians, Locean, The Interference, Big Sexy Land DJs & John Doran Live at the Kings Arms as part of Sounds From The Other City

New Weird Britain

Noel’s Foul House: New Weird Britain This November

This month, Noel celebrates the diverse freakosystem of New Weird Britain, from Mick Harris’s techno to Ben Wallers’ loving desecration of Pink Floyd and Claire Potter’s mysterious West Yorkshire fetish reading.

Books

Behold! April’s Quietus Comics Round Up Column

Back from the void with plenty for you to read, it’s April’s round up of comics from Pete Redrup & co.

News

WIN: Skinny Puppy London Tickets

Be in with the chance of winning a pair of tickets for their show at Kentish Town Forum on Tuesday

Film

Run Dangan Run: How Japan Paved The Way For ‘Run Lola Run’

Thomas Tykwer's disorienting time-bending thriller Run Lola Run lit a spark for independent cinema in the 1990s – but a Japanese film paved the way just two years before. James Balmont writes on Dangan Runner, now on BFI Player

Punk

Noel’s Straight Hedge: Punk And Hardcore For July Reviewed

Noel Gardner examines the current intersection between hardcore/punk and politics, reviews the best of the new releases and revisits the work of the god-like Leatherface. Picture of Institute by Breanna Kay

Baker's Dozen

Shining On: Guy Chadwick’s Favourite Albums

The House Of Love man picks out the albums that mean the most

News

WATCH: Atari Teenage Riot Video

Delivers strong message on people trafficking

Baker's Dozen

Redemption Songs: Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter’s Baker’s Dozen

As she releases new album Saved!, Reverend Kristin Hayter ministers to Jared Dix on the power of song, sharing inspirations for her new record and the versatility of the human voice through thirteen favourite records

Books

The Ear Of The Other: Colonialism & Decolonial Listening

In an exclusive extract from the new journal Focus on Sound, edited by Nicholas Burman, Emily Hansell Clark explores the sensory history of imperialism and enslavement

News

TONIGHT: Free Stone Roses Gig

Popular Manchester band play first show since reforming this evening in Warrington

News

Unsound: Final Announcements

Krakow's festival, which runs from 14th-21st October, nearly sold out; adds a few final acts

Baker's Dozen

Soundtrack To The Interzone: Justin Robertson’s Baker’s Dozen

In a self-penned Baker's Dozen, DJ and producer Justin Robertson recalls the thirteen pieces of music that soundtracked his rise from home counties obscurity to the outer edges of dance music, via run-ins with Jimmy Page and Mark E. Smith

Black Sky Thinking

Slaves To The Algorithm: How Facebook Is Throttling Underground Culture

Mollie Zhang speaks to musicians and artists about how to survive, with or without likes, follows and page boosts

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In-Between Days: Wind, Again by Sary Moussa

Stephen O’Malley But Remember What You Have Had

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Behold! April’s Quietus Comics Round Up Column

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Redemption Songs: Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter’s Baker’s Dozen

The Ear Of The Other: Colonialism & Decolonial Listening

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Stephen O’Malley
But Remember What You Have Had