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Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

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Artists Only? Jonathan Gould’s Book on Talking Heads and Downtown New York

New Weird Britain

New Weird Britain in Review for July by Noel Gardner

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The Strange World of… Jon Spencer

Low Culture Essay

Low Culture Essay: James Cooray Smith on David Lynch Sitcom, On The Air

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Ain’t it the Truth: Robert Lloyd of Nightingales’ Favourite Music

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‘Everywhere At The End Of Time’ Becomes TikTok Challenge

The Caretaker's crushing six-and-a-half-hour epic exploring dementia, 'Everywhere At The End Of Time', has been turned into a TikTok challenge. Leyland James Kirby gives us his reaction

Baker's Dozen

Harmonic Worlds: Colin Newman’s 13 Favourite Albums

The Immersion, Wire and Githead founder member chooses a list that goes from minimalism to maximalism, via Steve Reich, LFO and Todd Rundgren, and tells Ben Graham how Britpop was rubbish but The Beatles have never sounded better

Black Sky Thinking

Beastie Boys: Selecting The Best For One Side Of A C90

In honour of the reissue of Paul's Boutique Toby Cook creates a C90 mix tape of Beasties tracks that ignores the organic funk, the hardcore punk and the singles in favour of hip hop jams

A Quietus Interview

Cosmic Intervention: An Interview With The Space Lady

With The Space Lady about to embark on her first ever tour of the UK, Nicola Meighan catches up with the mercurial US cosmic pop artist to discuss her early years busking in San Francisco, psychedelic experience and UFO sightings

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The Importance Of Small Matters: Foresteppe Interviewed

The Russian ambient musician talks to Nikita Velichko about making music to accompany Soviet-era slideshows, releasing on reel-to-reel tapes and the importance of appreciating your immediate environment

News

LISTEN & REMIX: John Foxx & The Maths

Competition details here. Plus! Synth bongo!

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Travis Elborough Speaks On New Book

Quietus compadre discusses latest tome

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Glass Half Full: An Interview & Mix From Vessel

Bristol producer Vessel is among a new generation of producers pushing the city's electronic music forward - he's recorded us an excellent mix, and speaks to Rory Gibb about his crumbly takes on house and techno

News

Technosphärenklänge In Berlin

Event celebrates confluence of music, maths and tech

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Blues Involution: Guadalupe Plata Interviewed

Like all good bluesmen, the Spanish trio swear by the Devil, and they tell Julian Marszalek why they're hell-bent on saving their genre from tedious operators by fusing together the spirit of Hound Dog Taylor with punk

News

Scrapped Prince Album, ‘Camille’, Set For Release On Third Man Records

The late artist recorded the album under an alter ego before shelving the entire project after finishing it

Baker's Dozen

Augmenting Reality: Devendra Banhart’s Favourite Albums

Following the release of his ninth album, Ape In Pink Marble, the LA-based singer-songwriter and artist opts against a theme of lobster-based smut (read on) and talks Tara Joshi through his 13 all-time favourite records

Baker's Dozen

Kinship At The Outer Reaches: Circuit Des Yeux’s Favourite Albums

With UK tour dates for her unmissable live show on the horizon, Haley Fohr takes Patrick Clarke through her 13 favourite records of all time

Film

Forbidden Rooms: Director Guy Maddin Interviewed

With his latest film The Forbidden Room out now, Cormac O'Brien sits down with Canadian auteur Guy Maddin to talk cinema, therapy and creative freedom

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Hang Yourself: An Interview With WARMDÜSCHER

At the point where personal hygiene ends and Kraut-garage begins lie WARMDÜSCHER, a collaboration between members of Paranoid London and Fat White Family. They tell William Dickson about their raging live sets, debut LP Khaki Tears and why they want "to include everyone in the party"

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‘Everywhere At The End Of Time’ Becomes TikTok Challenge

Harmonic Worlds: Colin Newman’s 13 Favourite Albums

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Cosmic Intervention: An Interview With The Space Lady

The Importance Of Small Matters: Foresteppe Interviewed

LISTEN & REMIX: John Foxx & The Maths

Travis Elborough Speaks On New Book

Glass Half Full: An Interview & Mix From Vessel

Technosphärenklänge In Berlin

Blues Involution: Guadalupe Plata Interviewed

Scrapped Prince Album, ‘Camille’, Set For Release On Third Man Records

Augmenting Reality: Devendra Banhart’s Favourite Albums

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Hang Yourself: An Interview With WARMDÜSCHER

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