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The Countercultural Figures who Helped Give Birth to the Neo-Nazi Terrorist Networks of Today

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No Repeats: Tunde Adebimpe’s Favourite Albums

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Thicker Than Water: Richard Dawson’s Favourite Films

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Higher Frequencies: Instant Holograms on Metal Film by Stereolab

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These New Puritans
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LISTEN: Willie Burns

More new squashed house from Trilogy Tapes

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LISTEN: Exploded View 7″ Mix

The band's Anika puts together a special mix comprising 7" records from her own collection

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The Wedding Present to Release Live LP Featuring Archive Recordings from 1994

The tracks featured on 'Live 1994' are lifted from a gig that the group played in Strasbourg

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Nervous Conditions Frontman Accused Of Sexual Assault

Update: The rest of Nervous Conditions have announced that they will no longer move forward with the group

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INTERVIEW: The Unthanks Talk Home Gathering 2017

With The Unthanks' personally curated festival Home Gathering celebrating its third edition this month, we check in with Rachel Unthank

Film

All Cops Are Bastards: A.C.A.B. Reviewed

Based on Carlo Bonini's book, A.C.A.B. is a fictional film about Italian riot police. Rome resident Terry Daley assesses the veracity of this controversial portrait of a force mired in accusations of brutality and corruption

Books

The Brutal Detail: Cass McCombs’ Toy Fabels

A book of poetry by American singer-songwriter Cass McCombs offers up some strange and macabre beauty, finds Barnaby Smith

Black Sky Thinking

Nature Is Healing? Our Relationship With The Non-Human In COVID-19

Coronavirus has forced us to reexamine our relationship with the non-human, argues Luke Turner as he explores far-right interest in environmentalism and questions of who has access to or rights over our green spaces. This is an extract from Unsound Festival's forthcoming Intermission essay collection

Film

False Negative: John Waters Interviewed

Ahead of the polymath's new book and grand return to the Barbican, award-winning music producer Ian Brennan sits down for a conversation with John Waters

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