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Inner Ear: Romanian Music for September Reviewed by Jakub Knera

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Music of the Month

Albums Of The Month: Music We’ve Loved This August

From Minaj to Monoganon, Gabe Gurnsey to Pig Destroyer: here’s our listenable list of stuff we love this month

A Quietus Interview

If You Only Knew: ‘Little’ Jimmy Scott Interviewed

Nicholas Abrahams talks to "Little" Jimmy Scott about his music, his muse and singing for David Lynch

Books

Lost Loves & Exploding Cars: Author Dave Simpson On The Curse Of The Fall

Dave Simpson, author of _The Fallen - Life In And Out Of Britain’s Most Insane Group_, shares his fears that searching for Mark E. Smith's discarded bandmates may have cursed his life

News

Sunn O))) To Play Elevate 2019

Sunn O))) return to the European stage for first time since 2016

Rum Music

Go West! A Rum Music Special From Ireland’s Outer Reaches

This month, Rum Music heads to the West Of Ireland, currently a fertile land for the production of far-out sounds. Stephen Graham profiles three new albums from the Irish underground, and Daniel Harrison reviews a compilation from the Abandon Reason, who hold mysterious events in derelict car parks...

Reviews

Yas Clarke
The Thicket

Bristolian composer turns words into putty in a suite of hocketing tracks for four voices

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Inner Ear: Romanian Music for September Reviewed by Jakub Knera

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Previously Read

Albums Of The Month: Music We’ve Loved This August

If You Only Knew: ‘Little’ Jimmy Scott Interviewed

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Sunn O))) To Play Elevate 2019

Go West! A Rum Music Special From Ireland’s Outer Reaches

Yas Clarke
The Thicket

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Inner Ear: Romanian Music for September Reviewed by Jakub Knera

Most Popular

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

Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

Mike Drop: Finn Wolfhard’s Favourite Albums

Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of May 2025

Eternal Cities: How Underworld Embodied the Agony and Ecstasy of Urban Life

Visible Mending: caroline 2 is Our Album of the Week

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

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

No Repeats: Tunde Adebimpe’s Favourite Albums

Thicker Than Water: Richard Dawson’s Favourite Films

Higher Frequencies: Instant Holograms on Metal Film by Stereolab

Abul Mogard Quiet Pieces

These New Puritans Crooked Wing

Previously Read

Albums Of The Month: Music We’ve Loved This August

If You Only Knew: ‘Little’ Jimmy Scott Interviewed

Lost Loves & Exploding Cars: Author Dave Simpson On The Curse Of The Fall

Sunn O))) To Play Elevate 2019

Go West! A Rum Music Special From Ireland’s Outer Reaches

Yas Clarke The Thicket

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