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The Quietus Essay
How I Learned To Love Tony Blackburn, By Pete Paphides
Image via Shutterstock We should have been in Birmingham Central Library revising for our...
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The Quietus Essay
"Dancing For The World": Stepping Inside Footwork
When I arrive at Pineapple Dance Studios in central London, the first of The Era's two fo...
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The Quietus Essay
25 Years After Its Imperial Phase: Who Killed Shoegaze?
Whenever the story of shoegazing is told today - when Slowdive reform to headline festiva...
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Kid N' Playa: The Role Of The Child's Voice In Hip Hop
Around the same time that the Little Orphan Annie comic strip is syndicated in the U.S. i...
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The Great Divide: On Laibach In North Korea
"Warriors of Weirdness", "Spiritual Terrorists", "the most dangerous band in Europe". In ...
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On The Way To The Peak Of Modular: Bobby Barry On Synth Overload
Happening upon a Moog Modular System 55 in the choir room backstage at the Barbican is a ...
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The Utopia Of Records: Why Sound Archiving Is Important
We may not know for sure who shot JFK, but most people are pretty clear on who recorded t...
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Fuck The Police: A Musical Sentiment From NWA To Ferguson
Photograph courtesy of 1000 Words/Shutterstock "This is non-violent protest music". So sa...
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If You're Going To San Francisco, Be Sure To Have Lots Of Cash
When in 1978 punk quartet Crime recorded the tracks that would make up their San Francisc...
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Join The Chant? Pop's Endlessly Problematic Relationship With Politics
With a General Election looming, a question which is in danger of becoming hoary has once...
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