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Bernie Brooks

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Samuel Kerridge

Kick To Kill

Samuel Kerridge giddily kills the vibe and subverts expectations on the inaugural release of his Downwards sub-label Kick To Kill, says Bernie Brooks
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Akusmi

Fleeting Future

Akusmi crafts an often-jubilant, forward-thinking sound from a vocabulary of past futures, says Bernie Brooks
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Nonsun

Blood & Spirit

Nonsun’s latest LP is a heavy treat that delights in subverting the doom template, says Bernie Brooks
A Quietus Interview

True Collective: An Interview With Equiknoxx’s Gavsborg

Gavin "Gavsborg" Blair digs into the genesis of his new Gav & Jord 12-inch (with Jordan "Time Cow" Chung), telling Bernie Brooks about persistent misconceptions about Equiknoxx, and his early days as a producer
Album of the Week

Feeling Sinister: LP.8 By Kelly Lee Owens

Kelly Lee Owens’s latest, a surprising and stunning album, is much more than the mathematics of influences, says Bernie Brooks
Reviews

Horace Andy

Midnight Rocker

Legend recognises legend as Horace Andy and Adrian Sherwood unite for the first time on an imperfect yet incredibly compelling LP, says Bernie Brooks
A Quietus Interview

Constantly Horrible Things: NAH On MANIAC INFERNO

Ahead of the premiere of his new audiovisual onslaught MANIAC INFERNO, NAH speaks to Bernie Brooks about the project and the impetus behind it
Reviews

Carmen Villain

Only Love From Now On

Carmen Villain continues a run of near-perfect releases by refining what came before and offering the listener a measure of hope, says Bernie Brooks
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Holodrum

s/t

Holodrum's debut LP is a vehicle of abandon and sincerity that manages to capture the gut-punch feeling of the live experience, says Bernie Brooks
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MY DISCO

Alter Schwede

Nearly twenty years in, MY DISCO’s latest, commissioned for Melbourne’s Flash Forward arts programme, contains some of their most fascinating work, says Bernie Brooks

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Gnod

La Mort Du Sens

*La Mort Du Sens* is Gnod at their most grindingly direct and brutally succinct, says Bernie Brooks
Baker's Dozen

Aspirational Music: Hiro Kone’s Favourite Tracks

From the duduk to spiritual jazz, Hiro Kone's Nicky Mao guides Bernie Brooks through a selection of thirteen tracks that informed and inspired her latest LP, Silvercoat The Throng
Reviews

Philip Frobos

Vague Enough To Satisfy

Omni’s Philip Frobos plays it like some sort of bizarro, pickled LA lounge lizard in a low-key rock opera on his new solo LP, says Bernie Brooks
Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Leslie Winer’s When I Hit You – You’ll Feel It

Light In The Attic's new compilation spanning Leslie Winer's criminally slept-on career is near-perfect and a must-listen, says Bernie Brooks
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Part Chimp

Drool

Part Chimp’s latest is another slab of blissfully un-evolved dumdum poetry, says Bernie Brooks
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Manslaughter 777

World Vision Perfect Harmony

Lee Buford and Zachary Jones unite as Manslaughter 777, serving up a fantastic feast of breaks and bass on their debut LP, World Vision Perfect Harmony, says Bernie Brooks
Books

But It’s Completely Unrealistic: An Interview With Roy Wilkinson

Roy Wilkinson talks to Bernie Brooks about his serialised "non-nonfiction" book Dark Lustre, the path of most resistance, the predatory capitalism of modelmaking, and more
Album of the Week

Life As We Know It: As Days Get Dark By Arab Strap

Arab Strap are putting their age to good use on the brilliant *As Days Get Dark*, says Bernie Brooks

Reviews

Carmen Villain

Sketch for Winter IX: Perlita

Carmen Villain's excellent Perlita feels effortless, natural, and inevitable, says Bernie Brooks
A Quietus Interview

It’s Arbitrary And That’s What Makes It Beautiful: Virginia Wing Interviewed

Virginia Wing talk to Bernie Brooks about music as a coping mechanism, training the press, and making a "2020 record"
Album of the Week

Back To The Future: The Body’s I’ve Seen All I Need To See

The Body's latest LP, I've Seen All I Need To See, is a monstrously heavy, crushingly bleak monument to humankind's ruin, says Bernie Brooks
Reviews

Drew McDowall

Agalma

Drew McDowall's latest LP, Agalma, is a showcase of deliriously fruitful collaborations in pursuit of deeply satisfying slow-burn psychedelia, says Bernie Brooks
Album of the Week

Eldritch Infinity War: Energy Is Forever By UKAEA

A collaborative feast, UKAEA's *Energy Is Forever* is a thriller full of wild aesthetic undulations, says Bernie Brooks
A Quietus Interview

Different Ways Of Knowing: Paradise Cinema Interviewed

Paradise Cinema's Jack Wyllie and Khadim Mbaye talk to Bernie Brooks about mbalax, optimism, appropriation, and the rhythms that come together on their self-titled debut LP. The interview with Khadim Mbaye was translated by Anna Wood
Reviews

Sea Glass

Shifts

Sea Glass's debut LP, Shifts, reveals the depth and power of the emotions it contains subtly, washing over the listener like gentle, cleansing waves, says Bernie Brooks
Album of the Week

Volcanic Super-Eruptions: Sly & The Family Drone’s Walk It Dry

Sly & The Family Drone's latest LP, Walk It Dry, is a rolling disaster in the very best way, says Bernie Brooks
Album of the Week

Open Heart Surgery: Hidden In This Is The Light That You Miss By Regis

Karl O'Connor's first proper Regis LP in 19 years is an emotionally holistic tour de force, says Bernie Brooks
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Primo!

Sogni

Primo! spruce up well-worn influences on their second LP, Sogni, delivering an invigorating, unique listening experience, says Bernie Brooks
Album of the Week

Mass Effects: On The New Soft Pink Truth Album

Drew Daniel's latest LP as The Soft Pink Truth, Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase, is a stunner that revels in communitas while flirting with house music and ambient tropes, says Bernie Brooks
Reviews

Nathan Fake

Blizzards

Nathan Fake's Blizzards buzzes and clicks and pops as he embraces gremlins in the circuitry to deliver his best work yet, says Bernie Brooks
Reviews

AHRKH

Beams From A Spiritual Panorama

AP Macarte's first solo AHRKH outing since 2015 is an otherworldly and wonderful deep listening session, says Bernie Brooks
A Quietus Interview

I Think People Get The Wrong Idea: An Interview With Sightless Pit

Ahead of their debut LP, Grave Of A Dog, Dylan Walker and Lee Buford of Sightless Pit talk to Bernie Brooks about club bangers, small details, Seth Manchester, Skyrim, and more
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