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Brian Coney

A Quietus Interview

Special New Band: The Hard Quartet Interviewed

Stephen Malkmus and Emmett Kelly speak to Brian Coney about how how a Magma belt buckle helped form the genesis of their new band with Matt Sweeney and Jim White, and whether they're the 'anti-Them Crooked Vultures'
Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Slayer’s Show No Mercy

It's about time we admitted, says Brian Coney on the day of a new Metal Blade reissue, that not only is Show No Mercy the best debut album by The Big Four of thrash, but it is also Slayer's most vital and authentically joyous album
Reviews

Animal Hospital

Shelf Life

One of post-rock's most exploratory guitarists sets out to make a straight-up rock record with luminous results, finds Brian Coney
A Quietus Interview

Beers, Steers & Fears: ØXN Interviewed

ØXN are the first Irish band to be signed to esteemed national folk label Claddagh in 18 years – they tell Brian Coney about their stormy rise and announce their debut album CYRM
Remember Them…

Mark Linkous Remembered By The Artists Who Knew Him

Ahead of the release of the posthumous Sparklehorse album, Bird Machine, David Lynch, Steve Albini, John Parish, Angela Faye Martin and Jason Lytle talk to Brian Coney about the rewarding and often joyful experience of working and being friends with Mark Linkous
Reviews

Heavy Blanket

Moon Is

J Mascis, shredding. What more do you need? asks Brian Coney
Reviews

T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo

Afro-Funk

An essential compilation from one of Benin's leading groups, formed in 1968
Reviews

The Comet Is Coming

Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam

Shabaka Hutchings, Betamax and Danalogue return, ready to blow your mind all over again, finds Brian Coney
Reviews

Stan van Dijk

Caustics

Dutch programmer and multi-instrumentalist Stan van Dijk goes way beyond his meagre means on solo debut, *Caustics*, finds Brian Coney
Reviews

Kineograph

Capricorn

Mark Waldron-Hyden of The Sunshine Factory goes solo with a suite of suite of cosmic freak-outs and lulling ambience
Reviews

Peter Gregson

Patina

The cellist-composer finds presence in absence for his fifth LP, finds Brian Coney
Reviews

Simon Goff

Vale

Jóhann Jóhannsson collaborator Simon Goff scores big with a meditation on place and placelessness, finds Brian Coney
Reviews

Gnod

Easy To Build, Hard To Destroy

Salford's premier mind-melters have been mining their back catalogue for forgotten nuggets, but this is anything but a simple cash-in, finds Brian Coney
Reviews

Primitive Ignorant

Sikh Punk

Former 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster bassist Sym Gharial assembles a cast of collaborators for a fierce slab of electro-punk
Reviews

SORBET

Life Variations

Chris Ryan of Belfast's Robocobra Quartet goes solo in order to meditate on the cosmos with sweeping, mesmerising effect, finds Brian Coney
Baker's Dozen

The Centre Of Everything: John Frusciante’s Favourite Electronic Music

Electronic music isn't some casual fling for the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist. From synth-pop and ghetto house, to old-school UK rave and hardcore, it's long been a major preoccupation. As he prepares to release his thrilling, jungle-inspired new LP Maya, he guides Brian Coney through 13 indispensable titles from his collection
Reviews

We Wild Blood

Vicious Virtues

Hackney's We Wild Blood weave crests of noise into somethign resembling bliss, finds Brian Coney
Reviews

Fontaines D.C.

A Hero's Death

If their much-hyped debut sometimes felt like cosplay, Fontaines DC's new record promises a new-found sincerity. Much to his surprise, Brian Coney finds he actually believes them this time
Reviews

Julianna Barwick

Healing is a Miracle

Shards of noise and widescreen oomph conspire to produce fleeting moments of hope on the new Julianna Barwick, finds Brian Coney
Reviews

Special Cases

Special Cases

A solo album from Föllakzoid’s Juan Pablo Rodriguez goes deep into homespun synth sorcery, finds Brian Coney
Reviews

Hilary Woods

Birthmarks

Hilary Woods second album offers up a rich tableau of hushed vocals and heavy noise processing, finds Brian Coney
Reviews

Lee Ranaldo & Raül Refree

Names of North End Women

Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo teams up with Catalan producer-guitarist Raül Refree for an album overflowing with pitched percussion and modified cassettes
A Quietus Interview

Never Generic: Flipper Interviewed

Currently spanning Europe on a 40th anniversary tour, Flipper are enjoying a well-earned renaissance. Steve DePace from the seminal San Francisco punks talks to Brian Coney about their current line-up featuring David Yow and Mike Watt, recording with Melvins and their rep as the ultimate forebears of grunge
Reviews

Mort Garson

Mother Earth's Plantasia

When Mort Garson originally released Mother Earth's Plantasia in 1976, its Moog melodies were intended to help your plants grow. Today, as plant extinction rates ramp up, it feels like a warning, finds Brian Coney
Reviews

Sonic Youth

Battery Park, NYC: July 4, 2008

Three years before splitting up, Sonic Youth played Battery Park, New York. The recording originally came as a bonus disc with the first copies of their last album The Eternal. Now it receives a proper release. Brian Coney dives in
Film

Preview: Thirty Years of Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth’s fifth album – and defining statement – is being given the tribute it’s long deserved with a new film by Lance Bangs and a new cut of Charles Atlas’ seminal doc, Put Blood in the Music
Reviews

Blue Whale

Process

A genre-mauling, forward-leaping debut from the Belfast band

Reviews

Robyn G Shiels

Death Of The Shadows

From Belfast, stark, soul-bruised tales with an optimistic heart

News

LISTEN: Matthew Shaw’s Among The Never Setting Stars

Dorset-based artist Matthew Shaw has filtered loss and the Cornish landscape into one of the ambient releases of the year. Brian Coney speaks to him about drone, sonic economy, recording in ancient sites, hallucinating Eno and more
News

LIVE REPORT: Desert Daze Festival

Despite disastrous cancellations, Desert Daze maintains its status as one of the year's finest cosmic blow-outs
Reviews

Ex-Isles

Luxury Mass

Debut album from the collaborative project of composer and multi-instrumentalist James Joys and vocalist Peter Devlin

News

Live Report: Sven Helbig in Hamburg

Looks great, sounds better: when German classical-electronic music meets German classical-technical venue

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