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As they prepare to release their second album and embark on their debut UK tour, Canadian improvisational ensemble Earth Ball tell Julian Marszalek about advertising on an old mattress, their unconventional base in a “dirty, weird coal mining town,” and the cooperative joy of instant composition
As they prepare to release their second album and embark on their debut UK tour, Canadian improvisational ensemble Earth Ball tell Julian Marszalek about advertising on an old mattress, their unconventional base in a “dirty, weird coal mining town,” and the cooperative joy of instant composition
Following the publication of his goth chronicle and ahead of a new album with Budgie and Jacknife Lee, The Cure's founding drummer Lol Tolhurst takes Julian Marszalek through his favourite records, from Jimi Hendrix to Low via the wonders of Trout Mask Replica
Following the publication of his goth chronicle and ahead of a new album with Budgie and Jacknife Lee, The Cure's founding drummer Lol Tolhurst takes Julian Marszalek through his favourite records, from Jimi Hendrix to Low via the wonders of Trout Mask Replica
One night of torrential rain can't dampen Julian Marszalek's spirits as he has a hoot at Green Man 2023, taking in sets by the likes of Devo, Jockstrap, Spiritualized, Bob Vylan, Billy Nomates, Nuha Ruby Ra, Lankum and his festival highlight Mandy, Indiana
One night of torrential rain can't dampen Julian Marszalek's spirits as he has a hoot at Green Man 2023, taking in sets by the likes of Devo, Jockstrap, Spiritualized, Bob Vylan, Billy Nomates, Nuha Ruby Ra, Lankum and his festival highlight Mandy, Indiana
Ahead of their performance at this year’s Green Man festival, Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell talks to Julian Marszalek about being the only goth in the village, the enduring power of the voice and why pen pals and fan clubs are beautiful things.
Ahead of their performance at this year’s Green Man festival, Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell talks to Julian Marszalek about being the only goth in the village, the enduring power of the voice and why pen pals and fan clubs are beautiful things.
Gordon Chapman-Fox speaks to Julian Marszalek about The Nation's Most Central Location, the latest album from his retro-futurist synth project exploring the unrealised optimism and ultimate disappointment of England's New Towns
Gordon Chapman-Fox speaks to Julian Marszalek about The Nation's Most Central Location, the latest album from his retro-futurist synth project exploring the unrealised optimism and ultimate disappointment of England's New Towns
Recorded exclusively for Quietus subscribers’ Autumn Equinox release, Wacław Zimpel’s new Train Spotter sees the Polish composer translate the sounds of Warsaw into a sprawling and intense album. He speaks to Julian Marszalek about the record’s creation
Recorded exclusively for Quietus subscribers’ Autumn Equinox release, Wacław Zimpel’s new Train Spotter sees the Polish composer translate the sounds of Warsaw into a sprawling and intense album. He speaks to Julian Marszalek about the record’s creation
Though they’d split by the time of its release, Recurring wasn’t so much a farewell from Spacemen 3 as a calling card for Pete Kember’s Spectrum and Jason Pierce’s Spiritualized. Julian Marszalek gets caught in the middle 30 years on
Though they’d split by the time of its release, Recurring wasn’t so much a farewell from Spacemen 3 as a calling card for Pete Kember’s Spectrum and Jason Pierce’s Spiritualized. Julian Marszalek gets caught in the middle 30 years on
Out of tragedy came triumph. But that didn’t shake AC/DC out of their state of arrested development – it simply cemented it to capture the joys of adolescence for generations of adolescents to come. Julian Marszalek gets his schoolboy shorts on
Out of tragedy came triumph. But that didn’t shake AC/DC out of their state of arrested development – it simply cemented it to capture the joys of adolescence for generations of adolescents to come. Julian Marszalek gets his schoolboy shorts on