Lesley Chow
Anniversary
To Chop And Change: Pavement’s Wowee Zowee 30 Years On
Lesley Chow dissects the (semi-) serious intent behind Stephen Malkmus' nonsensical rhymes on Pavement's 3rd album which was positioned as the "logical end-point of rock". This feature was originally published in 2020 to mark the album's 25th anniversary
Anniversary
To Chop And Change: Pavement’s Wowee Zowee 30 Years On
Lesley Chow dissects the (semi-) serious intent behind Stephen Malkmus' nonsensical rhymes on Pavement's 3rd album which was positioned as the "logical end-point of rock". This feature was originally published in 2020 to mark the album's 25th anniversary
Anniversary
The World That Glitters: Diamonds And Pearls By Prince Revisited
Diamonds And Pearls may have been the first Prince album to feature The New Power Generation but it also marked the period where he began falling from critical favour. It is, however, an album that has aged extremely well, argues Lesley Chow. [NB: This feature was written before Prince's untimely death earlier this year]
Anniversary
The World That Glitters: Diamonds And Pearls By Prince Revisited
Diamonds And Pearls may have been the first Prince album to feature The New Power Generation but it also marked the period where he began falling from critical favour. It is, however, an album that has aged extremely well, argues Lesley Chow. [NB: This feature was written before Prince's untimely death earlier this year]
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Facing The Music: We Need You To Subscribe To The Quietus
We’ve recently had to strip back what the Quietus does, closing down our film and arts sections and have reluctantly put our books section on ice. In order to protect our music coverage we need at least another 350 people to subscribe to the site, says editor John Doran, but just look at what you get in return…
Baker's Dozen
All In It: British Sea Power’s Scott Wilkinson On His Favourite LPs
Ahead of British Sea Power's soundtracking of Polish animation at the Barbican as part of Kinoteka Film Festival and the release of new album Let The Dancers Inherit The Party, vocalist Scott Wilkinson guides Richard Foster through his favourite albums, from War Of The Worlds to Mighty Sparrow, Pavement and more. Photo by Mayumi Hirata
Books
That’s Really Not Okay: An Interview With Tim Etchells
Ahead of the publication of his new collection of short stories, *Endland*, artist, writer and Artistic Director of Forced Entertainment, Tim Etchells, talks to Jennifer Hodgson about class, culture, dissonant languages, staying provincial and writing against good taste
