The Manics have abandoned the ideologies and cultural touchstones that once defined them, and approached their fifteenth record with "no MO," says James Dean Bradfield. He speaks to Patrick Clarke about how it's left him with a rare sense of freedom in a world where "reality resembles fiction"
The Manics have abandoned the ideologies and cultural touchstones that once defined them, and approached their fifteenth record with "no MO," says James Dean Bradfield. He speaks to Patrick Clarke about how it's left him with a rare sense of freedom in a world where "reality resembles fiction"
Your final tQ subscriber download of the year comes from none other than our albums of the year chart toppers Ex-Easter Island Head, who speak to Patrick Clarke about a prolific year, their love of "good old fashioned showbiz", and the sublime live performance captured for this release
Your final tQ subscriber download of the year comes from none other than our albums of the year chart toppers Ex-Easter Island Head, who speak to Patrick Clarke about a prolific year, their love of "good old fashioned showbiz", and the sublime live performance captured for this release
As he prepares for more post-Shane MacGowan shows with The Pogues following a triumph in Hackney earlier this year, Spider Stacy takes Patrick Clarke through 13 records that shaped him, from post punk classics through to the new wave of folk music, via jazz, hip hop, roots reggae and more
As he prepares for more post-Shane MacGowan shows with The Pogues following a triumph in Hackney earlier this year, Spider Stacy takes Patrick Clarke through 13 records that shaped him, from post punk classics through to the new wave of folk music, via jazz, hip hop, roots reggae and more
Your latest subscriber-exclusive music is a six-track collection of dizzying noise, punishing beats and crystalline electronics courtesy of Teeth Of The Sea's Mike Bourne, who tells Patrick Clarke about how he's stepping out on his own as Bruise Blood
Your latest subscriber-exclusive music is a six-track collection of dizzying noise, punishing beats and crystalline electronics courtesy of Teeth Of The Sea's Mike Bourne, who tells Patrick Clarke about how he's stepping out on his own as Bruise Blood
Featuring members of The Courtneys, Guttersnipe and Hawthonn, Tristwch Y Fenywod are the Welsh-language gothic band set to release one of this year's best debut albums, says Patrick Clarke ahead of their appearance at Supersonic in Birmingham
Featuring members of The Courtneys, Guttersnipe and Hawthonn, Tristwch Y Fenywod are the Welsh-language gothic band set to release one of this year's best debut albums, says Patrick Clarke ahead of their appearance at Supersonic in Birmingham
_The Damned United_ is a lightweight version of David Peace's dark character study of football manager Brian Clough. Taylor Parkes picks apart this flawed football flick. Plus Jeremy Allen compiles a gallery of 10 sports films that weren't shit.