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Knights Of Wrongness: The Strange World Of Regis & Downwards
As Downwards celebrates 20 years with an excellent compilation and new great releases from Oake and Samuel Kerridge, Luke Turner sits down with Karl O'Connor to discuss two decades of chaotic and righteous music making, from Sandra Electronics to Downwards releases, and solo work to the British Murder Boys
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Baker's Dozen
Stir My Teenage Soul: Karl ‘Regis’ O’Connor’s Favourite LPs
Karl O'Connor guides Luke Turner through the 13 teenage hits that made him Regis, with tales of smelling like a badger on the mail train to Brum and what happens when you get a member of Einstürzende Neubauten the wrong gravel on the way
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Anniversary
How The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy Lived Down To Their Name
Why is it so difficult to revisit the strident political albums of one's youth? David Bennun returns to the once inflammatory Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury and finds it’s so much smaller now, and didn't it all used to be fields around here?
Metal
Columnus Metallicus: Spring’s Best Metal Reviewed By Toby Cook
Toby Cook meditates on the symbolism as the one way stream as he reviews the latest in metal and pours HAIL upon new LPs by Death Karma, Lightning Bolt, Ghold, Acid King, Saturnalia Temple, Dødheimsgard, Pyramids, An Autumn For Crippled Children, Bad Guys and UFOMammut
Books
A Tsunami Of Images: Iain Sinclair Interviewed
Stephanie Boland sits down with the veteran writer and filmmaker to discuss the life-changing effects of the London Overground, the apparent death of the novel, the relationship between cinema and architecture, and putting together his new book - 70x70. Unlicensed Preaching: A Life Unpacked In 70 Films
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The Unanswered Question: Irmin Schmidt Interviewed
Few post-war musicians can match Irmin Schmidt’s creative drive, says Duncan Seaman. The veteran musician, composer and Can founder, talks about his Villa Wunderbar anthology of film music and solo work and his upcoming live shows
