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Badly Recorded Boy: Author Enrico Monacelli’s Lo-Fi Playlist

To accompany the release of his new book The Great Psychic Outdoors, Enrico Monacelli offers up ten slices of raw, poor sound
Art

Daniel Johnston’s Psychedelic Drawings: A Swirling Trip Through ‘Outsider Art’

The lo-fi songs of Daniel Johnston have been hymned by the likes of Beck, Wilco and Kurt Cobain. But, argues Ed Prideaux, Johnston's visual art was always at the heart of his appeal
Black Sky Thinking

Lana Del Rey, Daniel Johnston, Fandom & Limitlessness Of Interpretation

Reflecting on the death of Daniel Johnston and the spat between Lana Del Rey and the critic Ann Powers, Jazz Monroe explores how fandom can't hinge on the artist’s intention, and that artists don't need to 'earn' profundity - listeners have the power to give it.

A Quietus Interview

Singing No Evil: Jad Fair Of Half Japanese Interviewed

Jad Fair has been making visceral outsider art and music for nearly four decades now. April Welsh talks to him about the reissue of the Half Japanese debut, Half Gentlemen/Not Beasts

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 3

Baker's Dozen

Rediscovering Mystery: Neko Case’s Baker’s Dozen

With her ninth full-length album set for release at the beginning of next month, Neko Case takes Emma Madden on a trip from The Cramps to Joanna Newsom, as she calls at 13 ports of strangeness for her Baker's Dozen.

Baker's Dozen

‘Snake Hits: Frank Carter’s Favourite Albums

Frank Carter of Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes is one of the nicest men in all rock - here he sits down with Patrick Clarke to discuss the music that has shaped his life
Baker's Dozen

This Is My Music: Dean Wareham’s Favourite Albums

April Clare Welsh gets a rundown of the former Galaxie 500 frontman's all-time top 13 LPs before he comes to the UK to tour in support of his debut solo album next week

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