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The Byline: British Sea Power’s Noble On The Trials Of The Man U Fan

In the second of our series recounting independent musicians personal relationships with the beautiful game, British Sea Power's Martin Noble talks to Andrew Fenwick about eating crisps at Old Trafford, performing at an FA Cup Final and catching a glimpse of Sir Bobby Charlton's penis...

Portishead’s Adrian Utley On Taxi Driver & His Soundtrack Work

This weekend, Adrian Utley will introduce a screening of the new edition of Taxi Driver in London. He tells Simon Jablonski about his love for the film, soundtrack work, and a never-before-told tale from his distant musical past

Low Culture Podcast: A Balearic Guernsey & The Best Of October

The Low Culture podcast is back with your tips for the month ahead, from Andor to a new Peter Strickland film and banging noise from Persher.

PREVIEW: We Love Green, Paris

Ahead of We Love Green's eighth edition in Paris next month, Patrick Clarke speaks to founder Marie Sabot about the sustainable festival with a difference

Touching Cloth: Peter Strickland On Work And Clothing

Peter Strickland's new film, In Fabric, stars Marianne Jean=Baptiste, Julian Barratt, Gwendoline Christie, and Fatma Mohamed. He talks to the Quietus about the music of Tim Gane, the forgotten department stores of Reading high street, and ASMR

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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For January Reviewed By Kez Whelan

Don't worry about the metal whoppers taking part in the recent attempted coup, says Kez Whelan, there are a lot more relevant statements being made out there...

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Echo’s Answers: Carla Dal Forno’s Bakers Dozen

Carla Dal Forno takes tQ through thirteen albums that have shaped her life and work, from the life-changing experience of discovering Broadcast to the constant inspiration of Una Baines

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Chemical Flowers

On new album Chemical Flowers, Luke Younger expands his compositional palette, finds Colin Gannon

Lana Del Rey Says Radiohead Lawsuit Is Over

During a show in Brazil, Lana Del Rey told fans that the legal dispute with Radiohead over her track 'Get Free' is now over

No Checked Tablecloths: Rockfort & The Meaning of ‘Frenchness’ in Pop

Pondering on the recent Jonathan Meades series On France, our French music correspondent David 'Rockfort' McKenna looks at definitions of Gallic pop

Psychedelic Thread: Gaz Coombes’ Favourite Albums

With an upcoming UK tour and an appearance at Field Day coming in the wake of his second album Matador, the former Supergrass man gives Julian Marszalek a tour of his top 13 LPs

Radio-Activity IV: Mary Beard & A Scandal On The Airwaves

After the appalling treatment meted out to Mary Beard after she appeared on Question Time, Jude Rogers looks at the presence of women on the radio... and finds that the BBC is lacking in comparison to its commercial rivals

Collapsed Horizon: Philip K Dick’s A Scanner Darkly, 40 Years On

In the fortieth anniversary year of Philip K Dick's fortieth novel, Eli Lee finds a prescient and poignant work of grief, less concerned with sci-fi predictions of the future than with exorcising the ghosts of the past and confronting the quiet horror of addiction in the present

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