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Jamie Lidell

Jamie Lidell

The Wince Of Parties: MGMT’s Sophomore Slump

We're all for artistic freedom, says Julian Marszalek, but what happens when it leads a band straight off a cliff edge?

Into The Ryanverse: Tom Clancy’s Tom Clancy

Author Tom Clancy gained fame and broad recognition for his creation of the character Jack Ryan. But perhaps his greatest creation was Tom Clancy himself, argues Chris Fite-Wassilak

New Weird Britain In Review For October By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner unearths some East Sussex noise, the world's first modular acoustic synth, RAF early warning techno, and other odd gems from the British DIY underground

Things I Have Learned: Billy Childish On Chatham Dockyard

Easter Monday is Billy Holiday! Here the great man tells Phil Hebblethwaite about the history and legacy of the Chatham Dockyard (and why he thinks the Quietus is witless)

The Quietus International: Japanese Music Reviewed by Patrick St. Michel

In the first of a new monthly series delving into DIY music scenes across the globe, Patrick St. Michel offers a guide to the experimental pranksters, sonic mish-mashes and technical innovations shaping the Japanese underground, and picks out five key releases