Father John Misty
Reviews 1
Articles 2
Black Sky Thinking
Sonic Sabotage: The Noisy History Of Auto-Destructive Music
Sub Pop recently issued a deluxe version of Father John Misty's album featuring a "bulging thickness" in the packaging that warped the vinyl beyond repair. But, says Robert Barry, this is just the latest in a rich history of self-destroying art
Baker’s Dozen Appearances 3
Baker's Dozen
The Archivist: Mark Webber of Pulp’s Baker’s Dozen
From his first discovery of The Velvet Underground to a cruise with Father John Misty, via mixtapes personally compiled for him by Spacemen 3 and encounters with Alex Chilton, Pulp’s Mark Webber takes Jonathan Wright through his favourite records
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Anniversary
Light On The Waves: Echo & The Bunnymen’s Heaven Up Here Turns 40
Angus Batey finds permanence in a record that is often seen as a document of fleeting change and talks about "Hevvo"'s contentious reputation, slammed by Bill Drummond as "dull as ditchwater" in 45 and held up as art for the ages by Cathi Unsworth in Weirdo
Electronic
Hyperspecific: Dance Music For February, Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel
Hyperspecific is back with the first instalment from our new columnist Jaša Bužinel, bringing you a selection of exciting new releases from Kode9, Autechre, Rian Treanor, Venus Ex Machina, Pauline Anna Strom and Giant Swan, among others
Black Sky Thinking
Taking The Heavy Metal Umlaut Seriously (Or, Why Motörhead Are Azerbaijani)
Riffing on the themes he explores in his new book The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language, Keith Kahn-Harris shares his love of diacritics and explains how the heavy metal umlaut might be less teutonic than it first appears
Books
If You Know, You Know: An Interview With Iphgenia Baal & Ben Graville
Compliances: A New Fear, from Toothgrinder Press, combines the apocalyptic imagery of photographer Ben Graville and the caustic prose of Iphgenia Baal. Cal Cashin talks to the pair about working together and the depressing state of publishing
