Lauren Oyler sits down with PEN/Faulkner Award-winning novelist Atticus Lish to discuss a simultaneous influence and eschewing of minimalism, the secondary nature of language, and the gift of autonomy in relation to his full-length debut — Preparation For The Next Life — via sartorial guidance and looking for ninjas in the phone book
Using just guitar, effects and a loop pedal, Dustin Wong conjures up hypnotic and immersive instrumental psych-pop. He speaks with Tristan Bath about new album Mediation Of Ecstatic Energy, musical dualities and drawing inspiration from Tokyo
Hans Appelqvist’s latest stage show, which shows at Intonal festival, Malmö, Sweden, explores a controversial Japanese horror in the context of a first date. Matthew Neale talks to the Swedish artist about pornography, body genres, and why art doesn’t need to be therapeutic. Contains spoilers for film and show