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Black Sky Thinking
What Kind Of Party Doesn’t Have A DJ? On Politics & Grime
Grime's enthusiasm for Jeremy Corbyn has been one of the oddest moments of an already strange general election campaign. But, argues Jeffrey Boakye, perhaps the two worlds of politics and the music of London's streets aren't so different after all
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Black Sky Thinking
How to Talk to your Son about Dangerous Extremist Influencers
With TV drama Adolescence and Andrew Tate currently in the news, author Craig Johnson asks how the toxic ideology extremist influencers became so widespread and offers practical advice to help young people affected. CW: Reference to sexual assault and violence against women. Contains mild spoilers for Adolescence. Stills courtesy of Netflix
Live Reviews
Opera House Music: Pet Shop Boys’ Dreamworld Reviewed
Pet Shop Boys’ very own never-ending Dreamworld tour is back in the Capital for a five-night run at the Royal Opera House. But on a day when central London is host to multiple demonstrations about the kind of country the UK wants to be, are Tennant and Lowe losing their common touch?
Opinion & Essays
No Ordinary Thing: The Momentous Life & Times of Dory Previn
On the release of a new documentary on Dory Previn, Adelle Stripe explores an artist who learned to live with voices in her head, despite societal and institutional pressure to ignore them, and whose experiences demonstrate how female artists can seek a fulfilled creative life against the odds
A Quietus Interview
Life Beyond Paradise – Richard Youngs Of AMOR Interviewed
Following two sublime singles, the debut album from Glasgow-based dance music collective Amor captures timeless dancefloor melancholy and Paradise Garage-referencing rhythm, amid twenty-four channels of anaogue bliss. Founding member and acclaimed experimental musician Richard Youngs catches up with John Thorp, and tries not to overthink the groove
The Quietus International
North American Music: tQ in New York City, by Maxelle Talena
New York isn’t dead, says Maxelle Talena in the latest of tQ’s dispatches from the North American underground. It’s being killed. From jumpstyle to hardcore punk, from hip hop to garage rock (for those who can’t afford a garage), she introduces five key artists keeping the flame alive
