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Opposites Attract: Manic Street Preachers Interviewed
The Manics have abandoned the ideologies and cultural touchstones that once defined them, and approached their fifteenth record with "no MO," says James Dean Bradfield. He speaks to Patrick Clarke about how it's left him with a rare sense of freedom in a world where "reality resembles fiction"
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Melancholy Optimism: Manic Street Preachers Interviewed
The Manic Street Preachers thought they might never make another album again, then along came Resistance Is Futile. Patrick Clarke meets Nicky Wire to discuss a record that's either the start of a great new era or the end of it all
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In Conversation: Tony Benn & Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers
One of our favourite politicians is about to publish another book. One of our favourite rock stars is about to release another album. We thought we'd get them together. Overseen by (one of our favourite writers) Simon Price.
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Staying Untuned: Zamilska Interviewed
Her debut album of hard-edged, techno-shaded rattlers was one of our favourites of last year. Before she heads to CTM, Natalia Zamilska talks to Luke Turner about meshing together African music and Emily Brontë, the political aspects of her work and seeking diversity in Poland's music scene
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The Last Laugh: Cronos Of Venom Interviewed
Venom are now widely recognised as being the cornerstone of modern extreme metal. Cronos, the driving force behind the band over the last four decades, talks to John Doran about how class, geography and an accident with a gun went into shaping what they became
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Layers Upon Layers: An Interview With Phonodelica
Drawing upon sound samples, classical training in piano and personal and wider histories, Donia Jarrar spoke with Ned Raggett about creating the Phonodelica project, dealing with teenage friends dissing her about Björk and when her parents mistook a guitar for a train
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Are These The Drones You’re Looking For? Schneider TM Interviewed
Once known for pioneering 'indietronica', Schneider TM is now disappearing into a vortex of beautiful, irresistible noise. Wyndham Wallace talks to him about his new album, Guitar Sounds, working with Pan Sonic and Damo Suzuki, and why "whatever makes sound can be music"
