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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Dan Richards Interviewed
Mark Dishman meets up with author and long-time friend Dan Richards to discuss his new book, The Beechwood Airship Interviews, which features conversations with artists and craftsmen — from Judi Dench to Bill Drummond. Dan talks chutzpa, burning zeppelins, and explains why Geoff Dyer bought him lentils
Black Sky Thinking
Terror In The Terroir: Resisting The Rebranding Of The Countryside
Resisting ideological efforts to brand the countryside as a place of safe, reassuring conservativism, argues Joe Kennedy, a host of art and music in 2013 powerfully emphasised the uncanny and traumatic aspects of rural Britain. Photograph by Luke Turner.
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Unquiet Spirits: Ifriqiyya Electrique Interviewed
With Laylet el Booree - one of tQ's albums of the year so far - Ifriqiyya Electrique have fused industrial post punk and techno with the traditional Banga music of the Tunisian desert to brilliant effect. But as instigator Francois Cambuzat tells Ben Graham, they still fear it could all be a dreadful mistake
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Immortal Party Poodles: An Interview With Warmduscher
As they prepare their first album for Bella Union, Warmduscher speak to Patrick Clarke about the inspiration of the “ancient caners” found at public WiFi hotspots, the pros and cons of proper studio time, and the greasy essence at the band’s core
Live Reviews
Sculpt A Rodin From Mashed Potato: On Tour With Ecstatic Material
Outlands is a new network of promoters, arts organisations and curators putting on strange and wonderful performances in the corners of New Weird Britain. Their last tour featured Beatrice Dillon making a racket to splatter sculptor Keith Harrison's Play-Doh - Jennifer Lucy Allan reports
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Original Sin: An Interview With Lana Del Rey
Even though her song 'Video Games' emerged a couple of months back, Lana Del Rey has already experienced equal parts adulation and suspicion. Here, John Calvert speaks to her about David Lynch, New York and the ghosts that hide behind her 'white picket-fenced cheer'. The NSFW YouTube clip contains strobing images
