Slowdive
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A Retreat Into Silence: Slowdive’s Pygmalion At 30
Ridiculed and written off, Slowdive produced a meditative post rock masterpiece before quietly splitting up. Joe Banks reflects on why no one was listening at the time, and why we all need to listen now. This article was originally published in 2020
Black Sky Thinking
Shoegaze Revivals I Have Known, by Sonic Cathedral’s Nat Cramp
As Sonic Cathedral prepare for a run of birthday gigs and a box set release, founder Nat Cramp reflects on how shoegaze went from being a dirty word to darlings of Gen Z via a new generation of artists like Whitelands, pictured here. Have a listen to a specially-compiled Spotify playlist here.
Black Sky Thinking
25 Years After Its Imperial Phase: Who Killed Shoegaze?
With the release of MBV's Loveless, 1991 marked the high water mark for shoegaze before the music press turned its back with a nose-high snort of derision. Ben Cardew looks over the history of the genre and asks if its decline was simply because the music just got boring
A Quietus Interview
There Seems To Be A Lot Of Love Out There: A Slowdive Interview
Following last night’s news that Slowdive have reformed, founder members Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell talk exclusively to tQ about re-learning the old songs, advances in guitar pedal technology, the possibility of a new Slowdive album and why this time it's all about having fun
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Books
The Enthusiasm: Carl Neville’s Eminent Domain Playlist
"A staggeringly ambitious and original work of political science fiction," (according to our review today), Carl Neville's Eminent Domain imagines a socialist utopia in the "People’s Republic of Britain". Here, the author picks the tracks that accompanied its writing
Black Sky Thinking
Sing For Silenced Voices: Eurovision 2015 & The Armenian Genocide
On the centenary of the genocide that scattered them across the globe, members of the Armenian diaspora have united for the country's Eurovision Song Contest entry. With perpetrators Turkey refusing to accept responsibility (with the support of the UK and US), Alex Robert Ross argues that this political moment is timely
A Quietus Interview
Space Is The Place: An Interview With Yui Onodera
Yui Onodera’s music has the power to transform your listening space using insights the Tokyo-based composer gained from studying architectural design. With new pieces featured on the latest instalment in Kompakt’s Pop Ambient series, we discuss acoustics, ambient music and audio technology
Art
Touching From A Distance: An Interview With Tarek Atoui
Tarek Atoui's Cycles in 11, currently on display at Bait Al Serkal is Sharjah, represents a decade of work, collaboration, and experimentation for the Lebanese sound artist. He talks to Cathy Wade about instruments, collaboration, and the crucial importance of real contact
Black Sky Thinking
Fabric’s Closure & The Rise Of A New British Puritanism
The news that London nightclub Fabric is to close has stunned the music community. Here, Luke Turner argues that this is another battle lost on Britain's rightwards shift towards a bland, corporate new puritanism of the strange post-Brexit landscape. Photo thanks to the Islington Tribune
