Steven Wells
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Black Sky Thinking
Los Campesinos! First Against Wall In TWAT! (The War Against Twee)
The world stands, yet again, on the brink of the nuclear war, while simultaneously frying, blowing, flooding and burning to a premature end. How do twee band respond? By jumping up and down, shouting 'Yay!' and drinking Cherryade. Swells is unimpressed.
Black Sky Thinking
Swells on Topshop playlisting The Rotted
Topshop, popular outfitter to the nation's youth, have recently added malignant grindcore types The Rotted to their instore playlist. Swells explains why this means he should have been an A&R man, rather than working in Morrisons, back in '77
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No Hidden Agenda: The Return Of Interpol
This September, Interpol release their new album El Pintor. It's both their first in four years and their first without founding bassist Carlos Dengler. In an exclusive interview, Matt Foster meets Paul Banks, Daniel Kessler and Sam Fogarino to find out how they dealt with losing a band member and to talk about a record that fully encases both sides of their personality
A Quietus Interview
You’re Not Gonna Get Yours: Chuck D Of Public Enemy Interviewed
The Quietus' favourite hip hop group are back in the charts and their debut is now 25-years-old, so we sent Stevie Chick to get a Bakers Dozen from Chuck D. The power house rapper had other ideas however... Photo by Maria Jefferis of Shot2Bits
A Quietus Interview
And Desire Will Come By Itself: Songhoy Blues Interviewed
The Malian four-piece formed after fleeing from the north of the country when it was taken over by Islamist militants in 2012. Three years on, they tell Richie Troughton about combining blues with their native Songhai music on debut album, Music In Exile
