Sun Araw

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Black Sky Thinking

How Vic & Bob’s Mulligan & O’Hare Got Me Into Experimental Music, By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Jennifer Lucy Allan explains how a childhood love of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's avant-folk duo Mulligan & O'Hare opened her ears to the avant-garde, and realising that the most 'serious' music can often be a total hoot

A Quietus Interview

Nematode Noise: An Interview With Hookworms

John Freeman meets Hookworms to find out how the Leeds group's debut album, Pearl Mystic, became a blast of rage and sadness, and why parents shouldn't be let loose on Facebook

A Quietus Interview

Row Fishermen Row: Sun Araw M Geddes Gengras Interviewed

Following on from our interview with The Congos, Tina Winter talks to Sun Araw and M. Geddes Gengras about collaboration, chilling and collie weed

A Quietus Interview

Black Sun Rising: The Congos Interviewed

Heart Of The Congos is a classic album by anyone's standards, so why isn't its name lauded next to Police And Thieves, Natty Dread and The Harder They Come? John Doran talks to Ashanti Roy and Cedric Myton to find out

A Quietus Interview

The Heart Of The Narcissus Myth: Sun Araw Interviewed

Richard MacFarlane talks to Sun Araw's Cameron Stallone about new album _On Patrol_, shamanistic art-making and sludge

News 11

Laraaji Collaborates With Sun Araw

The two acts will release an album-length collaboration later this month

WATCH: New Sun Araw Video

Sun Araw's S. Araw "TRIO" XI share visual accompaniment to new album, watch it below

St John Sessions’ Final Line-Up Announced

Julia Holter, Wolfgang Voigt & more join Rhys Chatham, Charlemagne Palestine, William Basinski and Laurel Halo for the Hackney event

Oneida, Sun Araw & More For Corsica

Ace bill of fare over the next months for the Elephant and Castle venue

DOWNLOAD: Sun Araw & Congos Live EP

Five-track EP ICON GIVE LIFE, including 'Ark Of The Covenant', 'Open Up The Gate' and 'Fisherman'

Quietus Albums Of The Year So Far 2012

It's only half way through the year and already it's shaping up to be a classic for albums. Here's our halfway mark chart

WIN: A Pair Of Tickets To Congos Show

King Midas Added To Sun Araw/Congos Show

Kevin Martin & Kiki Hitomi to play an MC/DJ set in support of psych/reggae collaborative show, in London in June

Sun Araw & The Congos London Date

Legendary reggae band and US psych musicians to play together in June

WATCH: Congos & Sun Araw Trailer

Watch the trailer for Icon Eye, the film accompaniment to Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras' collaboration with The Congos

LISTEN: The Congos & Sun Araw Collab

Listen to the first fruits of a rather appropriate collaborative line-up below

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Haunted House: 40 Years Of ‘The Changeling’

Peter Medak's seminal horror film The Changeling turns 40 this year. With the anniversary comes an occasion to reappraise the film's influential subversion of a genre, finds Mat Colegate

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Beauty, Art, Action: Paul Schrader’s Male Martyrdom

Paul Schrader's diaristic style reaches its peak with The Card Counter, but it also nods to his penchant for male martyrs and a singular take on masculinity, finds Caleb Carter

Film

Beyond The Magical Mystery Tour: Apple Films Explored

The Beatles' poorly received 1967 TV movie has been restored for Blu-ray and DVD release this week, prompting Anthony Nield to trawl through the wildly variable output of their production company Apple Films

Film

It’s Grim Up North: Michael Winterbottom’s Butterfly Kiss

Michael Winterbottom's first film, remastered and released on DVD this week, makes an exquisite corpse out of clichés and comparisons.

Film

FrightFest The 13th: The Cigarette Burns Report

Josh Saco of Cigarette Burns enjoys the recent Film4 Frightfest, which took place at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square. Still from American Mary

Film

Cockney Cold War: Guy Ritchie, RocknRolla and Russian Movie Villains

Does the resurgence of Russian movie baddies signal another cultural cold war? Dave Moats reviews Guy Ritchie's epic return to form.

Film

Are We Human? Steven Spielberg’s A.I. At 20

Steven Spielberg's strongest and strangest film set the tone and pace for the filmmaker's most prolific period in the 2000s – and has aged gloriously, finds Sam Moore

Film

The Ghost Of Pictures Past: Reveries And Revenants At Glasgow Film Festival

Colm McAuliffe enjoys a wonderfully calibrated programme at Glasgow's annual Film Festival

Film

What’s Done Is Done: Lady Macbeth Reviewed

Ellie Broughton reviews first time director William Oldroyd's racy period drama, Lady Macbeth

Film

Because The Night: The Timeliness Of Chantal Akerman’s ‘Toute Une Nuit’

One of Chantal Akerman's lesser known works feels singularly important during times of global isolation. Toute Une Nuit telegraphs the importance of human connection over one finite period of time and now plays like a foggy memory, finds Patrick Preziosi

Film

A New History: Mark Cousins On His 14-Hour Odyssey ‘Women Make Film’

With his gargantuan new film Women Make Film, Mark Cousins is shining a light on an entire history of women filmmakers, a vital archive to rewrite an unfair industry. Olivia Neilson meets Cousins to find out more

Film

Moviedrone: November’s Film Soundtrack Round Up

Charlie Brigden returns to cast his ears over another selection of unheard melodies, including soundtracks by Philip Glass, Goblin, and the Radiophonic Workshop

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Reviews 3

Rum Music: The Best Of 2020

Rum Music For October Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Rum Music For February Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Articles 5

How Vic & Bob’s Mulligan & O’Hare Got Me Into Experimental Music, By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Nematode Noise: An Interview With Hookworms

Row Fishermen Row: Sun Araw M Geddes Gengras Interviewed

Black Sun Rising: The Congos Interviewed

The Heart Of The Narcissus Myth: Sun Araw Interviewed

News 11

Laraaji Collaborates With Sun Araw

WATCH: New Sun Araw Video

St John Sessions’ Final Line-Up Announced

Oneida, Sun Araw & More For Corsica

DOWNLOAD: Sun Araw & Congos Live EP

Quietus Albums Of The Year So Far 2012

WIN: A Pair Of Tickets To Congos Show

King Midas Added To Sun Araw/Congos Show

Sun Araw & The Congos London Date

WATCH: Congos & Sun Araw Trailer

LISTEN: The Congos & Sun Araw Collab

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