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Grey Matters: An Interview With Hannah Peel
John Freeman meets up with Hannah Peel to find out why the five years it took to make her extraordinary new album, Awake But Always Dreaming, became a “life-changing experience” inspired by a desire to understand her grandmother’s dementia
Black Sky Thinking
The Byline: Wild Beasts’ Hayden Thorpe On Newcastle United
Wild Beasts' singer and adopted Geordie Hayden Thorpe speaks to Andrew Fenwick about the joys, sorrows and injustices of supporting Newcastle United under Mike Ashley and Alan Pardew. Hayden Thorpe photographed live by Valerio Berdini
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A Sense Of Clarity: Wild Beasts Interviewed
With Wild Beasts' excellent fourth album Present Tense released this week, they sit down with Luke Turner to discuss blurring the line between myth and reality, and how their music has evolved through growing older and (not necessarily) wiser
Black Sky Thinking
Behead The Traitor Doherty! Notions Of Britishness In The Music Of The 00s
The 00s have been a decade dominated by American indie imperialism. Much of the blame can be laid at the door of Britpop, but there are treasures from our own shores that have been cruelly ignored, argues Luke Turner
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Hidden Histories, Alternate Timelines: An Interview With Safa
Ahead of the release of his debut album Ibtihalat, Adam Quarshie caught up with music producer, researcher and architect Mhamad Safa to discuss polyrhythms, machine learning and the forgotten histories of the Middle East and North Africa
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The Journey & The Destination: An Interview With Hawthonn
The Leeds duo combine folk with electronics, geographical data with fox-bone rattle to create haunted dreamworlds of sound. Following a new release, Sea-Spiral Spirit, they unravel their unique processes with Russell Cuzner
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Bottled Moonlight: Anni Hogan Interviewed
The Zelig-like Anni Hogan has worked with everyone from Marc Almond and Nick Cave to The The and Nico but don't forget she's also a strong musician in her own right, as her new album Lost In Blue attests. Feature by Cathi Unsworth. All portraits courtesy of Peter Ashworth
