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Cutting the Beef: Rappers unite as 50’s marketing ploy fails

As 50 Cent vainly attempts to flog another album on his label with a tired round of beefing, Adam Narkiewicz looks at how a new generation of rappers are re-introducing a spirit of community and collaboration to the genre.

‘Cos Everybody Hates A Tourist: Pulp, Politics & Power At Primavera 2011

The Quietus heads to a Primavera Festival that takes place against the backdrop of an ugly police crackdown on Barcelona protesters. Tim Burrows explains why now is the perfect time for the return of Pulp, plus reviews of Factory Floor & Chris Carter, Einsturzende Neubauten, PJ Harvey, Odd Future, Swans and more. Pictures by Hayley Hatton

Poachers Turn Gamekeepers: Devo On Singing The Corporate Anthem

Emily Bick talks to founding Devo member Gerry Casale about hip-hop materialism, the problem with _American Idol_ and consumerist culture

Blur To Debut New Songs Via Twitter

New songs for Blur - Damon Albarn's last? - will be aired on the band’s official Twitter page next Monday, 2nd July

A Tribute To Carol Clerk

Remembering our friend and colleague Carol Clerk

The Bravest Metal Band In The World?: The Dillinger Escape Plan Interviewed

Adam Anonymous chats to The Dillinger Escape Plan about their new album _Option Paralysis_, accusations of steroid abuse and the questions that they find most irritating

Columnus Metallicus – November Is The Cruelest Month

Toby Cook really hates November - but luckily for us, he still loves his metal. He overcomes his calendar blues to tell us what he's been bursting his eardrums with this month.

Growing Up In Public: Zoe Pilger’s ‘Eat My Heart Out’

Houman Barekat gets his teeth in to Zoe Pilger's debut novel - a blackly-comic commentary on feminism, idealism, contemporary youth and the complexities of human relationships - Eat My Heart Out

Is The BBC The Enemy Of Hip Hop?

Last week amongst the detritus thrown at UK rapper Lethal Bizzle by the audience at Download was a banana skin. Forget about this though - a bigger problem facing UK hip hop stars, argues rapper/writer Adam Narkiewicz is the media itself

20 Years On: Ice-T’s O.G. Original Gangster Revisited

With his plain speaking, crisp production and fearsome focus, Ice-T was hugely influential two decades ago, says Angus Batey

Mystery Music: Investigating Utrecht At Le Guess Who Festival

The Utrecht music scene was born in the city's squats. But, finds Evan Harris, this counter culture is under threat

Bring The Ruckus: Country & Western Versus Krautrock, Our Writers Rage

Quietus writers David Stubbs and Andrew Mueller square up to resolve one of the the great unanswered questions of our time

Low Culture Podcast 18: Jane Weaver On Gerry Rafferty

This month for Low Culture subscribers, John Doran talks to Jane Weaver about her abiding love for Gerry Rafferty's Can I Have My Money Back?

Com Lag: Slow Media, & The Occupation Of Online Time

As concern grows over what the corporate internet's flattening of time might be doing to our minds, a host of modern artists are using its own devices to resist the onslaught, slowing music and art and allowing time for its meaning to sink in. Ryan Diduck examines the significance of these 'com-lagged' works of art

“I’m Sort Of English Melancholy”: Damon Albarn Interviewed

With an upcoming Blur show and a number of albums set for release in the coming months, Damon Albarn's 2012 looks set to be as packed as ever. He sat down with Stephen Dalton to talk Doctor Dee, the future of Blur, the Olympics, David Cameron and Alex James' cheese