John Hughes was a comedy genius who perfectly captured the trails and tribulations of the American suburban teen. He created some of the most memorable films of the 80s including _The Breakfast Club_, _Christmas Vacation_, _Planes, Trains and Automobiles_ and _Ferris Bueller's Day Off_. Battleship Pretension's David Bax looks back on his legacy with a list of his top ten films.
John Hughes was a comedy genius who perfectly captured the trails and tribulations of the American suburban teen. He created some of the most memorable films of the 80s including _The Breakfast Club_, _Christmas Vacation_, _Planes, Trains and Automobiles_ and _Ferris Bueller's Day Off_. Battleship Pretension's David Bax looks back on his legacy with a list of his top ten films.
Lightning Bolt's inimitable drummer Brian Chippendale returns this month with a solo album under the name Black Pus. He speaks with Ian Maleney about the joys of unpredictability, mood-affecting music and "barely knowing what any of the lyrics are"
On the eve of the release of her biography, _Typical Girls? The Story of The Slits_, writer Zoë Street Howe examines her own motivations for writing the book, on how she helped reunite previously disenfranchised members, and why the group's legacy is still important today.
Ahead of their performance at Berlin Atonal this week, Albert Freeman catches up with Peter Van Hoesen and Yves De Mey, to discuss the exploratory impulses that feed into the jagged techno landscapes of their collaborative project Sendai