Emily Bick

Capital Realism: John Foxx And Iain Sinclair Hold Court

Overgrown, overground, rambling free, John Foxx and Iain Sinclair meet up for food to discuss their mutual obsession with London. Words by Emily Bick. Photographs by Al Overdrive

It ASDA Be You: Daphne And Celeste Interviewed

Emily Bick meets a returning Daphne and Celeste, the pop duo who have teamed up with Max Tundra to blaze a new trail across the pop firmament

An Endlessly Evolving Parable: Daevid Allen Of Gong Interviewed

Emily Bick talks to counter-cultural hero Daevid Allen of Gong about parables of inner and outer space, Australia and keeping it in the family

Laurel Halo

Chance Of Rain

Technology Can’t Fight Back: Untangling The Web With Aleks Krotoski

Emily Bick speaks to the writer, broadcaster and social psychologist about her new book, Untangling the Web, the perceived influence of the internet on our lives and, perhaps more importantly, vice versa

LIVE REPORT: Sparks

Emily Bick catches a rare duo outing at Bush Hall, London

Child’s Play? The Hunger Games Reviewed

Suzanne Collins' young adult fiction is a global phenomenon. Co-scripted by the author and directed by Gary Ross, the big screen adaptation of the first novel in the trilogy opens today and looks set to dominate at the box office. Emily Bick finds out why 'the world will be watching'

A Future Forever Delayed: Erasure Interviewed

Emily Bick talks to Andy Bell and Vince Clarke about how the future arrived as smartphones not flying cars. Pictures by David Wade

Towards A New Language: John Maus Interviewed

As John Maus releases his brilliant new LP We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves, Emily Bick engages him in a fascinating discussion on why we need a new language for punk rock, nostalgia, and agreeing with the sentiments of Ice T's 'Cop Killer'

Lady Gaga’s ‘Judas’ & The Betrayal Of Netocracy

Emily Bick looks at the similarities between Lady Gaga's 'Judas' shtick, subversive Swedish pop group Army Of Lovers and the affiliated Alexander Bard's Netocracy to argue that the star's glamourous facade is a "prophylactic barrier to two-way engagement"

MEN

Talk About Body

Of Dorks & Geeks: A Weird Al Yankovic Interview

As he makes his first visit to Europe, Emily Bick talks to Weird Al Yankovic about YouTube, his parodies, keeping it clean, the crucial difference between geeks and dorks and why you "gotta do it for the Shat"

Of Electricity And Water: A Thomas Dolby Interview

As he curates the TED symposium, Thomas Dolby talks to Emily Bick discusses collaborations, copyright, the environment and his return to an East Anglia now threatened by the North Sea. Photos by Jana Chiellino

Good Music For A Hangover: Twin Sister Interviewed

Emily Bick talks to Twin Sister's guitarist Eric Cardona about tape decks, Long Island and mean dance moves

Pulling Hauntological Triggers: Gong & Space Ritual Live

Emily Bick heads to Gong and Space Ritual at the London Forum and the resulting cleanse of her Third Eye leads to a musing upon hauntological blogs and notions of memory

Field Day 2010: Oscillate Wildly – Silver Apples Interviewed

Ahead of their highly-anticipated set at Field Day this Saturday, Emily Bick speaks to Silver Apples' Simeon about a remarkable history of musical invention

MIA

Maya

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

Sweetest Perfection: Depeche Mode’s Violator 30 Years On

Three decades on from its release, Emily Bick remembers how as a teenager in Mall America, _Violator_ was a record that spoke of sex with style, and paved the way for _Twilight_

Crystal Castles: Exclusive Track-By-Track Preview Of Crystal Castles’ New LP

Crystal Castles follow their debut _Crystal Castles_ with second album, er, _Crystal Castles_. Emily Bick discovers a new, darker sound

The Knife In Collaboration With Mt.Sims & Planningtorock

Tomorrow In A Year

A John Foxx Interview – Impossible DNA

Emily Bick conducts an in-depth interview with John Foxx about cinematic ghosts, Battersea Power Station and psychogeography. Current portrait of John Foxx: Craig Hewitt

The Final Curtain For Nine Inch Nails

As Nine Inch Nails (purportedly) played their last ever gig on these shores at Sonisphere and the 02 recently, Emily Bick says goodbye . . .

Thomas Dolby

The Golden Age Of Wireless & The Flat Earth reissues

Michael Jackson Is A Piece Of The Continent Broken Away Says Emily Bick

Dirty Projectors

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