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Baker's Dozen
Beauty From Trauma: Paul Mendez’ Favourite Music
Pop is all over Rainbow Milk, the Gordon Burn Prize-nominated debut novel by Paul Mendez. Here he tells Paul Flynn how a love of Marvin Gaye, Beyonce, Solange, Joy Division and Missy Elliott gave him a clearer understanding of his sexuality and racial identity
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Fred Moten / Brandon López / Gerald Cleaver
Moten/López/Cleaver
From New York's Reading Group, a thrilling improvisation between Brandon López (double bass), and Gerald Cleaver (drums) with the voice of poet and cultural theorist Fred Moten, recorded in the immediate aftermath of the death of George Floyd
Baker's Dozen
The Passions: Owen Pallett’s Favourite Albums
Owen Pallett's new album helpfully gives us the title for our latest Baker's Dozen, as he talks Luke Turner through selections including Tori Amos, Throbbing Gristle, Jean Luc Ponty, Dean Blunt, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Total Freedom and Diamanda Galas
Baker's Dozen
Patterns In The Sand: Emma Anderson’s Favourite Albums
On the release of her debut solo album, former Lush member Emma Anderson takes Jude Rogers through her favourite albums, from a teenage years soundtracked by Simple Minds and The Durutti Column to her affinity with later 4AD labelmates
Books
Broken Spines: Past & Future Tense (Literary Highlights Of 2013 & 2014)
Not one to be left out, the Quietus Literary Supplement offers up a (not-quite-so-comprehensive) list of its own - our favourite books of 2013, and possible gems of the year-to-come - compiled by friends, contributors and our very own editors
Baker's Dozen
Rocket Girl: Vinita Joshi’s Favourite Albums
Ghetto blasting synth punk in Rugby. Lending pyjamas to Mogwai. Writing to Nick Drake’s sister. Finding psychology theory in music. Pranked by Robin Guthrie. Rocket Girl Records label head Vinita Joshi takes Will McCartney through the 13 records that have shaped her life
