Matthew Neale

Impossible Syllables: Lucrecia Dalt’s Favourite Albums

In this week's Baker's Dozen, Lucrecia Dalt speaks to Matthew Neale about her love of jazz, crafting an alter-ego for her new record, and the delimiting forces of language

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Untangling The Galaxy: AHRKH’s Alex Macarte Interviewed

On the release of a new solo album of “psychic entrainment”, GNOD member Alex Macarte speaks to Matthew Neale about sound healing, the origins of creativity, and the glory days of the Salford Mill

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Gold Standard: Kobi Onyame Interviewed

From makeshift studios in Accra to arenas in Glasgow, Ghanaian-born artist Kobi Onyame talks to Matthew Neale about finding his divine purpose

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Living With The Human Machines: Sarah Angliss Interviewed

Ahead of her performance at Supersonic festival, experimental artist Sarah Angliss speaks to Matthew Neale about the cyborgs, dummies and ghosts that populate her expansive work

Strange World Of...

Channel-Surfing the Apocalypse: The Strange World Of… Daniel Higgs

Daniel Higgs has built a legacy in the pursuit of his own spiritual truth. Ahead of an appearance at Terraforma festival he talks Matthew Neale through his back catalogue, with detours via mass media indoctrination, a drive-by shooting, and the mystery of how cassettes work

Previously Read

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Cut the Crop: Agriculture Interviewed

While black metal history is often the story of errant youth reaping chaos, Agriculture plough their own furrow. Dan Franklin meets a band who sow explosive seeds via songwriting and then reap joyous brinkmanship onstage. Main portrait by Olivia Crumm

Things I Have Learned

Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble on Living in Iona

Roddy Woomble enjoys life in the Inner Hebrides, even if occasionally visiting indie rock fans can't work out why he's giving them a sightseeing tour. Words by Stevie Chick. Main portrait by Craig McIntosh

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Something Really Beautiful: An Interview With M.I.A.

Ahead of her Meltdown festival, M.I.A. talks to Anna Wood about misfits, British identity and staying wide awake in the music industry

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Shake Up the Space: An Interview with upsammy and Valentina Magaletti

Ahead of the North American premiere of their ongoing collaboration at this year’s MUTEK Festival, upsammy and Valentina Magaletti speak to Jennifer Lucy Allan about architecture as an instrument, and striking a balance between turbulence and clarity

Reviews

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Underscores’ third album is an excursion into the intersection of dance and pop music, sure to slingshot the American singer-songwriter into stardom

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Opposites Attract: Manic Street Preachers Interviewed

The Manics have abandoned the ideologies and cultural touchstones that once defined them, and approached their fifteenth record with "no MO," says James Dean Bradfield. He speaks to Patrick Clarke about how it's left him with a rare sense of freedom in a world where "reality resembles fiction"

News

Massive Attack Launch Mezzanine Remix App

Massive Attack's Mezzanine anniversary celebrations continue with the launch of an app allowing users to remix the album's tracks

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Wider Future: An Interview With Osheyack

Shanghai-based producer Eli Osheyack speaks to Alex Rigotti about the fluctuating fortunes of the city's fertile underground electronic scene, and exploring the relationships between artists and community on new album Intimate Publics

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“Time Doesn’t Feel Like a Linear Progression” – Moor Mother Interviewed

Ahead of her OFF festival performance in Poland this Summer, Moor Mother tells Liz Aubrey about making music in the moment, fighting gentrification and finding her own path through history

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A Policy of Expansionism: Transcendent Metallers Ghold Interviewed

Ghold speak to Kez Whelan about the Singularity track 'EXACT REPULSE SUFFER', given to tQ subscribers in 2022

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Matthew Neale

Impossible Syllables: Lucrecia Dalt’s Favourite Albums

Impossible Syllables: Lucrecia Dalt’s Favourite Albums

Untangling The Galaxy: AHRKH’s Alex Macarte Interviewed