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Black Sky Thinking
Shoegaze Revivals I Have Known, by Sonic Cathedral’s Nat Cramp
As Sonic Cathedral prepare for a run of birthday gigs and a box set release, founder Nat Cramp reflects on how shoegaze went from being a dirty word to darlings of Gen Z via a new generation of artists like Whitelands, pictured here. Have a listen to a specially-compiled Spotify playlist here.
Black Sky Thinking
Shoegaze Revivals I Have Known, by Sonic Cathedral’s Nat Cramp
As Sonic Cathedral prepare for a run of birthday gigs and a box set release, founder Nat Cramp reflects on how shoegaze went from being a dirty word to darlings of Gen Z via a new generation of artists like Whitelands, pictured here. Have a listen to a specially-compiled Spotify playlist here.
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Unshakable: Nonpareils’ Aaron Hemphill’s Favourite Albums
From underage drinking soundtracked by Germs to the ton-of-bricks hit of Prince And The Revolution, via classics in hip hop, goth, easy listening and metal, former Liars and current Nonpareils musician Aaron Hemphill takes Luke Turner through an eclectic Baker's Dozen
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Transcendental Cheap Magic: Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ At 40
On 3 December 1984, Wham! released a Christmas single that over the years would lose none of its power despite becoming a sonic monolith of the festive season. Ian Wade reflects on how the song has haunted his life, and the strange melancholy of a Christmas pop death.
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*Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood to Pour Let Us Never*, the third collaboration between the Japanese artist and the trio of Aaron Turner, Brian Cook and Nick Yacyshyn, is another typically brutal outing, but it’s the subtleties and silences that make it for Daryl Worthington
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Towards An Unknown Resolution: Bloc Weekend 2015 Reviewed
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The Artist Is Absent: Frank Ocean’s Coded Queerness
Underneath the frenzied media hype surrounding the release of his latest album, Frank Ocean remains an enigma. Laurie Chen reads between the lines to find shifting, forever elusive portrayals of queerness from an introverted visionary
