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Columnfortably Numb: Psych Reviews For March By JR Moores

After the proto-dystopian arsestorm that was the last calendar year, JR Moores looks on the bright side of psych

Why 2018 Could Be The Best Year For Horror So Far…

Horror buff Mat Colegate asks if 2018 has simply been a landmark year for horror movies... or if it can actually be regarded the best year so far

Gravedancing: Pig Destroyer, Grindcore And The End Times

Grindcore emerged as a backlash to global capitalism, before Pig Destroyer did something much nastier with it. As they release an album that deals with our harrowing modern era, Dan Franklin examines whether this ferocious genre is actually being outstripped by a remorseless new reality. All Pig Destroyer pictures by Joey Wharton

Down By La Jetée: Lee Rourke Interviewed

Tim Burrows heads down to the coast to meet with author Lee Rourke and discuss his latest novel, Vulgar Things, the ways in which we filter the world and the strange allure and twin personalities of Southend and Canvey Island.

Cast Off Thy Smartphone & Be Healed: Debunking The Digital Detox

It's that time of year when all sorts of snake oil salespeople fill our lives with guilt and shame with diet plans, dry January and, most recently, the idea of a digital detox. David Bennun stares gleefully into a glowing screen to tell them what for

Fever Technique: The Spectral Photography Of Francine Winham

British photographer Francine Winham shot groundbreaking images of Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Nina Simone, but the influence she had on the people closest to her may still be her most important legacy, argues Ian Opolot

A World That Won’t Exist: A New History Of UK Prog Reviewed

Mike Barnes' new book A New Day Yesterday: UK Progressive Rock & The 1970s explores the expansive possibilities of the progressive rock scene

Mr Agreeable: A Turd In The Swimming Pool Of Life

Turning his one good eye on Lana Del Ray, Jack White and Uni Lad, it's Deptford's happiest soul, Mr Agreeable!

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Utopia

The fourth album from the Mercury-nominated artist forges new paths in psychedelic haze and whispered wizardry, finds Lina Adams

My Chemical Romance’s Danger Days: Track By Track Review

With My Chemical Romance previewing their album online tonight, we give _Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys_ the track-by-track treatment...

Behold! August’s Quietus Comics Round Up Column

Mat Colegate, Aug Stone, and Reggie Chamberlain-King present the best comics they've read this summer

Hyperspecific: Electronic Music For February Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel

Our dance music columnist returns with his highlights from the start of 2024, from lethal dancefloor material by Aya and re:ni to superb compilations by TraTraTrax and Wisdom Teeth, the latest from Burial and more

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The Capsule

Why Everything Is Love Is Tidal’s Last Desperate Throw Of The Dice

This weekend, Jay-Z and Beyoncé released joint album Everything Is Love exclusively via their Tidal platform. But with the record already on Spotify, Eamonn Forde argues that this is yet another vain lunge by the 1% and a platform that is failing to take off

Organic Intelligence XXVI: Dungeon Synth

In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Joel McIver slaps on the corpsepaint and buys a 50p keyboard to give us a run-down of the non-more troglodytal world of dungeon synth

‘I Love Crying’: Loney, Dear’s Lonely, Lonely World

Emil Svanängen’s sixth album has just been released to quiet but universal acclaim, yet still he’s not happy. Wyndham Wallace explores the intimate, ingenuous universe of Loney, Dear.