Stephen Grasso

Watching The Detectives: Rust Cohle & Marty Hart, An Appreciation

Stephen Grasso compares True Detective to that other generational work of US TV brilliance, Twin Peaks and talks about the identity of the King in Yellow. And hey, guess what? Massive, massive spoilers...

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Django Fever: A Hidden History Of Django Unchained

Stephen Grasso ponders some of the hidden influences and lesser-known historical antecedents to Tarantino's Django Unchained. Contains moderate spoilers

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A Nightmare In Bagley’s: An Interview With Mumdance

With the deep-freeze grime of 'Take Time' with Novelist still resounding in our ears, Mumdance meets Harry Sword to discuss his newly released mix CD with Pinch, the importance of musical context, and working with mahraganat artists in Cairo

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Meditation & Repetition: An Interview With MAKE

Chapel Hill's purveyors of psychedelic metal epics, MAKE, recently released their debut album Trephine. Kevin McCaighy caught up with the three-piece to discuss how they formed and the themes behind the album

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Arab Strap Return

Duo to mark 20th anniversary with three UK gigs

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Not Done: An Interview With Nakhane

South African musician, actor and novelist Nakhane talks their latest LP Leading Lines, how queerness invites new perspectives, and balancing necessary rage and dancefloor euphoria

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Black Punk, Feminism And LGBQT+ Values: Big Joanie Interviewed

From touring with Bikini Kill to conversing with the Raincoats, Big Joanie explore in depth their personal experiences between the nexus of black feminism and punk, says Laviea Thomas

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Electric Light Orchestra: Viridian Ensemble Interviewed

Jennifer Lucy Allan talks to four members of the Bristol group who experiment with music and film, prompted by 12th century texts about women's medicine, shrimp in the West Country, and finding the edges of their instruments

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Pinch Punch The First Of The Month: December Interviewed

Lucia Udvardyova talks to French-based electronic musician, Tomas More who records as December

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Push It To The Limit: An Interview With LICE

LICE speak to Patrick Clarke about their ambitious new album WASTELAND, a rebuke to the inadequacy of modern post-punk songwriting, and the inspiration of Italian modernism, Brian Catling and William S. Burroughs

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Embracing Change: An Interview With Mike Oldfield

Mike Oldfield tells Brad Sanders about Tubular Bells, the new re-issue of his Incantations LP and why his coffers are always swelled after Halloween re-runs of The Exorcist

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Outernational Days’ Discourse Programme Announced

A selection of panel discussions at the second edition of the Bucharest festival have now been announced

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LISTEN: The Dead C – EUSA Kills

Taken from their split vinyl LP with Rangda, out now on Ba Da Bing

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Stephen Grasso

Watching The Detectives: Rust Cohle & Marty Hart, An Appreciation

Watching The Detectives: Rust Cohle & Marty Hart, An Appreciation

Django Fever: A Hidden History Of Django Unchained

Django Fever: A Hidden History Of Django Unchained

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