An exploration of movements, scenes, themes and prolific musical careers.
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The story of Bremen band Saâda Bonaire. The 80s synth-pop project fronted by Stephanie Lange and Claudia Hossfelh, standing singular from their fellow German new wave contemporaries with a unique fusion style: husky female vocals, Eastern instruments, dub and African music aesthetics, drum computers and synthesizers. Bringing new life and
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"There’s been an anti-establishment arts scene here too, for years, with a massive tongue in its cheek. It was there in the Pop Group, Smith and Mighty, the Wild Bunch, and Banksy. It’s always found itself." Geoff Barrow (Portishead, Beak>) One of the strongest provincial
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"'Are you ready for start time?' says Lucas 'Fats' in the opening minutes of Live at The Apollo. 'Why yes we are Lucas!' (I mutter to myself while writing this). What comes next is the sonics of adoring screams, followed by James Brown
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Long live print. "We’re not here to fight the digital world, but our passion is centred on creating this tangible product and the ongoing growth of our audience, in a similar way to the growth of vinyl, tells us lots of others enjoy holding things too." So
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"Today I’m so grateful for my life, not because I get to stand onstage with my best friends…but because I’m content with the person that I am." Julien Baker Words by Kerenza Nawaki, Rough Trade East. Our celebration of music history is not the same
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Dehd kicks off 2024 by releasing their fifth studio album, Poetry via Fat Possum Records. Following the whirlwind success of Dehd’s fourth album Blue Skies and hit single “Bad Love”, they first gathered at Kempf’s off-grid Earthship in Taos, New Mexico where they chopped wood to stay warm
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"Few songs give you the option to feel that deeply in the first instance, but The Killing Moon gives you that sized canvas to project onto as a listener... that's uncharted waters. Almost unheard of." The birthplace of The Beatles, the epicentre of pop, home to
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"We worked on listening to Amy, analysing her, but at the same time it was really important that Marisa wasn't just an Amy Winehouse impersonator." Giles Martin Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy), Back To Black celebrates one of the most iconic voices of the 21st
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Phosphorescent’s Matthew Houck is back with Revelator, a new album of nine original songs that marks his debut for Verve Records. Grappling with the quiet obstacles and unspoken truths that come with the gravity of navigating home, partnership and family, Revelator ruminates on questions that can be difficult to
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"Music is the only thing that will give and give and give and not take." Amy Winehouse In 2011 the world lost one of the most unsurpassed and irreplaceable voices in music, London singer Amy Winehouse. The star's untimely passing shook the music community she left
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"The sun is a thing that never dims its light for anybody. I don't want to dim my light for anybody. Even when the clouds are in front of me and it feels like a grey day, I still want to feel present and bright, and powerful.
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"The beautiful thing about the Ride story is that we've been allowed to give the ending a second go. We're gonna rewrite the ending much better this time." Interview by Emily Waller Photos by James George Potter I could sit and chat to Andy