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WEBIn this month's essay, Skye Butchard remembers their dad's collection of cassettes on which he recorded the 1981 radio version of Tolkien's classic to reflect on memory, archiving, and how familial relationships and loss are intrinsically bound up with the culture we share. Subscribers. The Quietus International.
Cardiacs — Sing To God (Reissue) - The Quietus
WEBJul 4, 2014 · Originally released in 1996 in a limited run of 3000 double album CD sets and later separately as volumes 1 & 2, Cardiacs’ epic masterpiece Sing To God has finally been given the 180g vinyl release that it always deserved. A beautiful thing it is too – from the Night Of The Hunter inspired disembodied heads floating against a dark night sky dotted with stars on the front cover, to the ...
Vince Clarke Interview: Erasure, Depeche Mode Reuniting and Yazoo
WEBMar 5, 2009 · Synth pop's retiring pop genius talks to us on the possibilities of a Depeche Mode reunion, Erasure's longevity and how he nearly got produced by Kate Bush. Personally I don’t need an excuse to find out what’s going on with Vince Clarke – the man’s a stone cold genius. Even if Depeche Mode Mk 1 aren’t your favourite incarnation, it ...
The Durutti Column — A Paean To Wilson - The Quietus
WEBFeb 12, 2010 · It’s been 30 years almost to the day since Factory Records released The Return Of The Durutti Column – in actual fact the first Durutti Column album – following the inclusion of two tracks by an early line up alongside Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire and John Dowie on the label’s famous 1978 sampler. That’s over three decades since Anthony H. Wilson first fell in love with the music ...
Jack White — Lazaretto - The Quietus
WEBJun 13, 2014 · On the title track of Lazaretto, his second solo album, Jack White sings of escaping a quarantine station on the Isle of Man.Like many of White’s lyrics, his situation could be fictional or the summoning of a past life experience. Over a recurring 12 note progression which doubles as a riff, he outlines his imprisonment in his distinctive tremor: "I have no time left/ Time is lost/ No time ...
INTERVIEW: Lubomyr Melnyk - The Quietus
WEBMay 14, 2015 · Photograph courtesy of Alex Kozobolis Lubomyr Melnyk, the German-born Ukrainian composer, is known for his creations of ‘continuous music’: extensive explorations of piano notes played rapidly in complex series. It’s a technique that has taken years to perfect – Melnyk plays up to 19.5 notes a second – …
20 Years On: Man Bites Dog Revisited - The Quietus
WEBSep 14, 2012 · In both these interpretations, offered by filmmaker and critic alike, the movie’s main thrust is plain, blunt and without subtlety. However, Man Bites Dog is one of the stronger examples of filmmakers penning a workable concept that functions with the least amount of money. The mockumentary genre has always allowed a fair amount of latitude in this respect, particularly in terms of debut ...
It’s Like The New Past – Life Without Buildings Interviewed
WEBMar 1, 2021 · On the 20th anniversary of their one and only studio album, Any Other City, . Fergal Kinney speaks to Life Without Buildings about their short productive life and their incredibly long tail. Fergal Kinney Published 9:31am 1 March 2021. In pop music, and the cottage industry set up to auto-mythologise it, there’s little premium higher than the ...
The Strange World Of Johnny Hallyday
WEBOct 10, 2012 · As the ‘idol of the young’ Hallyday had an edge to him, but musically his approach was pedestrian. After exhorting the French to ‘danse le twist’ in 1961 (the year after Chubby Checker had encouraged the Americans to do the same), the 1962 single ‘C’est le mashed potatoes’ explained the dance craze to the French (‘In America all the young people dance it/ It’s a bit like the ...
Sweet Thirteen: Jennifer Herrema’s Favourite Albums
WEBJul 29, 2014 · Being Jennifer Herrema is busy. Black Bananas recently released their second album Electric Brick Wall on Drag City, featuring two songs written remotely with her old Royal Trux sparring partner Neil Hagerty. They’ve also done a remix straight swap with Liars – ‘Mess On A Mission’ for ‘Physical Emotions’ – and Herrema has written ...