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While everyone knows of ‘Charles Manson’ few have actually listened to his recordings. Music is the glue that sticks Manson to his friends, his fellow travellers, his ‘Family’, his enemies. In this essay, Mark Goodall reflects on Manson in context of his music. This in anticipation of Quentin Tarantino’s Manson movie and Jordan Peele’s Us.
How long is long in the music business? Stephen Lee Naish looks at a future Manic Street Preachers.
‘I want to present a kind of alternative universe version of the record’. Stephen Lee Naish talks Manic Street Peachers.
Glastonbury 99 was missing a spark. Stephen Lee Naish muses on the Manic Street Preachers
Author Melissa Mora Hidalgo talks about Morrissey, The Smiths, fans, and her new book.
Dr. Jennifer Otter Bickerdike tells us about her upcoming Headpress title, Joy Devotion: The Importance of Ian Curtis and Fan Culture on the fanatical fan culture surrounding Joy Division.
Editor and contributor Jennifer Wallis talks about power electronics, noise culture, and her new book.
Richard Stevenson, creator/editor of noise receptor journal and a key contributor to Fight Your Own War: Power Electronics and Noise Culture, shares some of his favourite tracks with us.
The Anthology of Rap (2010; edited by Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois). Review by Thomas McGrath.
We didn’t know this when putting together Mark Goodall’s Gathering of the Tribe, but are pleased to report that Deathpile’s G.R.—also covered in Jennifer Wallis’ book Fight Your Own War—is now available on vinyl. Limited to 500 copies.
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
