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WEBThe ribald, hot and at times hilarious art of Tom of Finland and British artist Beryl Cook are currently part of a joint exhibition at London's Studio Voltaire. In an essay originally presented as an reading at the gallery, Luke Turner explores how their work relates to the assumptions, fantasies and at times harsh realities of his bisexual ...
Low Culture 12: The Beach Boys In The 1970s | The Quietus
WEBJul 9, 2020 · The end of the 1960s was, all things considered, not a good time for Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. The lukewarm chart success of Pet Sounds in 1966 was a major blow to Wilson’s confidence. By the end of 1967, Smile, their fabled would-be masterpiece, was officially shelved, while Sgt. Pepper’s was busy becoming the best-selling rock album in history.
‘Imagery, And A Little Bit Of Satire’: An Interview With Frank Ocean
WEBNov 22, 2011 · I’m sitting with Frank Ocean’s PR in the Natural History Museum café. Frank Ocean is conducting an interview on the carousel. Not actually on a horse, but still I see him and a woman from ID magazine, surrounded by gold emblazoning, occasionally circle in and out of sight. I say I hope he’s not going to ask me to interview him on the ice rink.
Gillian Gilbert Of New Order On Power, Corruption & Lies
WEBSep 29, 2020 · Gillian Gilbert played her first gig with New Order at Manchester’s The Squat on 25 October. She sounds younger than 59 down the phone, still living not far away from where it all began. “To think all that happened in only one summer.”. It would take a few years from that point, she reflects, until New Order started feeling properly whole ...
Original Sin: An Interview With Lana Del Rey | The Quietus
WEBOct 4, 2011 · She talks like a dairy queen, like Britney Spears, like a cheerleader. 24 years old and exuding the hardy effervescence unique to healthy American girls, there is nothing in Del Rey’s manner that connects the voice at the end of the line to ‘Video Games’, the YouTube smash hit carried by a purring vocal performance so rich you can feel almost feel David Lynch’s velvet carpeting under ...
The Strange World Of… Annette Peacock
WEBMar 8, 2017 · Annette Peacock appear on Late Junction’s International Women’s Day Special on March 8. You can listen back to the show here. New York composer and producer Annette Peacock is to make an appearance on BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction tonight, in order to mark International Women’s Day (March 8). During this rare appearance she will discuss her favourite pieces from female musicians with the ...
Experimentalism Wrapped Around Pop: Barry Adamson’s Favourite …
WEBApr 19, 2017 · Post punk polymath Barry Adamson guides Julian Marszalek around his favourite albums, from Baker's Staples like Iggy Pop and can to the Wu-Tang Clan, Ornette Coleman and Micachu. Photo by Jone Reed. Julian Marszalek Published 10:12am 19 April 2017. Barry Adamson is something of a polymath. As well as …
The Maiden Voyage: Bruce Dickinson Interviewed
WEBMay 13, 2024 · At the heart of the alchemy that is Iron Maiden is the relationship between two very different men, Dickinson and band leader Steve Harris. Harris is a solid, steadfast, single-minded, no-nonsense bloke. He is the bass player who grounds the band. Dickinson, in contrast, is an airline pilot with a voice that soars above the guitar onslaught.
Stone Rolling: Raphael Saadiq Interviewed | The Quietus
WEBMar 22, 2017 · Photograph by Evita Castine “People know. My friends know, D’Angelo knows. He said to me recently ‘Everybody don’t know you as dope as you are’ and I said ‘Bro, that’s not my job’", the 50-year-old soul singer Raphael Saadiq tells tQ, the day after winning a Grammy for producing Solange Knowles’ epic single ‘Cranes In The Sky’. ’. “But at the end of the day, I am ...
The Strange World Of… The La’s - The Quietus
WEBAug 30, 2023 · Indeed, like Beckett once writing in distress to a director after hearing that Estragon’s trousers only fell halfway down (rather than fully down) in a rehearsal of Waiting For Godot, Mavers would reject certain cables for being the wrong colour, cycle through umpteen guitars for one part, and fixate on certain tunings (either the ‘Pythagorean’ variant of 432Hz, or tuning to fridges, or ...
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