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Mr Smith Goes to Dalston: John Smith on The Girl Chewing Gum at 50
As his experimental film marks its fiftieth birthday with a screening in the Dalston street where it was shot, John Smith speaks to David Moats about his life's work exploring the unreliable perspective of the camera's lens
Album of the Week
Crimes of the Future: Torn by Cobrah
BDSM meets industrial beats on the new album from the sex-positive Swedish singer-producer
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Ragger
Euphonic Sounds
Los Angeles duo play ragtime with Gameboy sounds, at once comic and oddly disquieting
Baker's Dozen
Out of this World: SHERELLE’s Favourite Records
Ahead of this month's BBC Radio 6 Music Festival, SHERELLE takes Alex Rigotti through 13 albums that provide escape and energy, from DJ Rashad to Justice to Janelle Monae
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Baker’s Dozen
Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
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Acid Horse 26: tQ’s Ten Essential Picks
Three months to go until Acid Horse festival; Noel Gardner selects ten must sees from The Ex to Lord Spikeheart, via futurist mutant rave and ancient, hairy French-Alpine folk invocations! For top tier subscribers there's also an essential audio guide to Acid Horse past & present
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Anniversary
The Auteurs Sing Uber Hate: After Murder Park At 30
Self-hobbled and confined to a wheelchair, Luke Haines dug deep into middle England’s psychic hinterland to produce the definitive anti-Britpop album. Joe Banks reflects on a “monsterpiece” that still resonates today
The Portal
Explore 15 Years Of Cultural Wayfinding
Each week we conjure up a miscellany of tQ writing from the mists of time for you. Most often random. Sometimes themed. Always enthralling.
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Beyond The Hits
Morrissey: Maudlin Treats From Beyond The Hits
While there's nothing wrong with a Morrissey solo hits comp, that is never going to give you the whole story. Jeremy Allen, Jude Rogers, Alex Ogg, Will Parkhouse, Ben Graham, Tom Milway, Joseph Stannard and Petra Davis explain their non-hit single choices...
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Books
Fight The Power: Chuck D on the Politics of Hip Hop
The Public Enemy frontman has always been one of rap music’s most articulate advocates, but in 2022 he shifted career from MC to university lecturer. In an exclusive extract from his new book, In The Hour of Chaos, Chuck D talks about the cultural politics of hip hop and what it means for the future
