Music

‘I’d drink to lose my hangover – it was a never-ending thing’
Music

‘I’d drink to lose my hangover – it was a never-ending thing’

Tim Burgess talks — The Charlatans frontman on his new album, the success of his Twitter listening parties and how he discovered transcendental meditation after getting clean.

Written by: Jeremy Allen

The secret life of a 1980s house music manager
Music

The secret life of a 1980s house music manager

New York underground — New York music manager Michele Saunders dusts off her three-decade-old photo albums to pay tribute to the city’s club scene.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Pete Kember on the highs and lows of a lurid life in music
Music

Pete Kember on the highs and lows of a lurid life in music

Lessons Learned — The creative force behind Sonic Boom and Spaceman 3 has navigated synthesisers, psychedelics and famous fall-outs during his 30-plus years making music. To celebrate his latest release, he shares what he’s picked up along the way.

Written by: Jim Ottewill

Getting deep with Ian MacKaye, the godfather of DIY culture
Music

Getting deep with Ian MacKaye, the godfather of DIY culture

Lockdown Longread — The former Fugazi and Minor Threat frontman and Dischord Records owner talks self-preservation, digital obsession and finding your life tree trunk.

Written by: Andrea Kurland

How X’s Exene Cervenka found solace in her mistakes
Music

How X’s Exene Cervenka found solace in her mistakes

Lessons Learned — The seminal frontwoman looks back on a life spent at the forefront of subculture – a journey in which the lows have been just as valuable as the highs.

Written by: Jeremy Allen

Rip it up: the anarchic designs of punk and post punk
Art

Rip it up: the anarchic designs of punk and post punk

From 1976 to 1986 — A generation of graphic artists fused the political and surreal, concocting a visual language as explosive and influential as the punk movement itself.

Written by: Miss Rosen

The life-changing power of being a fangirl
Music

The life-changing power of being a fangirl

Sue Webster reflects — In a new book, YBA artist Sue Webster celebrates her teenage obsession with Siouxsie And The Banshees: ‘It taught me to be fearless.’

Written by: Miss Rosen

The many faces of Kim Gordon
Culture

The many faces of Kim Gordon

Lockdown Longread — Kim Gordon first came to us in the 1980s, as a member of Sonic Youth. Fiercely independent and resolutely experimental, her belief in self-taught creativity would inspire generations to come.

Written by: Stevie Chick

Nas: ‘My beef was with the system, not another crew’
Music

Nas: ‘My beef was with the system, not another crew’

Lockdown Longread — As one of the greatest emcees of all time, the New York rapper pushed hip hop into bold new realms. He lived through a dark time – but with one hand on the mic, he survived to tell the tale.

Written by: Shelley Jones

How Soko embraced the creative power of celibacy
Music

How Soko embraced the creative power of celibacy

‘It’s all about slowing down’ — After a prolonged period of isolation, therapy and introspection, the French singer and actress returns with her hotly anticipated third album.

Written by: Jeremy Allen

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