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Oct 31, 2024 | 
thequietus.com | Bobby Barry |Ned Raggett
A suggestion for you, me, all of us: try the seemingly impossible. Ignore the length of time since the last album. Take away the crushing weight of comparisons as much as you can for everything that’s gone before, even if it can’t ever be truly done.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
thequietus.com | John Doran |Ned Raggett
In 1984, George Orwell has Winston Smith overhear one of the anonymous proles sing a song described thus: “The tune had been haunting London for weeks past. It was one of countless similar songs published for the benefit of the proles by a sub-section of the Music Department.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
thequietus.com | John Doran |Ned Raggett
“There’s no starting point for me,” says Mark Clifford with easy energy in a recent chat. “I’m constantly making music, so I guess I go through ups and downs with it. I might make music for a year and there’ll be maybe a two month period where I’m really happy with everything I do.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
thewire.co.uk | Britt Brown |Philip Brophy |Joe Muggs |Ned Raggett
August 2024 Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 486. Inside our brand new issue: David Lynch & Chrystabell: As their new album Cellophane Memories marks the culmination of 20-plus years of collaboration, the director and singer unpack their dream-like songs over a damn fine cup of coffee.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
thequietus.com | Jude Rogers |John Doran |Ned Raggett
Saying something new about albums that have been loved and discussed over the moons can sometimes feel like gilding the lily, no matter what approach you can bring to it. Saying something new about Prince and the Revolution’s Purple Rain makes me feel like I should just visit you all individually, give you a gilded lily on top of a copy of said album and then be on my way. The news in April was that Prince and Warner Bros.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
thequietus.com | Ned Raggett
Adam Franklin is a busy man, as showcased by his list of forthcoming releases. Though perhaps best known for leading Swervedriver, he's also released a lot of work under other names, the latest being Bolts Of Melody, whose new album Film Noir is out later this month. As he explains in an energetic chat from his home in Oxford, however, it’s not so much a new undertaking as a slight reconfiguration of a project that’s been running for some time.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
thequietus.com | Ned Raggett
Baker's Dozen Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives A Quietus Interview Baker's Dozen Driving Force: Adam Franklin’s Baker’s Dozen Adam Franklin is a busy man, as showcased by his list of forthcoming releases. Though perhaps best known for leading Swervedriver, he’s also released a lot of work under other names, the latest being Bolts Of Melody, whose new album Film Noir is out later this month. As he explains in an energetic chat from his home in Oxford, however, it’s not so...
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Aug 21, 2023 | 
thequietus.com | Ned Raggett
Who invented industrial music? Okay, fine, I'll wait until the laughter is over. Or the fighting. Or squabbling, really, whatever you want to call it. There are, shall we say, claims to the matter, a multitude of possible sources and sonic suggestions. There's also the sense that you have to define what industrial music even is to begin with, and that will make the previous discussion seem like a tiff at a fancy tea party.
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
thequietus.com | Ned Raggett
Photo by Yatri Niehaus Takiaya Reed, speaking from Berlin on what looks to be a bright early evening, describes her state of mind when it comes to upcoming performances of her most recent work with an easy energy. "I feel relaxed and excited to play this music live, to just present the work to people," she says.
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Jun 29, 2023 | 
daily.bandcamp.com | Ned Raggett
ALBUM OF THE DAY Divide and Dissolve, “Systemic” By Ned Raggett · June 29, 2023 Systemic Divide and Dissolve . pre-order buy pre-order buy you own this wishlist in wishlist go to album go to track go to album go to track .
