Interview: John Dowie
❉ Andy Murray in conversation with the incomparable comedian, author, poet, playwright, musician, actor, director… and cyclist.
Cabaret Voltaire
‘The Freewheeling John Dowie’ reviewed
❉ Dowie may have left stand-up behind but his bone-dry sense of humour certainly hasn’t abandoned him, writes Andy Murray.
Mark E. Smith (1957 – 2018)
❉ Veteran inkslinger Jon Wilde pays tribute to the inimitable, irreplaceable M.E.S.
I Speak Machine – ‘Zombies 1985’ reviewed
❉ An abrasive and ethereal love letter to the pioneers of industrial and electronica.
‘Noise Reduction System: Formative European Electronica 1974-1984’
❉ Journey into the origins of electronica in Europe – from early techno and electro to synth-pop, industrial, ambient and noise experiments.
Tara Busch and Maf Lewis present ‘Zombies 1985’
❉ The sound of a neon-lit LA of the 1980s rapidly unspooling into chaos.