Loops . Issue Two

Issue Two

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Issue 02 of Loops, featuring articles by Paul Morley (on Michael Jackson), Nick Kent (on 1973), Andy Miller (on Serge Gainsbourg), among others, was published on 4 March 2010. Order it from Faber and Domino.
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DORIAN LYNSKEY - 33 Revolutions per Minute

When pop music meets politics, the results are often thrilling, sometimes life-changing and never simple. 33 Revolutions Per Minute tracks this turbulent relationship across 33 pivotal songs that span seven decades and four continents, from Billie Holiday crooning Strange Fruit to Green Day raging against the Iraq war. A timely, thrilling and moving history from music writer Dorian Lynskey.

OWEN PALLETT - Heartland

'Heartland', the third album by Owen Pallett, is a panoramic and orchestral work; a song cycle of Contemporary Fiction, and his finest work to date. Its narrative concerns a young, ultra-violent farmer named Lewis and is set in the imaginary landscape of Spectrum. There is also a super limited edition 7" of 'Lewis Takes Action'. This is available exclusively through Domino's online store.

News Nicky Wire comes to Faber Faber are thrilled to announce the acquisition of two titles by the Manic Street Preachers’ bassist and lyricist, Nicky Wire. Web Content

AUDIO An Exclusive Audio Story from Willy Vlautin With music recorded by his Richmond Fontaine bandmates, a spoken word short story from Willy Vlautin featuring characters from his latest novel, Lean on Pete. Web Content

David Watkins Alex Chilton ‘By one of those funny coincidences, on the day Alex Chilton died I’d been listening to Big Star – arguably one of the most important bands of the seventies – for the first time in months, if not years ...’ Web Content

Peter Hobbs It's a Sad and Beautiful World Peter Hobbs on the passing of Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous.
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Paul Morley An Awfully Big Adventure Michael Jackson in the Afterlife
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Owen Hatherley So Much to Answer For Post Punk Urbanism in Manchester
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Miriam Linna Cramps Confidential 1976 Girl Drummer Bares Some but Not All
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Matt Thorne Gigolos Get Lonely Too Prince: His Protégées, Side-projects and Their Influence (Part One 1978–84)
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Elisa Ambrogio Up Cedar Hill ‘The most interesting person I knew when I was seven was my dad. He could get the paper flat and symmetrical on the Mad magazine back cover fold-in and he had a great job.’ Extract

Andy Miller Est-ce est-ce si bon? Gainsbourg in the Culture Bunker
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Frances Morgan Red Square and Southend Red Square's Thirty-Three and the resonance of re-discovery after the event. Extract

Dan Franklin Extremely Loud and Incredibly Fast Napalm Death and the Possibility of Life's Destruction
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Lavinia Greenlaw Silent Disco An original piece of verse from novelist and poet Lavinia Greenlaw.
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Mark Fisher Why Don't Groups Split Up Any More? ‘There's something disappointing about the dogged persistence of a group, even – or perhaps especially – if we are fans.’ Extract

Tim Lawrence Party Time with David Mancuso and the Loft ‘Like a soup or a bicycle or Wikipedia, the Loft is an amalgamation of parts that are weak in isolation, but joyful, revelatory and powerful when joined together.’ Extract

Rubbish Raver Untitled The musical memoir of a misfit, the anonymous Rubbish Raver.
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Nick Kent 1973 Legendary music journalist Nick Kent tells his story of 1973, a memorable year in the turbulent decade that was the 1970s.
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Simon Reynolds Sound Envisioned Science Fiction and Future Music (aka Sonic Fiction, Part Two)
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Kev Kharas Private, Post-generic Truths and the Bedroom Club Belief Eke ‘For too long too many have toiled for the promise that music is somehow imminently poised to change the world...’ Extract

Rob Chapman In Conversation with John Walters A 1987 interview with John Peel's producer, from music writer Rob Chapman.
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