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As the most significant general election in decades looms, Nathalie Olah questions celebrities and brands who like to make vague political statements but don't take a stand to say who, exactly, they're endorsing
In this month's Low Culture essay, Paul Burston looks back at David Bowie's appearance in BBC TV adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's Baal, exploring how the German playwright was a frequent inspiration to the singer's many incarnations
To understand Lou Reed, we must start with the world in which he grew up, one he was always looking back to and never really wanted to entirely escape, says Darran Anderson, on the release of a set of previously unheard 1965 reel to reel demos
Our powerful bi-monthly antidote to pop music, a round-up of the real stuff, music available primarily on cassette tape and three-inch CD, songs that will glow from the boot of your car like in Repo Man. Includes Aja, Yeah You, Vanishing Twin and the great Nick Blinko of Rudimentary Peni