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  • PARADE's strange sonic world explores the unsteady relationship between the real and imaginary

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  • Decoding the art-school ambient of Telepathic Fish

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  • RALLY 2025 through five key performances

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  • Decoding the quiet influence of The Raincoats

  • Jeshi: "Sometimes physically removing yourself from your bubble helps you gain clarity"

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Berlin Atonal

Kraftwerk, Berlin 19 August
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Art Is Hard 5th Birthday

Exchange & Stag and Hounds 29 August
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Travis Scott – Rodeo

Rather than actually coming across like a rapper’s debut, ‘Rodeo’ is more of a confused mishmash of rap music ephemera from the last 12 month

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Festival Forte

Montemo-o-Velo, Portugal 28 August
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Artist Q&A:
Safia Bahmed-Schwartz

Erotic illustrations are just one of the many mediums in which this provocative French artist works

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Pop-Kultur 2015

Berghain 26 August
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Beach House – Depression Cherry

On Depression Cherry, Legrand and Scally have narrowed their field of vision slightly but increased their sense of focus.

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Destroyer – Poison Season

It’s big and bold but at the same time it has some offensively grandiose moments.

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Dr Dre – Compton: a Soundtrack by Dr. Dre

There’s the thrilling suspicion that Dr. Dre made Compton primarily because he wanted to.

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