Loops . Issue 01

Issue One

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A brand new journal of music writing from Faber and Faber and Domino Records. The launch issue is out on July 2 2009. BUY
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RICHARD MILWARD - Ten Storey Love Song

The utterly unique new novel from the author of 'Apples', one of the most sensational British debuts of recent years. Bobby, holed up in a Middlesbrough tower block, works on his paintings under the influence of pills-on-toast, acid-on-crackers and Francis Bacon. Until a famous art dealer from London appears, and he finds himself on a sweaty adventure of self-discovery, hedonism and violence.

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. It's 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.

Lee Brackstone Loops at Crossing Border A report from the Loops stage at this year's Crossing Border festival, The Netherlands. Web Content

Hari Kunzru Reading from 'Twice Upon a Time (Reflections on Moondog)' VIDEO: 'New York I love you, but you're bringing me down.' Hari Kunzru reads from his piece in Loops Issue 01.
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Chris Killen Reading from 'Paul Simon Gives Chevy Chase the Finger' VIDEO: Chris Killen reads his tragicomic fan fiction piece at the Loops launch at Rough Trade East. Web Content

James Yorkston Reading from 'Perfect Button Drumming' VIDEO: The charismatic James Yorkston reads a short extract from his article in Issue 01.
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Richard Milward Dependence Day ARTICLE: Richard Milward on Elliott Smith.
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Nick Cave Extract from 'The Death of Bunny Munro' "Bunny remembers the day he and Libby arrived home from the hospital with the baby. The tiny child’s eyes, yet to find their colour …" Extract

Hari Kunzru Twice Upon a Time (Listening to New York) "Lying in bed in my East Village apartment I can hear the ticking sound of a mechanical timer …"
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Nick Kent Nick Drake Songs of Waving, Drowning and a Sort of Sadness
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Richard Milward Drugby Union "Drugs and music make a wonderful couple. Without wanting to sound like a soggy-eyed grandmother-in-law, it’s like they really were made for each other." Full Article

Jon Savage The 'England's Dreaming Tapes' Outtakes These three interviews were conducted in 1988 and 1989, during the research for England’s Dreaming.
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Sam Davies Not Bad Meaning Bad ... but Bad Meaning Good Hip Hop and Susan Sontag's 'Notes on Camp'
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Amanda Petrusich Blues in My Condition "John Heneghan’s East Village apartment is crammed tight with dusty American artifacts ..."
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Richard King 'We love the smell of napalm on a Monday morning' Interview with Optimo
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Kevin Cummins Mash-Up "In 2008 I travelled to Jamaica to shoot a travel guidebook for Insight Guides ..."
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James Yorkston Perfect Button Drumming "I find myself in a small bar in the port of Rosslare, Ireland ..."
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Matthew Ingram Switched-On "Given the phenomenal amount of writing on music it is strange that any writing on the technical aspects of its creation is confined to an inner circle of musicians ..."
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Chris Killen Paul Simon Gives Chevy Chase the Finger A Short Fiction
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Geeta Dayal Discover the Recipes You Are Using and Abandon Them Brian Eno in the Kitchen.
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Tom Fleming and Hayden Thorpe Wild Beasts and the New Vorticists "Our good friend the gentle giant Nick Scott (sleeve designer for Limbo, Panto) first brought the Blast journal to our attention for stylistic reasons." Extract

Maggoty Lamb A Year in the Death of the British Music Press This edited selection of [blog] entries covers the period December 2007–December 2008. Extract

Rob Young Hearken to the Witches Rune "Anyone of a certain age, exposed to BBC children’s television during the ’70s will recall Toni Arthur ..."
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Anwyn Crawford Girls Just Wanna Have Fun? "Who was the first teenage girl recorded to camera, caught screaming out for her musical idols?" Extract

Simon Reynolds Sonic Fiction ... or, If This Is The Future, How Come the Music Sounds So Lame?
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