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‘My family was threatened multiple times’: Arab-American rockers Prostitute on confronting an Islamophobic US

The Michigan band satirically adopt Muslim stereotypes in their songs, pushing back against post-9/11 hate. As their incendiary debut is reissued, they explain their ‘evil’ music

The Guardian - UK

Douglas McCarthy death: Nitzer Ebb frontman dies, aged 58

Musician was praised for his ’incredible razor-sharp irreverent humour’ and ‘his deeply warm heart’

The Independent UK

Ben Frost on working with Steve Albini: "As a recording engineer, he’s the equivalent of a war photographer – he’s not composing images and dictating proportions, he’s documenting what’s occurring in a space"

On Scope Neglect, Ben Frost extends his guitar obsession by re-engineering our perception of metal music

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“There were riots, police helicopters everywhere!”: Mute boss Daniel Miller on the moment he realised Depeche Mode were blowing up big

The Mute founder says it took selling out stadiums for the US to start taking the synth-rock giants seriously

Louder

“Martin sang it naked. I turned the piano away as I was playing”: How Depeche Mode recorded their very own ‘Berlin Trilogy’ and became one of the biggest bands in the world

And why it's (almost) as important as David Bowie's hat-trick of Hansa Studio recordings

MusicRadar

Amma Darko uses fiction to portray the real plight of women and street children in Ghana

Amma Darko is one of Ghana’s leading novelists, known for exploring gritty social issues and the lives of women. There is much to be unearthed in the childhood narrative of deprivation and danger that she tackles in her 2003 work Faceless.

The Conversation

The Pop Group founder and frontman Mark Stewart dies at the age of 62

The singer died in the early hours of Friday, according to a statement released by Mute Records.

The Independent UK

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Mark Stewart, Pop Group frontman and revered countercultural musician, dies aged 62

Bristol-born vocalist celebrated for political lyricism and highly expressive style was influential both with the Pop Group and a long solo career

The Guardian - UK

‘We never wanted to become a Factory tribute band’: A Certain Ratio on mortality, Manchester – and Madonna

The massively influential band have been plying their blend of jazz, funk, post-punk and pop for 45 years. But as they release new album, the founding members are in no mood for nostalgia

The Guardian - UK

The tips and tricks to help stop snoring

From using extra pillows, drinking water before bed, or putting a tennis ball in their pajamas to stop them from lying on their back – people have revealed their best hacks for stopping the snore

The Independent UK

‘After gigs, we’d drop off our drummer to do his paper round’: how Inspiral Carpets made This Is How It Feels

‘Part of the song’s appeal was the sound of our Farfisa organ, which featured in everything we did. Our former roadie Noel Gallagher borrowed it for the last Oasis album’

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