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Graeme Thomson
Music
John Cale’s
Mercy
offers beautiful bleakness crowned with slivers of hope
Like Leonard Cohen, Scott Walker and David Bowie, Cale has discovered a dark new energy in older age
By Graeme Thomson
Music
What remains of David Bowie?
The posthumous leveling out of Bowie into default ‘icon’ status makes him far less interesting
By Graeme Thomson
Music
Joan As Police Woman and the sound of a hunch coming good
‘I was adopted and grew up in a family where none of us looked alike. I never fit in. It’s not uncomfortable for me’
By Graeme Thomson
Music
How Trojan Records conquered the world
The story behind the first and finest anthology of ska, rocksteady and reggae
By Graeme Thomson
Music
‘Germans thought we couldn’t play’: Irmin Schmidt of Can interviewed
The sole survivor of one of the most influential bands of the 20th century discusses taking risks, playing badly and ignoring the Brits
By Graeme Thomson
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