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Artist Sue Tompkins Keeps Language in Motion

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By Harry Tafoya
| Interview Magazine Verified
Photo courtesy of Sue Tompkins. One of the hardest tasks for any artist is to simply sound like themselves. In the case of Sue Tompkins, there’s almost no mistaking her voice for anyone else. The Scottish multi-media painter and performer is probably most widely known as the frontwoman of Life Without Buildings, the cult indie rock band whose legacy as one of the very best of the 2000s was cemented long before TikTok came back to super-charge their reputation again.
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Nirosta Steel: My Skyscraper

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By Harry Tafoya
| Pitchfork Verified
Steven Hall, the man behind the Nirosta Steel moniker, is fond of mentioning the notion of “deep play.” It’s a phrase coined by the 18th-century British philosopher Jeremy Bentham that describes a game with impossible odds, one that no sane or rational person would ever sign up for. More than amateurism or religion, “deep play” seems to have been the governing principle of how the musician has navigated his remarkable life.
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Haunted hooks and bone-chilling screams: how Chanel Beads became the indie breakout of the year

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By Harry Tafoya
| AOL UK Verified
Updated Mon, 29 June 2026 at 9:17 am UTC Shane Lavers, AKA Chanel Beads.Photograph: Moni Haworth At first Shane Lavers can’t get through. Then he’s on video call but I cannot speak. When we finally make a clear connection over the phone, I can hear that he’s surrounded by nature, with faint snatches of birdsong at the edge of his measured, slightly gravelly speech.
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