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JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
Autechre + Zoviet France
Barbican
A PROJECTION of trees in a forest is the only thing emitting any light at the Barbican this evening.
The backdrop is for much anticipated support act Zoviet France, legends of the early industrial scene and peers to the likes of Cabaret Voltaire.
The duo Mark Warren and Ben Ponton, from Newcastle, are almost the perfect opening act given their impressive back catalogue of distorted sound experiments.
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