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The Fall: Singles 1978 - 2016 (album review)
Does the world really need another Fall anthology? Yes, absolutely, and this is it.
08 Jan 2018
Television
The Fall: A Frustrating Season Still Highlights Gillian Anderson's Brilliant Character Work
Season three of The Fall may not have lived up to the previous two seasons, but it remains a largely absorbing series.
J.M. Suarez
17 Nov 2016
Music
Motorways, Bank Robbers, and Other Delights: A Conversation with Martin Bramah of Blue Orchids
John Peel and Nico loved his band and Mark E. Smith fired him. Martin Bramah marched through history with a band he can never seem to escape. After decades of trying not to, he's finally learned to embrace life in Blue Orchids.
14 Jul 2016
Music
Blue Orchids: Awefull / The Once and Future Thing
Blue Orchids comes roaring back with new songs and a collection of early '80s Rough Trade sides.
22 Jun 2016
Music
The Fall: Wise Ol' Man
The Fall have summoned another EP that will please the faithful while baffling everyone else.
07 Mar 2016
Games
How Artificial Intelligence Views Humans in 'The Fall'
We are faulty, we must be appeased, we are destructive, and ultimately we are self-destructive.
08 Sep 2015
Games
Attempting to Characterize Artificial Intelligence in 'The Fall'
We want our machines to be more human. As creators, we try to make robots in our image.
11 Aug 2015
Games
Moving Pixels Podcast: 'The Fall' Explores Artificial Intelligence and Identity
The Fall raises questions about the self and personal identity by considering how an artificial intelligence governs itself.
03 Aug 2015
Music
The Fall: Sub-Lingual Tablet
Long in the tooth but not without vitality, Mark E. Smith and the Fall are predictable, but satisfactory, on their new album
21 Jun 2015
Music
Luke Haines: Adventures in Dementia
A "micro opera" involving a Mark E Smith impersonator, caravan holidays, and British fascist punks upholds Haines's reputation as a singular songwriter.
10 Feb 2015
Music
The Fall: Live UUROP VIII-XII Places in Sun & Winter, Son
The Fall appear to be enjoying themselves now. But what about the rest of us?
03 Dec 2014
Film
The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008
Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved.
15 Jan 2009
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The Fall
The frightening, wonderful world of Mark E. Smith and the Fall offers decades of music and dozens of albums to sift through for the one that best represents what they are all about.
Ian Mathers
24 Apr 2008
Music
The Fall: Reformation Post T.L.C
Mark E. Smith has previously thrived on conflict and controversy, but this time the fallout from yet another dramatic line-up change has resulted in one of the Fall's more disappointing releases.
27 Mar 2007
Music
The Fall: Fall Heads Roll
Punk's last lone standing band of any repute returns with an infectious record that secures their certain doom.
Josh Berquist
29 Nov 2005
Music
The Fall: Hex Enduction Hour: Expanded Deluxe Edition
The lavish reissue of the seminal 1982 album by The Fall sounds just as potent today, or perhaps even more so.
Adrien Begrand
19 Sep 2005
Music
Banged Up But Still Unbreakable: Comes With the Fall
PopMatters Music Critic Michael Christopher uncovers the drive that keeps Comes With the Fall going -- DIY style.
Michael Christopher
24 Sep 2003
Reviews
The Fall by Simon Mawer
Has little to do with mountain climbing and a lot to do with the general situation of humankind.
Celia S. McClinton
18 Feb 2003
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