Noise Narrative
Will McCartneyA newsletter exploring the impact of music on life, through interviews, essays, photographic scene reports, radio and mixes.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 147 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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What Tom Boogizm taught me about genre
Let’s be honest with ourselves. Categorisation in modern electronic music culture is getting a bit too academic for its own good.
Maybe it started with IDM? Intelligent Dance Music. I mean, what are we doing? Was it from this point that t...
Listens: April 2026
Foote/Dickow - High Cube
Very seriously good leftfield electronic mastery here. Always dubwise, super unexpected and interesting. Jazzy, late-night groove-y and a distinctly nostalgic feel to this.
Feels like: memories of a martian sw...
Documenting a year of live music
It was during a conversation in a pub somewhere about a year ago that I realised I didn’t go to enough gigs.
I was catching up with a friend who is cognisant of my over-indexing interest in music. Over the years, they’ll often ask how my...
Listens: March 2026
My favourite ten albums from March. What a month for music!
EXEK - Prove The Mountains Move
An unexplainably hypnotic jangly post-punk album from Melbourne group EXEK. It echoes and swirls and winds and oscillates.
Feels like:...
A week of music in Cape Town
I’m back from another trip on the road with my camera. This time, a week in Cape Town.
I spent the trip capturing flash mobs, buskers, DJs, protesters and parties, in an attempt to learn about the musical undercurrents of the South...
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I run Noise Narrative, a newsletter documenting life at full volume. It’s essays, scene reports, recommendations, mixes and radio. I sometimes write freelance, for the likes of The Quietus, Mixmag, Line of Best Fit, Inverted Audio and others.
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