'Your third eye is open, but the other two are blind': Interview with Def Ill
Interregnum catches up with Austrian rapper Def Ill to talk politics, culture, and the history of hip hop.
Culture & Power
Late capitalist culture stripped bare by Willy's Chocolate Experience
Sam Lawton-Westerland overthinks the meme.
As Gaza is dying, we are dancing on mass graves
As we witness the unfolding genocide in Gaza, solidarity is essential. However, solidarity is a process, not a singular act. It involves both cultural and political forms of struggle. Above all, it requires confronting the overarching sense of impotence in the face of horror.
Capitalism kills the creativity in every person: Interview with David Asphalt
After a ten year break, the German rapper David Asphalt is due to release a new album within 2024. He spoke to Interregnum about music, capitalism, and revolution.
Saltburn review: A love/hate story about class
Sam Lawton-Westerland examines the class dynamics which are at play in Emerald Fennell's controversial new film Saltburn.
The enduring legacy of Hollywood’s ‘individualist revolutionaries’
Matteo Ciccognani surveys the poverty of Hollywood's attempts to portray revolutionaries and collective struggles, and considers the current state of revolutionary paradigms in popular culture.
Russell Brand: From Mark Fisher to anti-vax grifter
How did Russell Brand go from anti-capitalist spokesman to conspiracy grifter, and what now for the women who've come forward?