A rare treat to guest in these pages – thanks for having me! Normally I’m lost in the minutiae of composer biographies ...

Mercury Rev’s 1993 album Boces is being reissued. The record has been newly remastered for its updated release, and will be made available on vinyl and CD. A digital release of the remaster is ...

Primavera Sound has revealed the full lineup for its 2027 edition. The Barcelona festival marks its 25th anniversary next ...

West Berlin is] a surrealist cage in which those inside are free.”György Ligeti. Feral musicians emerging from the rubble of bombed-out West Berlin and creating themselves out of their own blood and ...

Wayne Gooderham salutes the shocking horror film that has influenced relatively many while being seen by relatively few.

In his book *I Don't Want To Go To The Taj Mahal*, Charlie Hill recalls a late twentieth-century Birmingham upbringing through fragments If you’ve read something you love on our site today, please ...

As Steve Reich turns 90, we offer ten points of entry into his formidable back catalogue of minimalism, process and phase ...

Talking Heads’ 1979 album Fear Of Music is getting a super deluxe edition reissue. The classic album will be newly made available in 2xLP and 6xLP vinyl editions, as well as on 3xCD/Blu-ray. Both ...

Marie Davidson and Pearson Sound have teamed up for a new song. ‘Heat’ draws on EBM and lower tempos, and marks the first time that the two artists have collaborated on record. The track arrives with ...

Vision Fortune are back with new album III, their first in 11 years, but this time they're telling the truth. Or so they ...

Claire Biddles returns to Elastica's debut album and finds it short and perfectly formed; even with some extra tracks thrown ...

Even at her most austere and experimental, Susanne Sundfør has a way of creating amenable and approachable music that is ...