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Country Westerns: Country Westerns -“filled with tales accepting the misgivings of life”
With their debut album, the Nashville trio shine some light during these dark times.
13 Questions with Ennio The Little Brother
Tell us a secret.
“I can’t cry tears. I still get real stingy when I chop onions and stuff, but no water comes out.”
Lonesaw: Barbed Wire Church – “a brutal sonic atrocity”
The Liverpool outsiders unleash hell on their debut studio single.
IDLES: Ultra Mono – “Like most of us in 2020, it’s all a little bit confusing”
In or out? IDLES return with their much anticipate third album.
13 Questions with Pleasure Island
“We tried to launch an album but accidentally blew the house up while we were doing it.”
13 Questions with Paul Simpson
When punk burst out of London and into the provinces back in the late 70s, a schism developed quite quickly. There seemed to be two ways to go when it came to forming a band. Firstly there was the standard thrash approach popularised by the 2nd wave of punk bands, such as The Lurkers, and […]
The Psychedelic Furs: Made of Rain – “shaking off the burden of nostalgia in favour of pastures afresh”
After years of touring their back catalogue, The Psychedelic Furs return with their first album in 29 years.
Feral Wheel: The Dolphin Way – “radiating splendour”
Merseyside’s most underrated band release their second single.
13 Questions with The Lovely Eggs
Tell us a secret
“White dog dirt is still out on the streets”
13 Questions with Sunstack Jones
Read on to find out more about He Man, cat shit and raving in corduroy.
MJ Guider interview: “I didn’t set out with a specific inspiration for making the record other than my standard compulsion”
We talk to Melissa Guion about open spaces, New Orleans, and her brilliant, far-reaching new album, Sour Cherry Bell.
Tricky: Fall to Pieces – “Time will never fully heal these wounds, but it may make things a little more manageable”
The trip-hop legend’s 14th studio album was born out of the deepest pain.
The Flaming Lips: American Head – “like a comedown from the summer of love”
Wayne Coyne and Co. piece together their most candid album in years.
13 Questions with Mike Blue
“Do what you love, everything else is secondary. Money will come and go, unlike time.”
13 Questions with Come in Tokio’s Phil Wylie
“I’ve been rummaging through boxes containing photos, cassettes and DATs from my Come in Tokio days, laughing, cringing, loving”
13 Questions with LibraLibra
When did you last consider quitting social media?
“Approximately 20 minutes ago”
13 Questions with Zee Davine
Read on to find out more about coping with lockdown, looking for lizards and being lied to by Rita Ora.
Uniform: Shame – “a withering coalition of sounds from the darkest pits”
The New York hell-raisers return with their fourth album and their best yet.
Mitternacht interview: “we’re only ever going to do anything about climate change if we spend more time outdoors”
We talk to the Liverpool-based experimental artist, Jonny Davis Le Brun, about his new album, Bask.
Sunstack Jones release new single How It All Went Down
As the song nears it conclusion, you notice that it has grown, slowly into a shimmering wall of beautiful noise.
Ex-Easter Island Head: Lodge – “an ambient, cascading wall of sound”
The Liverpool experimental collective release their most emotional piece of work yet.
Secret Machines: Awake in the Brain Chamber – “Paranoid snapshots make way for something truly candid”
Brandon Curtis and Josh Garza return with a long-awaited Secret Machines LP.
Ulver: Flowers of Evil – “Masters of music created under a black sun”
The Norwegian titans return, bending the mind more than ever.
P.E.: Person – “A fresh reference point for a new generation”
Former members of Pill unveil a new version of punk with their debut outing.
My Bloody Valentine’s Isn’t Anything
Legend has it that the band were existing on an average of two hours sleep a night during the recording. Something that Bilinda Butcher says contributed to the album’s dream-like sounds and the almost there quality of the vocals .
Syd Barrett – Remember When You Were Young, You Shone Like the Sun
Sometimes, Barrett was simply not able to function as a live musician, to the extent of being unable to even hold a plectrum.
My Morning Jacket: The Waterfall II – “A best-of without being just that”
The Lousville collective return with their first album in five years.
Human Impact: Human Impact – “Music that tiptoes on the razor wire”
Members of Swans and Cop Shoot Cop team up to make a cauldron of white noise on their debut release.
Tim Bowness: Late Night Laments – “Music for open spaces”
The No-Man singer returns with his sixth solo album and second in as many years.
Bruce Springsteen’s Western Stars movie – review
Bruce Springsteen attempts to capture his latest album Western Stars on film and we see whether it lives up to the billing.
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