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Aphex Twin Details New EP, ‘Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / In A Room7 F760’

It marks Richard D. James' first full release since 2018's 'Collapse' EP

Robyn

Sexistential

Dumb pleasure is a philosophy on Sexistential, Robyn’s fizzing record of love, sex and motherhood

Dancing About Architecture: Postmodernism At The V&A

Postmodernism has become a dirty word in recent times. The V&A's current exhibition shows it wasn't all bad, writes Lee Arizuno

No Image: A King Rocker Conversation with Stewart Lee, Michael Cumming And Robert Lloyd

Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee bring the story of Robert Lloyd and The Nightingales through insightful, lively conversations – and Neil Fox has one of his own with all three to celebrate the release

Breaking The Cycle: The Kid With A Bike Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan watches the latest Cannes award winner from Belgium's leading cinematic siblings: a contemporary tale about a lonely lad which defies easy 'social realism' pigeonholing. Photo by Christine Plenus

LISTEN: Soft Cell Remix HMLTD

Soft Cell share a rare remix of HMLTD

Music Is A Time Machine: Sons Of Kemet Interviewed

Ahead of the release of their fourth album, Adam Quarshie caught up with Sons of Kemet to discuss the idea of music transmitting encoded information, escaping the grid and connecting with ancestral knowledge

A Babylonian Tower: Marc Hollander’s Favourite Music

Marc Hollander's Aksak Maboul have released one of the albums of the year and his Crammed Discs label have consistently provided a wide-ranging soundtrack to the globe. He guides David McKenna through favourite albums in this week's Baker's Dozen

The Quietus Tracks Of The Year 2016

For the final of our year-end lists, we round up the best tracks of 2016 with a Baker's Dozen selected by John Doran, Luke Turner, Karl Smith and Christian Eede, as well as lists from our contributors

Charli XCX

Brat

On her eighth album, the English singer seems both older and somehow younger, still as blunt as ever, without a single duff track on the deck

The Panpopticon With Amy Pettifer: This Month In Pop

Just as the late winter slowly loosens its icy grip, pop offers cold hearts with the promise of future sunshine, writes Amy Pettifer

Awesome New Book: ‘Vertigo Of The Modern’

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Low Culture Essay: Ian Wade on Queer As Folk

In this month's subscriber essay, Ian Wade writes on how pioneering British gay drama Queer As Folk, screened by Channel 4 in 1999, reflected a generation's experiences of coming out and discovering their identity

What He Does With What He Has: Blawan Interviewed

In 2012, Jamie Roberts, AKA Blawan, was poised on the verge of breaking through to a mainstream that he wasn't sure he wanted any part of and then fate intervened in the form of a life-threatening illness. On the release of his debut album Wet Will Always Dry, he talks to John Doran about how this ended up being a blessing in disguise

Peer Reviewed: Mike Paradinas Interviews Lara Rix Martin… & Vice Versa

For the latest instalment of our series that sees some of our favourite musicians interview one another without editorial interference, this month the subjects are Lara Rix-Martin and Mike Paradinas

Robbie Williams Launches App

INTERVIEW: Mike Watt

The groundbreaking bassist still jams econo

In Defence of the Progressive Power of Morris Dancing

Often derided, morris dancing contains a radical and transgressive power that should be celebrated, argues Patrick Clarke

All The Worst Things You Ever Thought About Are Happening: Gaika Interviewed

One of the most distinctive voices in British music has teamed up with Latin America’s most exciting party collective; Gaika discusses working with NAAFI, ghetto futurism and Black Lives Matter

From Chelmsford To São Paulo: An Interview With Gold Panda

Berlin-based producer Derwin tells John Freeman why visiting some of the “great cities of the world” lifted his heart and inspired the new Gold Panda album, Half Of Where You Live

A Folk Devil Talking: Slayer’s Tom Araya Interviewed

Jenn Selby talks to Slayer front man Tom Araya about American folk music, Reign In Blood and the band that came before the big four... Anvil

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Gush

The LA-based artist foregrounds non-verbal communication

Shit & Shine, Powell & More In London

Diagonal label night next week brings Powell, Shit & Shine, Blood Music and Regis' Sandra Electronics to London this Wednesday

Home Away From Home: Green Man 2023

One night of torrential rain can't dampen Julian Marszalek's spirits as he has a hoot at Green Man 2023, taking in sets by the likes of Devo, Jockstrap, Spiritualized, Bob Vylan, Billy Nomates, Nuha Ruby Ra, Lankum and his festival highlight Mandy, Indiana

Massif Attack: Kali Malone interviewed

Miloš Hroch talks to composer and pipe organist Kali Malone about her astounding new album All Life Long, her relationship with mountaineering, creativity as athleticism and profanity. Home page portrait by Stephen O'Malley

No Cunty For Old Men: SA Ballroom Pioneers FAKA Interviewed

Ahead of FAKA's appearance at Rewire 2018, Desire Marea talks to Claire Sawers about the how the South African performance art duo are breaking new sonic ground with their infectious, fabulous, politicised mix of gqom, gospel and ancestral percussion

Collapsing Star: Robert Hampson Of Loop Interviewed

Robert Hampson talks to Jonathan Selzer about Loop and Sonancy, the cult band's first album in over three decades. All portraits by Simon Holliday

Keeping It Physical: Suede Interviewed

As Suede release new album Autofiction, Luke Turner speaks to Brett Anderson and Mat Osman about being reborn as a brand new band. and the complex transactional relationship between artist and audience. Suede portrait – Dean Chalkley, live – Paul Khera

Baroness

Purple

Future Islands

The Far Field

This Is My Sermon: M Gira Of Swans Speaks To John Doran

Ahead of the release of magnificent new Swans album To Be Kind, Michael Gira speaks to John Doran about that LP's ferocious grooves, his role as band leader, Haitian history, the early days of the group, and his terror at the ever-increasing commercialisation of our society. Photography by Jennifer Church, Sebastien Sighell and Matias Coral

Batu Releases New Standalone Track, ‘Other Means’

Out on his A Long Strange Dream imprint, it kickstarts a new series of one-off club tracks set to be released through 2024