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LISTEN: New Dirty Projectors

Another track from upcoming album Swing Lo Magellan

Caribou

Swim

Beth Orton On Her New Album

Beth Orton goes in-depth on her new album ahead of its release next weekend

R.I.P. The Charlatans’ Jon Brookes

Founding member and drummer of the band passes away

Tycho

Awake

Their Songs Deserve To Be Heard: Moddi’s Index Of Censorship

Wyndham Wallace talks to Pål Moddi Knutsen about protest, principles, and his brand new album of banned music, Unsongs

Imma be the Upgraded new Negro: The Politics of Black Eyed Peas So-Called Party Bangers

Black Eyed Peas have been praised for a supposed return to their "political roots" away from the "party bangers" of now-ten-year-old The E.N.D. But, argues Aida Amoako, the group have always had a politicised Afrofuturism at the heart of what they do.

The Fear Goes On: Dean Blunt’s Black Metal 2

Seven years after the first instalment, Dean Blunt’s *Black Metal* sequel makes a gorgeous addition to the oeuvre of Hackney’s master art-pop prankster, finds Eden Tizard

WATCH: Pixies – Greens And Blues

Video for "new" 'Gigantic' from EP-2

The Hold Steady

Heaven is Whenever

Staying Untuned: Zamilska Interviewed

Her debut album of hard-edged, techno-shaded rattlers was one of our favourites of last year. Before she heads to CTM, Natalia Zamilska talks to Luke Turner about meshing together African music and Emily Brontë, the political aspects of her work and seeking diversity in Poland's music scene

No More Parrillas In BA?: The Vivid Satire Of Marcos Lopez

John Quin gets at the real meat of Argentinian photography in an exhibition by Marcos Lopez at Rolf, Buenos Aires

Actress Teases New Album

Actress' next album is due out later this year according to tweets by the producer

Sub Par Homesick Blues: Bob Dylan Live In Vietnam

As Bob Dylan plays Vietnam, Tim Russell finds that, without the hot air of the Western media to keep him up, Bob Dylan is a deeply mediocre performer

LISTEN: Peaking Lights Remix Young Galaxy

First single off new album Ultramarine gets Peaking Lights rerub

Christina Vantzou

No. 4

Missouri-born, Brussels-based maths teacher and composer makes another dense, involving and rewarding album for Kranky Records