Psychedelic noizegaze and fractal deathyowl electro! Air-thinning drone immensity! Basslines they should store in old phone boxes in case the defibrillator doesn’t work! It could only be the return of your regular New Weird Britain roundup, courtesy of Noel Gardner
In the first edition of a new series exploring underground and left-field music from North America, Natalie Marlin delivers an insider's guide to the frantic, uninhibited and queer-driven energy of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul underground, and picks out five essential new releases from the cities' most exciting artists
From avant folk to post-post-club computer music, via several doses of Cornish soundsmithery and a tribute to former Tottenham defender Ledley King, Noel Gardner presents his 10 favourite releases from New Weird Britain in 2025, and rounds up 10 more that got away