Benee

LISTEN: New Xylouris White

Pair share first single from second album; listen below

Peer Review: Giancarlo DiTrapano Interviews Scott McClanahan

In the first of a series of editor-on-author interviews, Giancarlo DiTrapano of Tyrant speaks to his friend and author Scott McClanahan about life in West Virginia, respecting your audience and having (or not having) beef with George Saunders

Jenny Hval

Apocalypse, Girl

Tangerine Dream Reveal New EP, ‘Probe 6-8’

The group's second original release since the passing of founding member Edgar Froese, it features remixes by Barker and Grand River

Sci-Fi Lullabies: Lawrence Lek’s AIDOL 爱道 OST

A futuristic soundtrack to a science fiction fever dream gives visual artist and musician Lawrence Lek a wide canvas for his sonic world-building, finds Kareem Ghezawi

Johnny Marr “Can’t Bear The Thought” Of Smiths Cash In

Guitarist "too busy" for reunion

Thrill Jockey 20th Anniversary Show

Arbouretum, Radian, Alexander Tucker and Kandodo set for birthday bash at the Lexington in November

Sonic Youth To Play London Scala

Plus track from _The Eternal_ is up on iTunes and on the Matador blog

An Eye For An Eye: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ Tender Prey Revisited

Twenty five years after its release, John Freeman looks back at an album - created amid chaos - that would become the making of The Bad Seeds.

Laura Cannell and Lori Goldston

The Deer Are Small And The Rabbits Are Big

A collaboration betweent the US cellist ane British recorder player and violinist evokes an uncanny inbetweenness for johny Lamb

In Defence Of Perry Como, By David Keenan

Write Perry Como off as a lesser Sinatra at your peril when David Keenan is around. Here, the author of For The Good Times writes of how as a boy late night sessions listen to Como with his father shaped his sense of masculinity and self

Music Of The Month: The Best Albums And Tracks Of February 2020

From Katie Gately to Beatrice Dillon via the ghost of Mark E. Smith, here's our guide to the best albums and tracks released in February

‘Community In Action’: Sport, Art, Corruption & The World Cup

As the World Cup kicks off in Brazil, Ian Maleney explains how, despite the very real spectres of big business, exploitation and alleged FIFA corruption, global sport still retains a unique capacity to unite people from across communities