Coldplay

Different Worlds: Unsound Festival 2022 Reviewed

At the 20th edition of Krakow’s Unsound Festival, Jakub Knera focusses on the event’s wide-ranging program of Eastern European artists, and finds a cornucopia of sonic juxtapositions, and a series of thought-provoking discussions

Raging Monster Movie Party: Akira 30 Years On

Akira was the film that brought Japanese pop culture to the world. Thirty years later, David Bennun wonders just what it was trying to tell us about Japan

Pere Ubu

Elitism For The People 1975 - 1978

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews For May By Tristan Bath

A series of dreamworlds populate May’s best cassette tape releases as picked by Tristan Bath, including Teleplasmiste's British ruralism, Merry Peers’ surreal trips, digital ayahuasca from Prague’s Izanasz, and a pair of anonymous untraceable synth tapes

Fuck This Font In The Face: The Hardcore Writing Of Sam McPheeters

Joe Thompson of Hey Colossus reviews the new book by Sam McPheeters of Born Against, Mutations - The many strange faces of hardcore punk

A World That’s Gone: Suede’s Dog Man Star 30 Years On

At odds with the world, with reality, with Britpop and with each other, Suede were in a terrible place as they wrote and recorded Dog Man Star. But, writes Matthew Lindsay, it's the album that would end up as their masterpiece. This feature was originally published in 2014

Twilight Zone: Jørgen Munkeby Of Shining Interviewed

Norwegian jazz/metal firebrands Shining recently released their latest album, One One One. Dayal Patterson catches up with band leader Jørgen Munkeby to discuss the spiritual connections between jazz and metal, and being led by the heart rather than the head

Beauty From Trauma: Paul Mendez’ Favourite Music

Pop is all over Rainbow Milk, the Gordon Burn Prize-nominated debut novel by Paul Mendez. Here he tells Paul Flynn how a love of Marvin Gaye, Beyonce, Solange, Joy Division and Missy Elliott gave him a clearer understanding of his sexuality and racial identity

Reissue Of The Week: Datblygu’s Terfysgiaith 1982 – 2022

A new anthology spanning the entire career of Datblygu reveals a band who were highly influential but who also revealed a generational and class divide among Welsh language users, says Leigh Jones

Spool’s Out: Your Cassette Tape Release Roundup For October

Rifling through the month’s best cassette tapes, Tristan Bath stumbles upon a miraculous one-man free jazz outfit, bangin’ Philly electronic producer W00DY, Polish post-footwork and a new appreciation for John Cage

Six Organs of Admittance

Time is Glass

The 27th Six Organs of Admittance album offers an appealing take on the folk revival, but it's lifted to new heights by Ben Chasny's strongest vocal performance yet, finds Daniel Hignell

Music Of The Month: Things We’ve Loved This September

Settle into autumn with these wonderful albums from Jenny Hval, Octo Octa, Klein, Loraine James and plenty more

Cigarettes & Fine White Wine: Asia Argento & Alan Bishop In Conversation

Asia Argento has finished recording Total Entropy, her first full-length album. Between shooting scenes for a new film in Corsica, she speaks to Alan Bishop of Sun City Girls and Sublime Frequencies about the album, music, writing and, of course, smoking

Hyperspecific: Dance Music For November Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel

Jaša Bužinel rounds up another month in electronic music, reviewing outstanding new releases from Rhyw, Ayesha, Lenhart Tapes, Adela Mede and more

Alexander Turnquist

Flying Fantasy

Why Be Here Now Is The Best Oasis Album, By Angus Batey

Angus Batey was the reviews editor on Vox when Be Here Now was released; here he lifts the lid on the sense of panic that Oasis' third album caused in the world of music journalism. But in his love for this album is he mad for it, or just mad?