Greg Fox

Prince’s Paisley Park Now Open As Museum

Estate now officially open to the public

K. Leimer

A Period Of Review

INTERVIEW: Daisy Dickinson Talks The Comet Is Coming Collaboration

Among the highlights of this year's Manchester International Festival is a collaboration between visual artist Daisy Dickinson and cosmic jazz titans The Comet Is Coming. Dickinson tells us what to expect

Ain’t Hip To Be Labelled A Hippie: The Suburban Origins of De La Soul

The origins of hip hop may be indelibly associated with New York's Five Boroughs – and the South Bronx, in particular. But in the 1980s, Long Island's De La Soul – and near contemporaries like Biz Markie, Public Enemy and Rakim – brought a new suburban sensibility to the genre. In an exclusive extract from his new book, Living in a D.A.I.S.Y Age, West Virginia University Professor Austin McCoy recounts the group's early years

More than 100 Acts Pull out of The Great Escape due to Barclays Sponsorship Links

The Brighton festival's opening showcase has subsequently been cancelled

Light Music: Sunn O))), Catherine Christer Hennix & More at Venice Biennale Musica

At the 69th annual International Festival of Contemporary Music in Venice, performances by the Kamigaku Ensemble, Jasmine Morris and Sunn O))) leave Robert Barry pondering what we mean when we call music 'heavy'

Th1rt3en Best: Dave Mustaine Of Megadeth’s Favourite Albums

Continuing our celebration of three decades since 1986 marked a pivotal moment for thrash, the co-founder, singer and guitarist of one of the "Big Four" gives Mark Eglinton a rundown of his most formative records

How Pet Shop Boys Sold City Glamour to Queer Suburban Kids

John Grindrod discovered his sexuality in the streets of Croydon, always looking up the tracks to London, and argues that no other artist articulate this tension between city, suburbia and LGBT+ lives quite so beautifully as did Messrs Tennant and Lowe. This BST comes with a Pet Shop Boys Suburbs vs City playlist exclusive to our Subscriber Plus supporters.

Parquet Courts

Sunbathing Animal

Primal Scream to Play ‘XTRMNTR’ in Full on UK Tour

The Scottish band will celebrate the album in a run of shows this September

Things Learned At: Bestival

Karl Marx once described the Isle Of Wight as a 'little paradise', and it certainly was for this year's 'Summer of Love' themed Bestival. Christopher Sanders was on hand to revel in all the peace, love and harmony on offer.

Future Sound Of London

Environment Five

Jane Weaver Septiéme Sœur

The Fallen By Watch Bird (Expanded Edition)

Fifteen years ago, Jane Weaver's took a sharp left towards a strange and almost magical new sound. Now, she revisits that classic album with new material and a suite of reinterpretations by the likes of Demdike Stare

Back Spinning: Mariam Rezaei’s Favourite Music

Ahead of her performance at OUT.FEST, The Newcastle turntablist and composer tells Alastair Shuttleworth about some of the records that have shaped her career – from Pauline Oliveros to Missy Elliott.

Reissue of the Week: Billy Woods’ Today, I Wrote Nothing

As it receives a new 10th anniversary release, Zachary Lipez delves back into the metafiction, self-interruptions, complexitiesm digressions and inversions that made Billy Woods' Today, I Wrote Nothing a masterpiece

WATCH: Eric Chenaux Video

Canadian reins supreme with new video