Guardian Alien

Burning Down The House: Juju & Jordash Interviewed

Israel-via-Amsterdam duo Juju & Jordash trade in an eccentric, jazz-infused and emotionally involving form of electronic psychedelia. In advance of a London show this weekend, they catch up with Rory Gibb to discuss free jazz, improvisation and the politics of personal experience

John Tavener RIP

Composer passes away aged 69

Trailer Released For New David Bowie Film, ‘Moonage Daydream’

Approved by the late artist's estate, the film includes unseen footage from his personal archives

Organ Heritage: Anna Von Hausswolff Interviewed

Anna von Hausswolff tells John freeman how her extraordinary third album, The Miraculous, was inspired by a mystical family retreat and created on the mighty Acusticum Pipe Organ of Piteå

Shellac Announce UK & Ireland Tour Dates

Steve Albini's band announce a string of rare dates in the UK for this Autumn, details below

The Preservation Of A Nation: Visiting The Tanzania Heritage Project

Robbie Judkins visits Tanzania to witness first hand the attempt to save a quarter of a century of musical history from oblivion. Listen to an exclusive mix of tracks newly digitized by the Tanzania Heritage Project

Capital Punishment: An Interview With Gum Takes Tooth

After five tumultuous years, Gum Takes Tooth have delivered one of 2019’s early standouts in the form of new album ‘Arrow’. Patrick Clarke meets the band to talk the realities of musicianship in London, automatic writing and the story behind their stunning third record. All pictures by Eric Oliveira.

DJ Hell Interviewed

For the first in a new series of articles exploring the ongoing experiments in modern German music we talk to DJ Hell about his fine new album Teufelswerk.

Container And Dalhous For Glasgow Event

Nashville producer to make UK debut alongside Blackest Ever Black duo

Not For Commercial Reasons: An Interview With F*** Buttons

Joe Clay talks to Andrew Hung and Ben Power about how their friendship has developed, why cheap synths are useful and Andrew Weatherall's military nomenclature

Vitalic Returns

Uneasy Alliance: An Interview & Mix From El Kid

Bristol's Sam Kidel battles with his computer to create constantly evolving club tracks with a hand-played sensibility. He speaks to Rory Gibb about the "strange abstraction" of producing music on a screen, and has recorded us a mix

Writing A Deep Map: Non-Fiction’s Challenge To The Contemporary Novel

Gareth Rees considers the expectations and confines attached to, and considers what part nonfiction has to play in, the contemporary novel

Tom Waits Shares Previously Unreleased Version of ‘Get Behind The Mule’

The original track appeared on 1999 album 'Mule Variations'