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LISTEN: Stream New Four Tet Album

Morning/Evening on Bandcamp now, with physical release coming in July

Monolith And Mandala: The Strange World Of Kanye West

Brilliant curator, average rapper, master of ideas foiled by their execution — Karl Smith takes a walk through the strange world of Kanye West, the closest thing music has to an Ai Weiwei

‘Noise Is Japanese Blues’: An Interview With Boris

With the Japanese shapeshifters' nineteenth album Noise released this month, Tristan Bath meets the mighty Boris in London to discuss the background noise of life, their many collaborative projects and, of course, guitar feedback

RIP Mika Vainio

Finnish producer dies aged 53

Albums Of The Month: Music We’ve Loved In October

Not sure we really need Halloween this year (or last year, come to think of it). Still, as the global horror show continues, Brecht is thankfully proven forever right: there will also be singing, about the dark times. And some squelchy rave.

Ben Cardew On Hieroglyphic Being’s The Disco’s Of Imhotep

In Jamal Moss's latest outing as Hieroglyphic Being, Ben Cardew finds a record of two halves, split between lofty spiritual ambition and music for grubby basement clubs, working in tandem

Dancer In The Dark: Pattern Damage By Bianca Scout

The Newcastle-born, south London-based producer draws on her background in contemporary dance for an album of chopped loops and murmured voices

Strings Theory: Galya Bisengalieva’s EP One

Violinist and composer Laura Cannell explores a trio of new string compositions from the leader of the London Contemporary Orchestra, previously a collaborator with Suzanne Ciani, Terry Riley, Thom Yorke and Frank Ocean, and a powerful force in new and primordial music

Music Of The Month: May 2020

From Perfume Genius to Sarah Davachi, Aksak Maboul to Sex Swing, this is the music that we've been listening to from our home offices over the last four weeks

Theatre Of Extremities: On Red Bull & The QT Agenda At C2C 2015

Jazz Monroe braves a sticky sea of Red Bull at Turin's Club To Club festival to ponder the sickly hyper-commercialised metapop of QT and SOPHIE in the context of Italian austerity. Photograph by Andrea Macchia

Hyperspecific: Dance Music For August Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel

Jaša Bužinel reflects on recent natural catastrophes which affected his home region and influenced this month's selection of electronic highlights, which includes the immersive soundscapes of Richie Culver & Pavel Milyakov, Kali Malone and Lamin Fofana along with dance gems by Nick León, Kincaid, Ido Plumes and more

Moviedrone: This Month’s Finest Film Soundtracks, Reviewed

Charlie Brigden casts his expert eye over new soundtrack releases by the likes of Mogwai, Terence Blanchard, Fabio Frizzi, and John Carpenter

Rockfort! French Music For February Reviewed By David McKenna

In his latest survey of French releases, David McKenna looks at one of the first great rap releases of the year from Lala &ce, tackles imposing composers and dives into a delightful debut from Franco-Moroccan Hanaa Ouassim. Homepage photo: Hanaa Ouassim by Clara Casero

Post Global Music: David Pajo’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of the reunited Slint playing shows this month and next, the hyper-prolific multi-instrumentalist hones his record collection down to a top 13

Tori Amos

Ocean to Ocean

On her sixteenth studio album, Tori Amos still has plenty to say, finds Ed Power