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Complete Communion: Jazz Reviews Feat. Ahmad Jamal & More

Jamie Skey returns with the latest Complete Communion jazz column, which features thoughts on Miles Davis' autobiography, a live review of Ahmad Jamal (pictured above), Mehliana, Pat Metheny Unity Group, Go Go Penguin and Iiro Rantala

Squarepusher & More For Bang Face 2020

Helena Hauff, Plaid and Venetian Snares are also billed for the Southport Holiday Park weekender

INTERVIEW: Ian Svenonius

Dale Shaw shoots the shit with sharp dressing rock & roll iconoclast and author, Ian Svenonius, who's just released his new book Supernatural Strategies For Making A Rock ‘N’ Roll Group

Thou

Umbilical 

Raw sludge from Baton Rouge condensed into toxic nuggets of nobbly riffs and deliciously tricksy drum patterns

Flow Interrupted: DOOM Cracks Live

Whether it's the perennial issue of hip hop gigs sounding weird in venues tuned for bands, Oli Marlow struggles with Doom's set at Brixton Academy. Photo Matt Cheetham

WATCH: Test Dept Video

Band mark Trump's inauguration with new video; watch below

Bryozone

Eye of Delirious

From Odesa, sound artist Ganna Bryzhata evokes the hazy ambience of the "Black Sea Paris"

Inner Ear: Slovenian Music For May Reviewed By Jakub Knera

In his third report from the contemporary music scenes of eastern and central Europe, Jakub Knera looks at Slovenia’s underground scene including Širom's imaginary folk and string experiments by Tomaž Grom

Uniform

Wake In Fright

The Breedling

IRUKANDJI

Chris Spalton need not worry, says JR Moores, his debut stab at industrial sound-art meets the mark

Wolf Eyes

I Am A Problem: Mind In Pieces

Sludge Maelstrom: An Interview With Prizehog

Following the release of last year's Re-Unvent The Whool album, the metal trio of face-melters-cum-Simpsons aficionados talk to Toby Cook about the record, how relocating Portland has liberated their sound and why Saved By The Bell's Mr. Belding was an unlikely kindred spirit

The Goyt Method: An Interview With The Orielles

As they prepare to release their ambitious third album Tableau, The Orielles speak to Fergal Kinney about how Greater Manchester’s underground culture, putting faith in a first-time producer, and cooking each other’s tea inspired a major creative leap forward

The Quietus Presents New Weird Britain At Bishopsgate Institute

John Doran follows his BBC Radio 4 series with a talk and a Q&A in London at the end of the month

The Strange World Of… Pere Ubu

Long-time Pere Ubu fan, Sean Kitching, spent some time during lockdown revisiting and reassessing their lengthy back catalogue. Here, he picks out ten of their most essential releases

LISTEN: patten’s New Album

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