Liars have always been masters of mixing a boggling array of influences into a music that's unhinged, inventive and powerful. Here, Angus Andrew guides us through 13 of his favourite LPs, running the gamut from hip hop to smooth jazz and The Cure
In a selection of excerpts from his recent Strange Attractor-published book, The Bright Labyrinth, Ken Hollings discusses - via John Cage and Edgard Varèse - mass production, organisation, repetition and the (perhaps only) advantage human beings have over machines. (Illustrations by Matthew Frame)
After seven years of techno, post-punk, industrial noise, polyrhythms, mangled vocals and brain-melting live shows, the mighty Blood Sport have called it a day. Just a few months after the release of their ‘Harsh Realm’ EP on Helena Hauff’s Return To Disorder label, Alex Keegan, Nick Potter and Sam Parkin play one last show at the Leadmill.