Kris Needs

Organic Intelligence IV: Global Christmas

The Low Culture Organic Intelligence newsletter is back, this time with Finders Keepers' Andy Votel sourcing those ear-boggling Christmas hits that never were

Playing The Cosmos Song: Thurston Moore & John Sinclair On Sun Ra

Sean Kitching talks to John Sinclair of MC5, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and Paul Smith of Blast First Petite about the life and music of Sun Ra

ABC

The Lexicon Of Love 2

Schattenfroh: A Fable About Totalitarianism Written in Brain-Fluid

An interview with the book’s author Michael Lentz and its translator, Max Lawton, about the German cult novel Schattenfroh, a bizarre and troubling novel for our bizarre and troubling times, and its timely appearance in an English-language edition

Andy Stott

Never The Right Time

Manchester's Andy Stott feels more washed out than dubbed out on his latest collection, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones

Chilly Gonzales

Chambers

In Pursuit Of Restless Beauty: Max Richter’s 13 Favourite LPs

With the release of his deep dive Behind The Counter compilation, composer Max Richter talks to Ed Power about the albums that shaped his musical philosophies and encouraged him to escape the humdrum of suburbia

Moments Of Pleasure: The Red Shoes By Kate Bush 25 Years On

It’s often dismissed as a rare misstep but, Ben Hewitt argues, her seventh album is filled with moments of pleasure