Memory Tapes

Arcade Fire

Reflektor

The Strange World Of… Yoko Ono

Despite the predictably & performatively negative reaction the Japanese artist inspires in some critical quarters, it is clear she has been responsible for a cavalcade of bangers over the decades. With a new retrospective at the Tate Modern, Jeremy Allen explores her back catalogue

Blast Or Bless? The Ongoing Enigma Of Black Country, New Road

Richard Foster invokes the 'hot or not' spirit of Wyndham Lewis, continental poultry and outsider cat art when he speaks to BC,NR, about their ongoing evolution. Band portrait by Rosie Foster

Årabrot

Of Darkness And Light

Årabrot’s tenth LP is the aural equivalent of biting into a big chocolate skull full of strawberry goo, says Bernie Brooks

Abul Mogard

Quiet Pieces

The latest from Guido Zen's ambient alterego evokes the colourfields of abstract art, finds Aydin Khalili