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SHAPE+ Platform Launches New Radio Network

It covers 14 radio stations across 14 countries

I.B.M.

From The Land Of Rape And Honey

Foals Announce New Album

Foals have announced details of their fourth album following up 2013's Holy Fire

Electro Chaabi In Cairo: Part V – Street Wisdom

Cairo's streets contain different forms of danger. John Doran spends his last evening with the artist and photographer Ayman Ramadan

The Low Culture Essay: Stephanie Phillips on the 1998 Kathleen Hanna solo album, Julie Ruin

In this month’s essay, Stephanie Phillips reflects on the 1998 lo-fi, art pop album Julie Ruin, in which riot grrrl veteran Kathleen Hanna reaffirms her position in feminist art, while creating the building blocks for a dance punk future

Moderate Chaos: Jerskin Fendrix Interviewed

Jerskin's second album Once Upon a Time... In Shropshire is a novel album of country death songs, country life songs and country love songs. But why did it take so long and how does it fit in with his growing reputation as a composer for films? Words by Robert Davidson. All photography by Tim Gutt. CW: Contains mention of suicide

KMRU Details New Album, ‘Natur’

It's the Nairobi-born, Berlin-based sound artist's first record for UK label Touch

Nematode Noise: An Interview With Hookworms

John Freeman meets Hookworms to find out how the Leeds group's debut album, Pearl Mystic, became a blast of rage and sadness, and why parents shouldn't be let loose on Facebook

Thomas Ankersmit

Perceptual Geography

Dedicated to Ankersmit's friend and collaborator Maryanne Amacher, *Perceptual Geography* is a wild trip into inner space, finds Daryl Worthington

Thriller in England: Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout at 40

Fergal Kinney traces Steve McQueen's two very different masterminds, its influence on Arthur Russell and Caroline Polachek, and the path not taken to a British indie both sensual and modern

The Fall

New Facts Emerge

The latest from The Fall: ever nastier, ever greasier, ever more hypnotically righteous.

Beyond The Sea: Uwe Johnson, Patrick Wright, & The Isle Of Sheppey

Patrick Wright, author of the new book, The Sea View Has Me Again: Uwe Johnson in Sheerness, talks to Simon Matthews about the "moral utopia" in the Thames Estuary

MIKE

Showbiz!

The New York rapper-producer lays down hard truths over a dense tapestry of soul, funk and 60s girl group sounds

Voice Of The Eagle: The Enigma Of Robbie Basho Reviewed

Danny Riley reviews a new documentary about the American guitarist and mystic, Robbie Basho

The Breeders’ Kim Deal Shares New Track, ‘Coast’

The track was recorded by the late Steve Albini at his Electric Audio studio

EFG London Jazz Festival Announces First Acts for 2025 Event

Tune-Yards and Dee Dee Bridgewater are among those playing the festival later this year