Cult of Luna and Opeth are so far ahead of the current metal scene that Dan Franklin had to employ a tracker to find them. Releasing two of the best albums of their careers, he spoke to Swedish frontmen Johannes Persson and Mikael Åkerfeldt about melancholy, fear and family beyond the end of the line
Ewan Pearson was the academic who became a remixer, the remixer who became a DJ, and the DJ who became a producer of some of the best-sounding records of recent years. But if it hadn't been for a ZX Spectrum he might still be listening to Rory Gallagher, says Michael Hann
Several dates into Mishka Shubaly's latest gruelling solo tour (the last stop of which is titled "Die of fatigue and return home in a body bag") the musician and writer speaks to Jamie Ryder about his new album, the experience of getting clean, and missing out on extreme fame by a hair's breadth