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Low Culture Podcast Five: John Higgs On Iron Maiden & Eddie The Head

The fifth in our series of subscriber only podcasts sees KLF and William Blake author John Higgs talking about the deep, esoteric history of the heavy metal mascot that embodies the spirit of one of the world's biggest bands

The Art Of Falling Apart: Considering The Usefulness Of Fallibility At MUTEK 2024

Dan Dylan Wray watches Factory Floor, Marie Davidson and Colin Stetson at MUTEK, and considers the importance of fallibility in electronic music under the monolithic shadow of AI. Amnesia Scanner & Freeka Tet photograph by Vivien Gaumand

By Any Other Name: Protection and the Sweetness of the Trip Hop Sound… No Matter What You Want to Call It

Vanessa Okoth-Obbo gets to grips with the divisive ‘trip hop’ label while celebrating Protection, Massive Attack’s second album, 30 years on

Why Oasis’ Reunion is the Perfect Soundtrack to Britain in 2025

As the Gallaghers megatour rolls back into the UK, Ed Gillett examines how they fit into the current febrile and nostalgia-driven political climate – and asks what aspects of it they helped usher in

Brainbombs

Disposal Of A Dead Body

More Eaze & Claire Rousay

No Floor 

As the two friends and regular collaborators slide into Thrill Jockey's roster, Emo and Americana get stirred into the ambient stew to heartfelt and often dreamlike effect

Reissue of the Week: Autechre’s Quaristice

C.D. Rose hails the reissue of this 2008 album as a perfect and playful introduction to the full range of Autechre

Prolapse

I Wonder When They’re Going To Destroy Your Face

More than a quarter-century since their last album, the Leicester post-punks sound as sludgy and dyspeptic as ever

Rian Treanor and Cara Tolmie

Body Lapse

Rian Treanor teams up with sound poet and performer Cara Tolmie for an album that perfectly captures the chaos of modern living

Falling Into Place: Xiu Xiu’s 13” Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips

It may be the duo's most accessible album in years, but it sacrifices none of their signature weird intensity, finds Claire Biddles

The Old Ways: Ben Edge’s Folklore Rising Playlist

With the publication of his new book Folklore Rising, artist and author Ben Edge guides us through ten of the songs that accompanied him on his travels through the ancient customs of the British Isles