Prison

Further Than We’ve Gone: Breaking The Soundwaves At The Madeiradig Festival

Wyndham "indie Wyndy" Wallace was afraid of the enjoyable extremes of music. A fluffy bathrobe, infinity pool, some top nosh and music from KTL, Nadja and Tim Hecker in Madeira provokes a Damascene conversion. All photographs also by Wyndham Wallace.

McCartney II: Paul McCartney Interviewed By Other Artists

We asked the likes of Chris Carter, Gruff Rhys, Alexis Taylor, Ty Bulmer and Erol Alkan to ask Paul McCartney about some of the techniques and influences used on McCartney II. Questions asked by Stephen Dalton.

Tenderlonious

Hard Rain

Tenderlonious' techno tribute misses the mark, finds Jamie Chambers

Mark E Smith Issues May Message

Patronises Domino, curses art exhibition

Khalab & M’berra Ensemble

M’berra

Real World Records’ latest release harks back to the label’s grand tradition of intercultural collaborative fusion as Italian DJ and producer Raffaele Costantino – better known as Khalab – meets and mingles with the musician residents of the M’berra refugee camp in south-eastern Mauritania

Gnawing Anxiety Meets Pure Propulsion: Sandwell District’s Feed Forward

Sandwell District were the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young of austere techno, appearing and disappearing in a haze of bad vibes, Berlin drugs, and imperious, hard-to-find releases. Kiran Sande offers a personal insight into the reissue of their impulsive 2010 masterpiece, Feed Forward

Pipe Down: Tashi Wada Interviewed

Ahead of his appearance at Meakusma Festival, Tashi Wada talks to Tristan Bath about collaborating with his father, Yoshi and Julia Holter

Deerhunter

Halycon Digest

The Fall’s Paul Hanley On Buzzcocks Book

House Of All sticksman celebrates the treble with a new book on Buzzcocks just published by Route; here he talks to Francisco Scaramanga about TMF, Buzzcocks and being Manchester Irish

Sparking Joy: Family And Fireworks In Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cinema

Remember, remember, the lights that filled the sky on nights dedicated to more than bonfires in the works of Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda. There's a feeling of luminous family in those fleeting stars, finds Jake Cunningham

Function Is The Key: An Interview With The Messthetics

Brendan Canty talks to Brian Coney about breaking new ground with fellow Fugazi member Joe Lally alongside Anthony Pirog in The Messthetics, as well as the future of Fugazi

INTERVIEW: Will Gregory

The Goldfrapp man discusses reinterpreting classical pieces for analogue synths on his upcoming Moog Ensemble tour

CTM Siberia Reveals Programme

Festival for Adventurous Music and Art will take over multiple venues in two areas of Siberia next month with Helena Hauff, Lorenzo Senni and more in tow

Things Learned At: Sonár Barcelona 2016

At this year's Sonár Festival in the Catalan capital, Ben Cardew (with a little help from Philip Sherburne) finds a little hope from Brian Eno, a lot of energy from not-one-not-two-but three UK Grime acts, and that star power absolutely isn't everything

Autechre Share Unheard Live Recordings

The duo's latest collection of set recordings comprises shows from 2016 and 2018

Still Uniting, Still Fighting: The Prodigy Live At Warriors Dance

Dayal Patterson looks at the strange 20 year career of The Prodigy and, seeing them at the Milton Keynes Bowl, finds a group who still have the power to flatten the boundaries between dance and rock.