Schisms

Africa In Your Cassette Decks: Awesome Tapes From Africa Interviewed

With his set at Field Day on the horizon, Brian Shimkovitz, the founder of the blog-turned-label, discusses dusting off forgotten musical gems from across the African continent and the ethics of reissuing with Annette Barlow

Bad Guys Announce Debut Album & Tour

Band currently on tour in support of new LP coming out later this month; have a watch of the trailer below

King Of The Wild Front-ARRRRRGH: IT Reviewed

Sean Kitching on the latest adaptation of Stephen King's much loved IT, out in cinemas today

The Broken Nest: Satyajit Ray’s Charulata reassessed

With the recent restoration of Charulata appearing in cinemas, Yasmeen Khan takes the opportunity to review Satyajit Ray's work through the prism of his best known film

Hang Cool Teddy Bear: A Meat Loaf Interview

Dr Rock interviews the original Bat Out Of Hell, Mr Meat Loaf about his new album

LIVE REPORT: Áine O’Dwyer & Księżyc

Matthew Foster reports from Cafe Oto in London

Carlton Melton

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The Byline: British Sea Power’s Noble On The Trials Of The Man U Fan

In the second of our series recounting independent musicians personal relationships with the beautiful game, British Sea Power's Martin Noble talks to Andrew Fenwick about eating crisps at Old Trafford, performing at an FA Cup Final and catching a glimpse of Sir Bobby Charlton's penis...

Tion Wayne

Green With Envy

The debut album from Tion Wayne balances a finely-tuned pop sensibility and hardcore street anthems with ease, finds Denzil Bell

Because The Night: The Timeliness Of Chantal Akerman’s ‘Toute Une Nuit’

One of Chantal Akerman's lesser known works feels singularly important during times of global isolation. Toute Une Nuit telegraphs the importance of human connection over one finite period of time and now plays like a foggy memory, finds Patrick Preziosi

LISTEN: New Fat White Family Single

Fat White Family have teamed up with Baxter Dury for their latest track

Liverpool Sound City Announce First Acts

Ibibio Sound Machine, Idles and more have been confirmed to play the 11th edition of Sound City in Liverpool

Harsh Sonics: An Interview With Pan Daijing

Following the recent release of her second EP, Pan Daijing tells Aurora Mitchell about her relationship to noise music and the value of queer spaces

Lonker See

Hamza

The fourth studio album from Polish post-rockers Lonker See makes a significant step up, finds Julian Marszalek

WATCH: New Ian William Craig Video

Check out a new video from Ian William Craig, as well as a quick catch-up with him, below

Stop The Music: How Rocketing Business Rates Will Kill Small Venues

The Government's recent review of business rates will almost certainly put grassroots and independent venues across the country out of business. Patrick Clarke speaks to venue owners to explore the very serious repercussions.