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There is a Garden

A collaboration between Steve Gunn, Zoh Amba, Jim White and Shahzad Ismaily sounds as fresh and lively as a spring day, finds Tom Bolton

I’m One Of 1000 UK Artists Boycotting Israel. Here’s Why

As Thurston Moore, Miss Lauryn Hill and Primus become the latest to cancel shows in Tel Aviv, British-Palestinian musician Samir Eskanda makes the case for the boycott, with contributions from Moore and Jean-Hervé Peron of Faust. Photos by Valerio Berdini

Semibreve Festival: More Names

Raime, Philip Jeck and more added to line-up

Wolf People

Fain

Mary Halvorson

Amaryllis & Belladonna

With one set written for her new sextet and the other Halvorson’s first composition for string quartet, these two recordings mark a high point in the guitarist composer’s discography to date, finds Sean Kitching

Hedvig Mollestad Trio

Enfant Terrible

Sons Of Kemet To Break Up After Final Live Shows

"After 10 years we have decided that from the end of our scheduled 2022 shows we will be closing this chapter of the band's life for the foreseeable future," they said in a statement

LISTEN: New Black Hearted Brother Remix

Ricardo Tobar rework of Neil Halstead-fronted trio's Got Your Love, from EP due next month

St Vincent

Strange Mercy

They Do Like It Up ‘Em: Fisty Fun & Queer Bangers With Furfriend

On the surface, mysterious Electronic Bumming Music duo Furfriend appear to be a carnal celebration of the squelchier end of sexual practice. Yet, as Luke Turner discovers, their new EP for Perc Trax reveals that they're LGBT activists, as well as just 'active'...

Lucky Star: Madonna’s Debut Album, 35 Years On

Matthew Lindsay studies the blonde's ambition to become one of the biggest stars of the 80s with her self-titled album of 1983

International Teachers Of Pop Announce Tour

New nerd disco project from The Moonlandingz founders and The Soundcarriers' Leonore Wheatley hits the UK this October

I Wish I Was Special: The Irony Of Anima

Thom Yorke's latest project warns of the dangers of cultural overconsumption, but the very nature of its existence poses an unavoidable tension, finds Thomas H. Sheriff

X.Y.R.

Mental Journey To B.C.

New Joy Division Book To Be Published

A new book by Jon Savage will present an oral history of Joy Division

The Room: An Extract From The New Novel By Jenny Hval

Norwegian singer-songwriter Jenny Hval follows her acclaimed debut novel Paradise Rot with Girls Against God, a "fugue-like feminist manifesto" wrapped up in a story about Norway in the 90s