Ahead of a performance at Supernormal Festival this weekend, Daniel Foggin, aka Smote, speaks to Danijela Bočev about how labour on a farm in the Scottish Borders, tales of a fearsome medieval wyrm whose lair lay nearby, and an appreciation of patient listening fed into his forthcoming fourth LP A Grand Stream
New York isn’t dead, says Maxelle Talena in the latest of tQ’s dispatches from the North American underground. It’s being killed. From jumpstyle to hardcore punk, from hip hop to garage rock (for those who can’t afford a garage), she introduces five key artists keeping the flame alive