Steve Ignorant

Imma Be The Upgraded New Negro: The Politics of Black Eyed Peas So-Called Party Bangers

Black Eyed Peas have been praised for a supposed return to their "political roots" away from the "party bangers" of now-ten-year-old The E.N.D. But, argues Aida Amoako, the group have always had a politicised Afrofuturism at the heart of what they do.

WATCH: Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe

New video from collaborative album I Declare Nothing

Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fashion, and Disco

Hannah Smith talks to director James Crump about his new documentary about a disco-dancing fashion illustrator, Antonio Lopez 1970

Enjoy Sensory Deprivation, Courtesy Of Matmos

Limited edition box set of new Matmos EP includes flashy headphones and opaque eye glasses

‘Getting Ready’: A Cuntata By May-Lan Tan & Elizabeth Mikesch

New writing this week is part of an on-going collaboration between authors Elizabeth Mikesch and May-Lan Tan, Planetette, the product of an aggressive approach, vandalising each other's sentences until it's no longer clear who has written what

Tinariwen Announce UK Tour

Mali music men playing shows later this year

Male Bonding

Nothing Hurts

LISTEN: New Vanishing Twin Album

Band shares debut album little over a year after their formation; listen below

Matmos Detail New Album, ‘Metallic Life Review’

They've also released lead single 'Changing States'

Joking Aside: Jaz Coleman’s 13 Favourite Albums

Killing Joke's front man chooses his 13 favourite albums. As told to Dayal Patterson

Elvis Costello’s Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink Review And Extract

Terry Staunton took the phone off the hook and buried himself in Elvis Costello’s 670-page autobiography. Well, it’s not every day he writes a book

Sleeper Hits: Weyes Blood’s Baker’s Dozen

Weyes Blood speaks to Alex Rigotti about the thirteen albums that influenced her the most, from Robert Wyatt and Syd Barrett to Ween and XTC

UKAEA Release New Album And Video

The LP 'Birds Catching Fire In The Sky' is backed by a visual for album cut 'La Stessa Croce'

Start The Riot! Alec Empire’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of Atari Teenage Riot's set at Camden Crawl, the band's founder uses his rundown of favourite albums to issue a clarion call for creativity and puts together a three-hour mix of tracks from his top 13

The Shape of Punk To Come? On Reforming Bands & Politics

Alex Robert Ross looks at the contrasting political attitudes of the recently returned Sleater-Kinney and Refused, and finds the latter have rather lost their radical edge

Monumental Simplicity: Anna Von Hausswolff’s Favourite Albums

The Swedish musician talks to John Freeman about the 13 records that "opened doors" and helped create the blueprint for the mighty organ drone of her new album, The Miraculous, before she plays two UK shows