The Scaramanga Six

Akusmi

Fleeting Future

Akusmi crafts an often-jubilant, forward-thinking sound from a vocabulary of past futures, says Bernie Brooks

How Emo & Pop Punk Are Becoming More Diverse, By Aliya Chaudhry

Aliya Chaudhry grew up being told that rock music wasn't for her. Yet in recent years, the emo and pop punk scenes she loves have started to become far more diverse, as she explores here with contributions from artists such as Pinkshift (pictured)

John Maus’ First New Album In Six Years

John Maus will release a new album, his first in six years, this October, while another will follow next spring

Nils Frahm Surprise Releases New EP

A new five-track EP from Nils Frahm is out today via Erased Tapes

Matt Berry: New Album & Tour On Way

Berry set to release Kill The Wolf in June, preceded by a six-date tour starting next week

Looking Backwards, Moving Forwards: Gemma Ray Interviewed

With a new album, Milk For Your Motors, out now, Wyndham Wallace meets Basildon-born Gemma Ray to discuss nostalgia, serendipity and her love for her new home, Berlin

Spike

Orange Cloud Nine

Magma

Kãrtëhl

Magma’s vocalists take centre stage on their first collaborative album for forty-four years. It turns out that Christian Vander is a team player, finds Warren Hatter

Boys On Film: Duran Duran Interviewed

Eighties electro-pop heroes Duran Duran are back with new, Mark Ronson-produced album All You Need Is Now ready to drop. Simon Price tracks down Messrs Le Bon, Rhodes and the two Taylors at a television recording to discuss being eternally misunderstood, the homoerotic terrors of Jo-Si fan fiction and personalised dildos

Things Learned At: Prince In Leeds

JR Moores grew up in the 1990s and didn't quite get what all the fuss was about when it came to Prince. Would a night in Leeds with The Purple One convince him otherwise?

RIP Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider

One of the group's founding members, Schneider was aged 73

Kode9 And Burial Step Up For ‘Fabriclive 100’

The two artists have been tapped up to produce the last ever mix in the long-running compilation series