Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats' Blood Lust lumbered into our top albums of 2011 like a low-slung, lo-fidelity, Hammer Horror-decked groove mammoth. Harry Sword catches up with the mysterious Uncle to find out more about the band's shadowy selves...
Brooklyn-based composer/performer Ashley Paul's work ranges from texturally exploratory songwriting to jarring improvisation. Fellow US musician Holly Herndon speaks with Paul about musical dualities and the coexistence of different approaches