V.M. Bhatt

“The Residents Do Not Live In The Past”: A Profile & ‘Interview’

Ahead of their appearance at this weekend's Mute Short Circuit Festival, Robert Barry profiles the elusive Californian group/art project/political statement that is The Residents, with help from their "spokesperson" Hardy Fox

LISTEN: Mothlite Remix

Alexander Tucker puts different hat (not furry outfit) on for Dark Age rework

INTERVIEW: Botanist’s Otrebor

With Botanist touring Europe for the first time in two years, we catch up with the project's frontman Otrebor to discuss tour complications and recording a new album with a full band

At The Extremities: Barney Greenway Of Napalm Death Interviewed

This month sees the release of Napalm Death's 16th album, Apex Predator - Easy Meat. Dan Franklin sits down with lead singer Mark 'Barney' Greenway to pick over the remains of late capitalism, chew on the band's "queasy" new sound and explore the outlying regions of extremity

If You Only Knew: ‘Little’ Jimmy Scott Interviewed

Nicholas Abrahams talks to "Little" Jimmy Scott about his music, his muse and singing for David Lynch

Fingers On The Vinyl: Mariam Rezaei Interviewed

In the run up to her duo performance at Tusk Festival with Stephen Bishop, Al Cameron speaks to Tyneside turntablist and experimental music lynchpin Mariam Rezaei

Mars

Complete Studio Recordings, NYC 1977-1978

Buttholes And Bandanas: An Interview With Bruxa Maria


Gill Dread's latest project makes an unruly, ferocious racket that some have branded "noise punk". It's inspired by her Butthole Surfers upbringing, the 2011 riots, uncaring hipsters, intolerant atheists and working as a van driver for other bands, she tells JR Moores. Photo thanks to Jose Ramon Caamaño

Lindstrom

Where You Go I Go Too

Emperor To Reunite To Play Wacken

Norwegian black metallers to headline next year's Wacken Open Air

Dark And Light: An Interview With I Break Horses

Maria Lindén talks to John Freeman about I Break Horses’ second album Chiaroscuro, which you can stream in full below, and "digging deeper into the darkness"

Closer To God: Lift To Experience’s ‘The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads’ Revisited

Tom Hall speaks to Josh T Pearson and Andy Young about why they’re not done with the album that’s defined them.

INTERVIEW: Behemoth

“We are who we are and we do whatever the fuck we want!” Josh Gray chats to Behemoth's Nergal about the visual side of his band's art and what keeps driving his band to dark new heights

Listening To Me: Nubya Garcia Interviewed

Saxophonist, bandleader and best jazz newcomer (officially!), Nubya Garcia is a powerful and precious force on the thriving London jazz scene. Ahead of her set at Field Day, she talks about bebop discipline, dealing with microaggressions, and how to feel the fear and play it anyway

Mountains Set For UK & Ireland Tour

Handful of dates in May announced