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Spool’s Out: The Best Tapes Of 2019 With Tristan Bath

Tristan Bath brings another year of music released on cassette tape to a close, and picks 2019’s 10 best tapes, and the year’s best tape label

Sweet Belief: Cameron Picton on My New Band Believe

As his sprawling project My New Band Believe prepares a debut LP, Cameron Picton discusses life after Black Midi, the loss of former bandmate Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, ambition, and rethinking the possibilities of singer-songwriter records

Hyperspecific: Electronic Music for February Reviewed by Jaša Bužinel

Jaša Bužinel reflects the death of three beloved artists, and presents 10 outstanding electronic music releases, from world-building IDM excursions and top notch tech-house to funky jazztronica and avant-garde easy listening

Reissue of the Week: Squarepusher’s Stereotype

Joe Muggs looks back to Tom Jenkinson's first bid for braindance supremacy and finds much to love has been revealed by a crunchy remaster

Why Oasis’ Reunion is the Perfect Soundtrack to Britain in 2025

As the Gallaghers megatour rolls back into the UK, Ed Gillett examines how they fit into the current febrile and nostalgia-driven political climate – and asks what aspects of it they helped usher in

Brainbombs

Disposal Of A Dead Body

More Eaze & Claire Rousay

No Floor 

As the two friends and regular collaborators slide into Thrill Jockey's roster, Emo and Americana get stirred into the ambient stew to heartfelt and often dreamlike effect

Reissue of the Week: Autechre’s Quaristice

C.D. Rose hails the reissue of this 2008 album as a perfect and playful introduction to the full range of Autechre

Prolapse

I Wonder When They’re Going To Destroy Your Face

More than a quarter-century since their last album, the Leicester post-punks sound as sludgy and dyspeptic as ever

Rian Treanor and Cara Tolmie

Body Lapse

Rian Treanor teams up with sound poet and performer Cara Tolmie for an album that perfectly captures the chaos of modern living

Falling Into Place: Xiu Xiu’s 13” Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips

It may be the duo's most accessible album in years, but it sacrifices none of their signature weird intensity, finds Claire Biddles

The Old Ways: Ben Edge’s Folklore Rising Playlist

With the publication of his new book Folklore Rising, artist and author Ben Edge guides us through ten of the songs that accompanied him on his travels through the ancient customs of the British Isles