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Into The Fire: Rollo Smallcombe On Scoring Clouzot’s Inferno

This weekend The Barbican is presenting a specially re-edited and re-scored presentation of Henri-Georges Clouzot's great lost film The Inferno. We talk to Rollo Smallcombe about the challenges of re-framing one of the great missing movies

Sonic Spaces: An Interview With Midori Takada

The once-obscure Japanese minimalist, whose 1983 album 'Through The Looking Glass' has now become one of the most celebrated ambient releases from the country, talks with Patrick St. Michel about her interest in African music, ahead of her appearance at Le Guess Who? festival

FESTIVAL REPORT: Convergence

Amy Pettifer, Julian Marszalek, Suzie McCracken and Sharon O'Connell report on this year's Convergence festival, hosted at various venues across London.

LIVE REPORT: Glastonbury 2022, Day One

Our man on Worthy Farm reports back from the Friday of 2022's Glastonbury, which sees imperious sets from Little Simz, Confidence Man, Arooj Aftab, St Vincent and more. All photos by Jim Dyson

Nick Cave And Warren Ellis Reveal New Documentary

'This Much I Know To Be True', which will get a global cinema release, follows the pair as they bring songs from their last two albums together to life

The Doomed Bird Of Providence

Burrowed Into The Soft Sky

An extraordinary visceral dissection of colonialist evils, from Mark Kluzek and his Doomed Bird Of Providence

LISTEN: John Carpenter – Night

New track from upcoming solo record, Lost Themes

LISTEN: Scientist Remixes Onyeabor

Latest instalment in Moog and Luaka Bop's William Onyeabor remix series

Tindersticks

The Something Rain

PJ Harvey On New Album: “I Wanted To Sing About Things That Really Matter”

Singer promises more songs addressing "the issues of the day" on Let England Shake

LISTEN: New Zamilska Single

Poland's Zamilska previews forthcoming album with video for new track, 'Hollow'

Willis Earl Beal

Noctunes

Portugal’s SQUARE Completes 2025 Line-up

The event for radical new music takes part in four cities in North Portugal next month, featuring showcase gigs and a three-day conference

Steve Gunn & The Black Twig Pickers

Seasonal Hire

LISTEN: New John Grant Single

John Grant has shared the title track for his newly announced fourth solo album Love Is Magic, plus a new London date

Stereolab Detail Fifth Volume Of ‘Switched On’ Compilation Series

'Pulse Of The Early Brain' includes rare material by the group that dates from the '90s through to the '00s