Reviews

Is Above The Law’s Livin’ Like Hustlers The Best Gangsta Rap Album?

Angus Batey reps for ATL's Livin' Like Hustlers as not only the best gangsta rap album but g-funk ground zero

Akatombo

Sometime, Never

Thirty Pounds of Bone

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As densely layered as its predecessor was sparse, the new album by Thirty Pounds of Bone may be a pandemic album without meaning to be, finds Tom Bolton

I Told A Lie: Mathew Sawyer Doesn’t Talk About His New Album

Matthew Sawyer meets Kev Kharas for beer and they circumnavigate around his excellent new album, How Snakes Eat... All art by the artist...

The Maccabees

Given To The Wild

Evian Christ Detained At Leeds Festival

DJ and producer Evian Christ has tweeted that he won't be playing this year's Reading Festival after being detained at Leeds for 'trying to break into the festival'.

Kung-Fool Fighting: Wu-Tang Clan Wobble In Brixton

With most of the original members present, the stage was set for the Wu to bring the ruckus to Brixton. But, says Dayal Patterson, a lazy and chaotic performance risks making the pioneers a mere nostalgia act.

Pollinating Possibility: An Interview With Gum Takes Tooth

London firebrands Gum Takes Tooth create a joyous, twitchy, electrified racket. Ahead of their support slot with White Hills tomorrow night, Jessica Crowe speaks to them to untangle the chaos, plus watch a brand new video

Sacred Paws

Run Around the Sun

The second album by Sacred Paws, Run Around the Sun provides a finely rounded meal for Johny Lamb

Steve Gunn

Eyes On The Lines

WATCH: New Gazelle Twin Video

Watch another incredible video from Gazelle Twin's imperious new Pastoral project below

Robert Hood

Omega

Things Learned At: Bergen’s Borealis Festival, By Luke Turner

Luke Turner heads to the Norwegian city of Bergen for the annual Borealis Festival for a wonderful weekend featuring composition, experimentation, melting ice, Russell Haswell, Lucy Railton and Richard Dawson, recontextualised rap and more. All photos thanks to Borealis and Henrik Beck.

Sam Herlihy Of The Northwestern Is Our New Food Correspondent

Photograph by Barney Britton _www.photoinsensitive.com_

Touch The Cold Air: Gazelle Twin Live In Montreal

A journey across the Atlantic to witness Quietus album of the year, Unflesh, in all its sinuous glory, as Gazelle Twin plays M For Montreal

One-Off Live Collaboration Between Eno, Czukay And Schwalm Set For Release

It will mark the 25th anniversary of the performance involving the three musicians