Rum Music

Michael Stipe’s Last Stand – An R.E.M. Exit Interview

Michael Stipe wants to retire. Trouble is, Jude Rogers won't let him until he's been suitably debriefed...

Pulse LAX: An Interview With Nguzunguzu

LA duo Nguzunguzu's thoughtful and playful party music draws for global sounds and the mechanics of the UK dancefloor. With new EP Warm Pulse just released, Angus Finlayson met them to discuss throwing DJ curveballs and the life of grime

Anatomy Of An Engima: An Interview With Autechre

With Autechre's new EP, 'L-event', just released, Charlie Frame catches up with the veteran electronic duo's Rob Brown to discuss music and memory, this year's sprawling 'Exai' album, and the methods and ideas that underlie each of the new EP's tracks

The Odd Couple: Broken Bells Interviewed

Production wizard Danger Mouse and The Shins frontman James Mercer talk to Ben Hewitt about running away from bears, creative exhaustion and their new collaboration Broken Bells

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MGMT

Raining Mud: Tom Araya Of Slayer Interviewed

Harry Sword talks to Tom Araya of Slayer about a life of trains, planes, automobiles and extreme aggression

Melancholy Euphoria: A Heterotic Interview & Full Album Stream

Lara Rix-Martin and Mike Paradinas of Heterotic and Nick Talbot of Gravenhurst talk to John Doran; stream their collaborative LP Love & Devotion in full here

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ALPHA

A fresh new beginning for ex-2NE1 singer, with a Korean noise-music flavour mixed with western pop and hip hop sounds