Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
I think this is the best album he did. I got this on a US tour and we listened to it on the tour bus a lot. The arrangements and production are great and beautiful. The album also tells such great stories. I love listening to records on long tours, so on that tour I actually got a portable record player so that we could listen to the record on the bus. I think it works really well with the American countryside.
From its lurid aesthetics to its pulsing soundtrack, director Nicolas Pesce's second feature, Piercing, is a homage to the great Italian horror movies of the 1970s. Here he takes us through ten of his favourites, from Dario Argento to Lucio Fulci and beyond
Agnès Gayraud makes pop music under the name La Féline but she is also a philosopher, and her latest book The Dialectic of Pop, newly published by Urbanomic, explores the theory behind the music we love. She talks to David McKenna about Adorno, Hegel, and writing pop songs inspired by science fiction
In September’s report from the cassette fringes, Daryl Worthington explores Beirut-founded label Ruptured, and reviews tapes of blistering noise, slinky punk-funk, library music and the self-proclaimed best producer in the Middle East
Furious noise jazz from iconic Japanese guitarist Masayuki Takayanagi, soothing tones from vibraphonist Joel Ross, and language-leaking lyricism from pianist Kaja Draksler highlight Peter Margasak’s latest round-up of improvised sounds
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