Ahead of their show at this year’s Skaņu Mežs festival, Jack Barnett of These New Puritans takes Claire Biddles through an eclectic Baker’s Dozen, taking in everything from flamenco and Greek traditional music to Steely Dan and Bob Dylan
It's a full month for Complete Communion as Stewart Smith previews the EFG London Jazz Festival and Glasgow's GIOfest VII, and reviews some excellent records wherein jazzheads team up with purveyors of racket and noise Dead Neanderthals and Kid Millions
In a record both timely and timeless, Franklin Fisher, Ryan Mahan, Lee Tesche and Matt Tong have tapped into something both immediate and primal. Their most politically-drenched record to-date, The Underside of Power, Karl Smith argues, is also proof of their quality as musicians