Alex Denney

Small Is Beautiful: XMIT By Microcorps

Collaborations with Nik Void, Gazelle Twin, Simon Fisher Turner, and Astrud Steehouder make the latest project from Alexander Tucker all the more essential, finds Ryan Diduck

Uneasy Alliance: An Interview & Mix From El Kid

Bristol's Sam Kidel battles with his computer to create constantly evolving club tracks with a hand-played sensibility. He speaks to Rory Gibb about the "strange abstraction" of producing music on a screen, and has recorded us a mix

Real Talk: A Film About Sleaford Mods

With Divide And Exit, Sleaford Mods made one of our favourite albums of the year, an original, visceral portrait of the UK in 2014. In a short film, Louis Pattison meets the duo, Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn, in Nottingham to discuss their writing process, mod culture and being gobby

Angelic Conversation: Cocteau Twins’ Head Over Heels At 40

Darran Anderson slashes away at many of the myths surrounding Cocteau Twins while revisiting their glorious second album

Collapsing Star: Robert Hampson Of Loop Interviewed

Robert Hampson talks to Jonathan Selzer about Loop and Sonancy, the cult band's first album in over three decades. All portraits by Simon Holliday

LISTEN: Banging No Limit Rework

IT IS QUITE SILLY

Actress Releases New Single, ‘Push Power (A 1)’

The standalone track precedes more new music from the artist coming soon

Wolf Eyes

Undertow

This Ghostly Age: Teeth Of The Sea’s Wraith Reviewed

The mighty Teeth Of The Sea return with Wraith, their most sophisticated record yet, says Tom Bolton

Upsammy Details New Album, ‘Germ In A Population Of Buildings’

The 10-track record marks the Dutch artist's debut on PAN

Bowie, Prince, Cohen & The Quiet Power Of Public Grief, By Jude Rogers

Reflecting on a year that has seen so many musical heroes taken from us, Jude Rogers explores how a shared sense of sorrow is far from indulgent, but might help us all through these strange and difficult times

Infallible: Where Did Son Of Bazerk Go Wrong?

In the latest of his stellar hip hop retrospectives, Angus Batey looks back at one of rap's great lost albums, Bazerk, Bazerk, Bazerk, asking where did they go wrong and where are they today?

GAIKA Announces New Two-Part EP

GAIKA shares details of upcoming two-part EP to be released across November and December

Madonna

MDNA

LIVE REPORT: Liars In Paris

Angus Andrew and the Bateh twins bring a magnificent, pulverising Liars’ greatest hits set to the Maroquinerie in Paris.

Spiritualized & The Horrors For Truck

Oxford's best festival reveals more additions to this year's Truck Festival line-up