Ben Edge

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for July by Daryl Worthington

From improvisations that capture the archaeology of the internet to werewolf inspired black metal played with Cajun instruments, roaming synths, sidewinding freakouts and clipped nails, Daryl Worthington dives into the latest cassette releases

The Strange World Of… Fugazi

Ahead of the release of a documentary film, JR Moores laments Fugazi’s absence yet remains wary of a comeback, offering some “stupid fucking words” on the band that never ceased getting better until they stopped altogether

Sufjan Stevens

Carrie & Lowell (10th Anniversary Edition)

On its tenth anniversary, the Midwestern singer-songwriter returns to his classic autobiographical album with a new release featuring previously unreleased demos and outtakes. Listening to now double-disced record anew, Kat Lister finds a profound meditation on the nature of grief

Ann Margaret Hogan

Honeysuckle Burials

Ann Margaret Hogan's 'Honeysuckle Burials' effects a beguiling evocation of another world, finds Cathi Unsworth

Papa M

Ballads Of Harry Houdini

Having worked with Slint, Tortoise, and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Dave Pajo is still searching for new paths through the guitar

Leaving The Straight Life Behind: BOB Interviewed

Helen King catches up with Richard Blackborow from the "definitive" John Peel indie band

The Soundcarriers

Through Other Reflections

Nottingham quartet evoke an aquarian age of pastoral British psychedelia, finds Hayley Scott

The Cure to Release Live Versions of Two New Songs

'And Nothing Is Forever' and 'I Can Never Say Goodbye' have both become fixtures of the band's live concerts

There Are Other Worlds: Stellar OM Source Interviewed

With new album Joy One Mile, Christelle Gualdi turns the crystalline harmonies of her early synthesiser music towards gauzy, immersive club tracks. She speaks with Rory Gibb about a chance encounter with a TB-303, a love of synthesis and working with Kassem Mosse

Nadeem Din-Gabisi

Offshore

Big choruses and big energy elevate approaching themes of themes of Black identity, cultural displacement, and spiritual resilience with a refined sense of composition and arrangement, finds Mary Chiney

Hercules And Love Affair

Blue Songs