Conor McGrady

LISTEN: New Squid Single

Brighton-via-London five-piece Squid share a new single produced by Speedy Wunderground's Dan Carey

WATCH: Hannah Peel – Desolation Row

Video for track from forthcoming EP Fabricstate

Bongripper, Conan & Humanfly Set For Tour

Triumvirate of doom announce nine-date UK tour in April

Jarvis Cocker Delays Album Release Due To Coronavirus

The release has been pushed back four months

Surf’s Up, Over, Done: The Beach Boys In The 1970s

By the early 70s The Beach Boys were struggling to find relevance, says Thomas Sheriff, but then they released some of their best music, which can now be seen as an essential reflection of the era

Jon Hopkins Shares New Meditative Piece

"Like so many people I felt pretty paralysed by this situation when it first unfolded," Hopkins says of his recent coronavirus-influenced mindset

Denial Of The Species: Lee Buford Of The Body’s Favourite Albums

With the UK leg of their European tour drawing to a close with sets in Bristol tonight and on the Quietus' Desertfest stage tomorrow, Lee Buford of the none-bleaker American sludge duo picks out 13 all-time top records and pens us his own Baker's Dozen

The Cool Greenhouse

Crap Cardboard Pet

How much irony and repetition can we take? Really quite a lot, when it’s as good as this

Hooky Hacienda Book & CD

Relive Manchester heydays

Woodland Gathering Approaches

Two-day festival around Cumbria's Lake Windermere just under a month away; will feature sets from Gazelle Twin, Roly Porter and more

A Beautiful Space: Mick Harris Of Scorn Interviewed

Our man from San Francisco Ned Raggett talks to the former Napalm Death Drummer and driving force behind Scorn about battling on against the odds and finally finding some peace and satisfaction. All portraits courtesy of Helen Harris

The Politics Of Extraction: Art Of The Liquid Crystal Display

At Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art's group show, Liquid Crystal Display, Cathy Wade explores work by the Otolith Group, Anna Barham, Jennifer West, Shimibuku and others

Gruff Rhys

American Interior

Don’t Go Breaking My ARP: SMD Interviewed

After SMD's awesome collection of analogue bangers Delicacies quickly became one of our albums of the year John Doran popped in to see their collection of synths. Band and equipment photography by the formidable Lucy Johnston

Moog Launches New Polysynth

A new video featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dev Hynes, Suzanne Ciani and more offers a first look at the new Moog One

I Have Spoken With Intent: An Interview With Nicky Mao Of Hiro Kone

Following the release of her collaboration with Drew McDowall, The Ghost Of Georges Bataille, Hiro Kone’s Nicky Mao talks to Bernie Brooks about spectral presences, the collaborative process and her time in NYC