Daniel Spicer

Eric Clapton & Enoch Powell To Morrissey: Race In British Music Since ’76

During an August 1976 gig in Birmingham, Eric Clapton made racist comments and praised Enoch Powell, inadvertently inspiring the Rock Against Racism campaign. Four decades later, with Morrissey making offensive comments about Sadiq Khan and Britain reeling from Brexit, David Stubbs asks if anything has changed

Boris

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Quietus Albums Of The Year 2020 (In Association With Norman Records)

These are our favourite albums of the last 12 months as voted for by Jennifer Lucy Allan, Bobby Barry, Aaron Bishop, Patrick Clarke, John Doran, Christian Eede, Noel Gardner, Fergal Kinney, Ella Kemp, Sean Kitching, Anthea Leyland, Peter Margasak, David McKenna, JR Moores, Luke Turner, Kez Whelan and Daryl Worthington. Illustration by Lisa Cradduck

Pet Shop Boys

Nonetheless

The fifteenth studio album from the indefatigable duo may not win them hordes of new fans, but it will surely warm the hearts of the devoted, finds Alfred Soto

Lie Down and Listen: Aaron Turner’s Favourite Albums

Upon the release of Sumac’s new album The Healer, Aaron Turner speaks to Jon Buckland about creating communities, having a good lie down, and the 13 records that shaped his life

A Wide Open Place: UCSD & The Birth Of Pauline Oliveros’ Sonic Meditations

In an exclusive extract from his new book, *Alien Territory: Radical, Experimental, & Irrelevant Music in 1970s San Diego*, author Bill Perrine describes the heady atmosphere of early 1970s California that led to a new era in the work of one of America's most adventurous composers

Lives Lost In Mending Gaps: Wayward By Vashti Bunyan

Mathew Lyons reviews Vashti Bunyan's memoir, Wayward

Requiem For A Scream: Suicide’s ‘Punk Mass’

John Calvert witnesses Suicide's 'last stand' at the Barbican. All pictures by Paul Heartfield

Lyra Pramuk

Hymnal

Inspired by dancefloors and slime moulds, the latest album from the multidisciplinary American artist is as opulent and heady as the music mushrooms themselves might make, finds Antonio Poscic

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Reviews For November

Cyrus cynic JR Moores pounds the patterned pavements in search of fresh psych (and noise rock) releases

Crashing Through Colourful Portals: Iglooghost At Village Underground Reviewed

The UK-based bedroom producer turned Brainfeeder Records prodigy brings his digital universe to the stage. By Sukanya Deb.

Columnfortably Numb: February’s Psych Reviews By JR Moores

Before he gets usurped by a hippy droid, JR Moores surveys the latest psych (and noise) rock releases

WATCH: First Twin Peaks Teaser

Reprise of cult TV series gets its first teaser trailer; watch below

Pogue’s Gallery: Spider Stacy’s Favourite Albums

As he prepares for more post-Shane MacGowan shows with The Pogues following a triumph in Hackney earlier this year, Spider Stacy takes Patrick Clarke through 13 records that shaped him, from post punk classics through to the new wave of folk music, via jazz, hip hop, roots reggae and more

Wildbirds & Peacedrums

Rivers

Raw Power in Contemplation: Gnod’s Spot Land Reviewed

Gnod's new album is reminiscent of anything from Popol Vuh to Coil but, says Luke Turner, this isn't a contrary change in direction, but a sumptuous re-examination of what makes them so great