John McMahon

Journeys Through Ritual Britain: Ben Edge & The Museum of British Folklore

John McMahon previews a new exhibition exploring UK calendar customs, from the Museum of British Folklore and the artist Ben Edge

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Round Them Up (In A Nice Humane Way): December Exhibition Previews

From a group show inspired by Jean-Luc Nancy to an exhibition dedicated to Rammellzee, Robert Barry rounds up some of the month’s most enticing art exhibitions

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Things Learned At: Pop-Kultur Festival

Karen Gwyer’s amazing beer-cellar tour, the thrill of Shortparis and the fine flow of Flohio sit alongside Brexit and boycotts at the Berlin festival

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A Nail In The Coffin: Soundgarden’s Superunknown Revisited

Val Siebert looks back 20 years to a band's attempts to shrug off the grunge tag

Baker's Dozen

Human Interactions: Agnes Obel’s Favourite Albums

With two UK dates bringing her European tour to a close next week, the Danish singer-songwriter self-pens us a top albums rundown

Baker's Dozen

There’s A Song Playing: Brett Anderson’s Favourite 13 Albums

From The Fall to Kate Bush, Bjork to Eno and Bowie to Midlake, Brett Anderson guides Luke Turner through his favourite 13 albums

Album of the Week

The Lead Review: Mat Colegate On The Body’s No One Deserves Happiness

With their self-proclaimed "the grossest pop record of all time" out on Thrill Jockey tomorrow, Mat Colegate explores The Body's latest offering of epic nihilism

Art

Chance Meetings: The Visual Art Of Nurse With Wound’s Steven Stapleton

Conor McGrady heads to Burren College of Art, currently hosting the first major solo exhibition of visual art by Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound

News

Brian Eno Announces New Ambient Album

Eno's past work has pioneered the ambient sound

Baker's Dozen

Self-Confident Weirdos: Kavus Torabi’s Favourite Albums

With Knifeworld's second album The Unravelling just out, Matt Evans gets the top albums rundown from the band's leader and prolific multi-instrumentalist

Baker's Dozen

Coherent Sound Waves: Lorenzo Senni’s Favourite Albums

The trance pointillist condenses his musical biography into 13 all-time favourite albums in our latest artist-penned Baker's Dozen

News

WATCH: New Evil Blizzard + Interview

“Something akin to the Banana Splits meets Crimewatch” - Evil Blizzard premiere new video and Toby Cook speaks to the band

Live Reviews

Melting Watches: Time Locked At Club Transmediale

Last week, Rory Gibb traveled to Berlin for the thirteenth edition of the city's Club Transmediale (CTM) festival, to find a host of musicians and artists playing tricks with time and space

News

LISTEN: Pauline Oliveros Mixtape

Composers puts together collection of her music ahead of DEEP∞MINIMALISM appearance

Black Sky Thinking

Women Of Their Word: The Reality Of Being A Female Music Writer

There is more extraordinary music writing by women than ever before, yet female writers are still facing a host of barriers that their male counterparts are not. From online abuse to tokenism from editors, Jude Rogers recounts the realities of her life in journalism, and her hopes for the future of the industry

Live Reviews

Defiance Never Ages: The Manics’ Holy Bible Live

Late last year Tom Hawking flew across the Atlantic just to see the Manic Street Preachers play The Holy Bible at the Camden Roundhouse. Here he reflects on a record that had the power to change his life. Thanks to the Manics for the use of images.

Live Reviews

Slaughterhouse Fine: Meakusma Festival Reviewed

Claire Sawers makes the trek to the Belgian border town of Eupen and finds strange discoveries await her

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John McMahon

Journeys Through Ritual Britain: Ben Edge & The Museum of British Folklore

Journeys Through Ritual Britain: Ben Edge & The Museum of British Folklore

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