Johnny Sharp

Moor Mother To Release New Album, ‘Jazz Codes’

The collaboration-heavy record follows on from last year's 'Black Encyclopedia Of The Air'

Stan van Dijk

Caustics

Dutch programmer and multi-instrumentalist Stan van Dijk goes way beyond his meagre means on solo debut, *Caustics*, finds Brian Coney

Separate The Game From The Truth: Notorious B.I.G.’s Ready To Die

On March 10, 1997, Angus Batey was due to interview Biggie Smalls, a conversation that never took place after the rapper was fatally shot a day earlier. Here, he takes an in-depth look at the "masterpiece" that was the debut album from the hip-hop luminary

Olga Bell

Tempo

The Strange & Frightening World Of… The Thing

Stewart Smith takes you by the hand and leads you through the bewildering back catalogue of saxophonist Mats Gustafsson with special reference to his trio, The Thing

Waiting In The Wings: On Jacques Brel, David Bowie And Death

Jacques Brel and David Bowie had more in common than just their genius. Jeremy Allen revisits Brel’s final album Les Marquises and notices some parallels with the latter’s latter days

LISTEN: Savages LP Now Streaming

Band post Silence Yourself in full on website

On Matters Of Life & Death: Tim Booth Of James Interviewed

John Mullen talks to Tim Booth about album number 13, death, Brian Eno and Morrissey

On The Blink: WINK By CHAI

The third album by Chai finds the Tokyo quartet at their most smooth and comforting – but also their most prickly and pointed, finds Tara Joshi

LISTEN: DRC Music Album

Stream entire of Damon Albarn-assembled DRC Music's album in advance of release

Fever Ray

Plunge

On her second album as Fever Ray, Karin Dreijer transforms lust into something radical and liberating.

Basildon Bond: Depeche Mode & The Essex New Town

Three decades on from the release of their debut album, Sophia Deboick argues that it's time that Depeche Mode's home town of Basildon honoured its most famous sons. Basildon photographs thanks to Helen Gray

For The Birds: Laura Cannell’s Antiphony Of The Trees

For her seventh album, Norwich-born Cannell creates a site-specific work for her own kitchen, hymning the bird life that passes by the window with her collection of buzzing, whistling recorders

A Storm In Heaven: Verve’s Debut Album 25 Years On

Joe Clay laments the 25-year-old version of the Verve who hadn't yet fallen under the spell of Noel Gallagher...

Hilary Woods

Colt

This debut, on Sacred Bones, announces a sublime new voice

LISTEN: Perc Trax Preview Playlist

Bangers from Regis, Helena Hauff, Adam X &c