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Beloved Transmissions: Mary Anne Hobbs’ Favourite Albums

Ahead of her curation at the Manchester International Festival, Mary Anne Hobbs guides Daniel Dylan Wray on an inspiring trip through 13 records that shaped her life

Complete Communion: Jazz For November Reviewed By Peter Margasak

As 2021 stumbles towards the finishing line, Peter Margasak is back with more jazz and improvised music, not the least of which is Jeff Parker's lockdown LP

808 State

Album reissues

Bard On A Wire: Sleaford Mods’ Spare Ribs Reviewed

From Conservatism to consumerism, there's plenty in contemporary Britain to attract the lyrical ire of Jason Wiliamson. But, argues JR Moores, there's a lot more to Sleaford Mods than needlsharp commentary on the everyday present

Retro Instinct Versus Future Fetish: Emperor Tomato Ketchup 25 Years On

By 1995 Stereolab should have been at the peak of their powers, so why didn't it feel that way to Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier? Fergal Kinney examines the series of events that saw the band escape the dead end they'd ended up in culminating in the release of one of their most celebrated albums

Moving Mountains: Green Man Festival 2021 Reviewed

Long one of the UK's finest festivals, even by its own lofty standards Green Man's triumphant 2021 return is an edition for the ages, find Patrick Clarke and Julian Marszalek

Return Of The K-Tel Patrick Bateman: John Niven’s Kill ‘Em All

A decade after the best-selling Kill Your Friends, Eamonn Forde tucks into John Niven's sequel, Kill Em All

The Strange World Of… ADULT.

On the eve of a new album and within spitting distance of 25 years as a band, ADULT.'s Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller join Dustin Krcatovich on a venture into the void of their back catalogue

Parklife! Chapultepec By NAAFI Founder Lao Is Our Album Of The Week

This nineteen-track collection of dance cuts was made in tribute to Mexico City’s largest park. It’s an ideal introduction to Lao’s adventurous club music, writes Skye Butchard

Moving Big Mountains: Årabrot’s Karin Park Interviewed

Kjetil Nernes and Karin Park decided recently to take Årabrot forward into a new era. Dannii Leivers met Karin to talk about how her glittering pop career is influencing their new album, Norwegian Gothic, which is streamed here in full. Årabrot portraits by Olle Lundin

Mastodon

The Hunter

Sound Of The Crowd: The Procession By Hew Locke

A large-scale commission for Tate Britain's Duveen Galleries presents a teeming humanity bursting out of the lacunae of history

Epic Soundtracks: Artists Who Make Music And Musicians Who Make Art

John Quin finds some suspicious packages in a railway station in Glasgow

Leave The Ground Behind: Lili Holland-Fricke & Sean Rogan’s Dear Alien

Two classically-trained musicians steeped in free improvisation somehow come up with the offbeat pop record you didn't know you needed

Fear And Loathing: Malevolence On A Locked-Down Planet

Heavy music is uniquely equipped to get us through global upheavals. But who expected Sheffield metal crew Malevolence to be our champions through the Coronavirus crisis? Dan Franklin washes his hands and investigates