Neil Kulkarni

Coventry & A Spirit Of Unbelonging: Terry Hall Remembered By Neil Kulkarni

Reissue Of The Week: Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari’s Grounation

As Soul Jazz launch a deluxe reissue to mark 50 years of this Count Ossie classic, Neil Kulkarni explores an imaginative, forward-thinking and post-modern fusion of the ancient and modern

Reissue Of The Week: Elsewhere VXIII

Though this ravishing compilation of rhythms, drones and folk tales draws lines across myriad cultures, Neil Kulkarni hears in it a sense of glorious confusion rather than straightforward commonality. This record is not reassuring, he says, but revolutionary

Reissue Of The Week: Lee Perry & The Upsetters’ Battle Of Armagideon

Neil Kulkarni trains a clear-sighted eye on the myth of the mad genius, critical consensus and white connoisseurship, while revisiting a crucial Scratch LP from the mid-80s

Reissue Of The Week: Nate Scheible’s Fairfax

Neil Kulkarni talks to composer Nate Scheible about the timely reissue of his captivating Fairfax tape on vinyl and about the compelling power of the female voice it contains

No Boundaries: Dennis Bovell’s Baker’s Dozen

From his time working on classics like The Pop Group's Y, The Slits' Cut and Janet Kay's Silly Games, to the inspiration of Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles, Dennis Bovell takes Neil Kulkarni through his thirteen favourite records

Relentless Education: Krust’s 13 Favourite Albums

Drum & bass pioneer Krust takes Neil Kulkarni through the records that shaped him, from the lessons learnt from Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan and Yellow Magic Orchestra to the "revelation" of Flying Lotus, via The Beatles, Michael Jackson and more

Noga Erez

KIDS

Tel Aviv's Noga Erez boasts razor sharp beats and a heart of pure pop, finds Neil Kulkarni

Acetone

1992-2001

A long-overdue compilation from Acetone. Electrifying, says Hope Sandoval. Soul music, says Jason Pierce. They will become part of your armoury against the universe, says Neil Kulkarni.

Thalia Zedek

Eve

One Step Forward Two Steps Backward: 1976, Reggae & Critical Amnesia

In a blistering new piece Neil Kulkarni argues that we should put aside our copies of Super Ape and Rockers Up Town and make room for some other, less canonical albums

Butterfly Child

Futures

Khost

Corrosive Shroud

Reading The Riot Act: Roger Robinson Interviewed

Neil Kulkarni speaks to the dub poet, author and King Midas Sound frontman about his new, Brixton-inspired album Dis Side Ah Town

Sonance

Blackflower

Various Artists

A Fine Selection Of Independent Disco, Modern Soul and Boogie 1978-82

Back In The Air You Breathe: Neil Kulkarni On T.Rex

Neil Kulkarni goes deep on T Rex's new vinyl collection

Strange U


EP #2040

A Wild Feeling: The Vital Legacy Of Saxon Sound

Commissioned by Kevin Martin as part of our Bug Week, Neil Kulkarni writes about the power, potency and legacy of the UK's premier dancehall sound system crew, which gave us Tippa Irie, Smiley Culture and Maxi Priest

White Power And Black Pop: The Real Problem With 1Xtra’s Power List

Neil Kulkarni dissects the recent BBC 1Xtra Power List which featured three white acts in the top four...

Loopflesh: Justin Broadrick And Robert Hampson Interviewed

Mr Neil Kulkarni - who may be a self-confessed balding 40-year old but is still unreasonably handsome - talks to Robert Hampson and Justin Broadrick about why Loop and Godflesh are not touring for the benefit of the hairless and aged. Classic Loop photo courtesy Mr Tom Sheehan

Pop, Fragility & Dissolution: A Marc Bolan Reappraisal

As he reviews new reissues of A Beard Of Stars, T.Rex, Tanx, Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow, Neil Kulkarni puts forward a new view of the prime moments of T.Rex and Tyrannosaurus Rex

Ian Crause

The Vertical Axis

Towers

II

Step Brothers

Lord Steppington

Primitive Man

Scorn

Juana Molina

Wed 21

Come On My Shirt, Come In My Ear: Neil Kulkarni Interviews Come

In the latest of his series on should-not-be-forgotten groups of the 90s, Neil Kulkarni speaks to Chris Brokaw and Thalia Zedek of Come

T.Rex

The Slider

Veterans Of Disorder: Royal Trux Interviewed

With their formative album Accelerator recently reissued, Neil Kulkarni asks Jennifer Herrema to look back over the noise-rock duo's career, taking in junkiedom, spectrum analysers and stomach-churning artwork

The Future Came And Went: A. R. Kane Interviewed

Neil Kulkarni speaks to Rudy Tambala, one half of A. R. Kane

A New Nineties US Edition Part Three: Codeine, A New Kind Of Stillness

Neil Kulkarni continues his secret history of US cult groups of the 1990s, this time speaking to Steven Immerwahr and Chris Brokaw of Codeine