At this year's Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Toby Cook finds both a panacea to and projection of the state of contemporary politics, witnesses the sonic ferocity of Mysticum and appreciates the truly psychedelic nature of Gnod. (Photographs by Justin Ligtvoet and Paul Verhagen respectively)
At this year's Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Toby Cook finds both a panacea to and projection of the state of contemporary politics, witnesses the sonic ferocity of Mysticum and appreciates the truly psychedelic nature of Gnod. (Photographs by Justin Ligtvoet and Paul Verhagen respectively)
Toby Cook meditates on the symbolism as the one way stream as he reviews the latest in metal and pours HAIL upon new LPs by Death Karma, Lightning Bolt, Ghold, Acid King, Saturnalia Temple, Dødheimsgard, Pyramids, An Autumn For Crippled Children, Bad Guys and UFOMammut
Toby Cook meditates on the symbolism as the one way stream as he reviews the latest in metal and pours HAIL upon new LPs by Death Karma, Lightning Bolt, Ghold, Acid King, Saturnalia Temple, Dødheimsgard, Pyramids, An Autumn For Crippled Children, Bad Guys and UFOMammut
Following the release of last year's Re-Unvent The Whool album, the metal trio of face-melters-cum-Simpsons aficionados talk to Toby Cook about the record, how relocating Portland has liberated their sound and why Saved By The Bell's Mr. Belding was an unlikely kindred spirit
Following the release of last year's Re-Unvent The Whool album, the metal trio of face-melters-cum-Simpsons aficionados talk to Toby Cook about the record, how relocating Portland has liberated their sound and why Saved By The Bell's Mr. Belding was an unlikely kindred spirit
More from those heroic folk at the Rock's Backpages archive. This time, Robert Sandall interviews Robert Smith of The Cure in 1989 about their landmark album, Disintegration. Live shots by Maria Jefferis/Shot2bits.net
In Cabaret Voltaire, Chris Watson used tape loops and field recordings as a pioneer of industrial music. Now, he is a sound recordist for BBC nature programmes who also works on installations, films and his own albums. He speaks to Luke Turner about trying to capture the sound of the world in a very noisy modern age
London's Shabaka Hutchings and Tom Skinner sit down with Tristan Bath to discuss the free-flowing and vibrant grooves of their new quartet Sons Of Kemet, and how they emerge from a desire to explore the hidden currents linking the world's musics together
The pessimistic philosophical text In The Dust Of This Planet was an influence on Season 1 of True Detective; its author and publisher settle in for the long dark night of Season 4. Contains some light spoilers for early episodes of Night Country
Given that new material is imminent, we thought we'd bring you a classic interview with one of our favourite singers, Björk conducted in 1995, as it goes, by one of our favourite writers, Jon Savage, courtesy of Rock's Backpages