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Believe in the Blues: Rebecca Downes Album Launch

02/03/2016

Showcasing her new album, Believe, British blues-rock powerhouse Rebecca Downes threw it down hard at London's 100 Club. Review ...

Beyond the Limited Imagination: M (Myrkur)

15/02/2016

Review of M, stunning album by multi-instrumentalist Black Metal phenomenon Myrkur...

Blues, But Well Beyond Niche. (Rebecca Downes)

10/02/2016

Walking the line between classic and contemporary, Believe by Rebecca Downes brings a fresh voice to the blues mileu. Review...

Music turned septic. Kalash Tirich Mir (German Army)

04/01/2016

The faltering synth drones and brittle percussion of Kalash Tirich Mir seem like a terribly appropriate soundtrack to our cultural stalemate...

A Bounteous New Year to All (but save it ’til you’re hungry)

31/12/2015

Let hunger be your guide. Eating when we are not hungry is bad for our health...

Sounds Unfair: The Plight of Britain’s Independent Music Venues

21/12/2015

A quiet disaster has been happening in our town and city centres, only now are we doing something about it...

Transcending the Pitfalls of Pop. Nicole Atkins, Oval Space, London

17/11/2015

Tickets for Nicole Atkins' at London's Oval Space on November 24th (with Mercury Rev) are now available....

The Death Ray Goes Underground (Comix, S Clay Wilson, Robert Crumb)

13/11/2015

Underground comix gave space to bold and innovative talents who thrived in the ‘anything goes’ atmosphere following the summer of love....

I wouldn’t say that people should play it at their weddings (Senking)

11/11/2015

Known for his intricately-produced and powerful electronic soundscapes, Senking talks to Trebuchet...

Southern Gothic, Magic and Voodoo: Lose Control (Chantel McGregor)

29/09/2015

On Lose Control, Chantel McGregor puts the emphasis on riffs, and takes a less-is-more approach when it comes to soloing...

The Drifters vocal master class

25/09/2015

Scoring a top 20 album in 2015, vocal band The Drifters are allowing UK singers a chance to learn the secrets that have kept them in demand for over half a century....

Two Joans, good grace & strong cider. Cambridge Folk Festival 2015

14/08/2015

Blessed by great weather the festival was a sold out success with myth making performances from The Proclaimers, Joan Baez, Wilko Johnson, Joan Armatrading and The Unthanks....

Presence Autochtone : Finding and Founding First Nation Culture in Montreal

13/08/2015

This year, Présence Autochtone (Montreal First Peoples Festival) celebrated its 25th anniversary of bringing the culture of the aboriginal people of Canada and the rest of the Americas, through...

Scenes & Sonics (National Gallery)

12/08/2015

Six very different musicians/sound artists/composers each select a work from the National's collection and create a soundtrack to accompany it....

No Ruinporn Here. Altstadt Echo Modern Cathedrals pt. 1 & 2

07/07/2015

Modern Cathedrals label founder Altstadt Echo steers between these two seductive poles, resisting the temptation to sonically contribute to the proliferation of Detroitian ruinporn ...

Does the Devil Have the Best Tunes?

19/06/2015

Passion at every level, from personal trauma, hit and run thrill and love, to the way the world is moving: its cruelty, its pains and pleasures....

Secret Gardens, Crests of Darkness and Goblin Metal.

11/06/2015

No filler. A roundup from the bleak plains of heavy metal, featuring Nekrogoblikon, Ecnephias, Crest of Darknessm Secrets of the Sky and Angra...

Sonically cosmic, if not slightly kosmische [Amon Tobin]

05/06/2015

Tobin modestly describes the release as a “small personal project”, but conceptually at least, it's a major release....

Craving acceptance [Dir En Grey]

21/05/2015

'I think that it’s really up to the listeners to determine what we are, not us.' ...

Serra Pelada Goldmine, Brazil, 1986, Sebastiao Salgado

Paddle8 Photograph Auction for Survival International

07/05/2015

Images donated by some of the world's best known photographers...

Mystical Moves, Dance and Freedom : Interview [Salah El Brogy]

06/05/2015

There’s a thriving dance community in the UK that really helps you keep that fire in your belly...

Describing Das Unheimliche. Interview: Davide Carbone/Honzo [Honzo]

03/05/2015

There is plenty of temporary music out there right now. The format does not matter but the intentions of the producers do. ...

We are watching your culture too. Captured

15/04/2015

Captured highlights the premise that embracing diversity is essential for the continued development of Native American art....

Language games across the checkmate of infinity

07/04/2015

These are not really poems, that's why I put the word poem in inverted commas in the title. ...

A mixture of figuration and abstraction. Interview [Bernie Clarkson]

28/03/2015

'It was such a surprise to win the trip and exactly the sort of prize I would have chosen for myself'...

Siena in all its least-known corners (Federico Pacini)

27/03/2015

Pacini photographs the off-season, with its overcast skies and grey suburban areas....

Make Better Music 73: Mindful Qualities

24/03/2015

Quality requires a mindfulness and quietness to allow ideas to form, take shape, emerge and grow...

Cannibalisation: recycling of recyclings of recyclings [Asmus Tietchens : Fahl]

18/03/2015

Does the strategy of infinite recycling accrue a new aesthetic or degrade the existing one?...

Solefald : World Metal. Kosmopolis Sud

20/01/2015

To say that they're referencing Dadaism or Situationism wouldn't be a cop out, but it wouldn't tell you anything either, and that is the danger of this record....