Ange Madame Ange Madame Angel-Ho is reborn as a twisted cabaret star on a record stuffed with eccentric and at times testing ideas, writes Skye Butchard Ange Madame by Ange Madame With a flurry of disco strings and diva vocals, Angel-Ho unveils her alter ego, Ange Madame: a Cape … | Continue reading
Yuma Hampejs and Marcel Schulze, authors of a new book, Eletronic Body Music, present a playlist that embodies the visceral, industrial heart of the genre, featuring seminal tracks from Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Chrome Corpse, and more Die Krupps. Photo: Uwe Randolph Emerging in lat … | Continue reading
The second record on his own Kapsela label explores early 00s breaks and UK garage Objekt has released a new two-track record via his recently founded Kapsela label, titled Chicken Garaage. Out today (October 25), the EP features the title track alongside a cut called 'Worm Dance … | Continue reading
She's also shared a new animated short film that she wrote and directed Screenshot Kate Bush has spoken of her plans to start working on new music in a new interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Appearing on the show to promote Little Shrew, a new animated film that she wr … | Continue reading
Squarepusher once said he has no recollection of making Ultravisitor, his “spectacle of beauty and of terror”. As the record is reissued as an expanded edition for its 20th anniversary, Siobhán Kane returns to the record’s ambiguous beauty “Whole days, weeks of my life have vanis … | Continue reading
They've also shared the lead single, 'Hiding In Plain Sight', which features Nicky Wire on lead vocals Manic Street Preachers have shared details of their 15th studio album, Critical Thinking. The new record includes the August-released single 'Decline & Fall', as well as new tra … | Continue reading
As part of our partnership with the 2024 EFG London Jazz Festival, Stewart Smith picks highlights from this year's programme, from supergroup [Ahmed] to new work by saxophonist Xhosa Cole (pictured below), unique collaborations and a night celebrating jazz on British telly. With … | Continue reading
HWI Humanly Possible South Korean audio-visual artist and electronic producer HWI is a natural explorer on her debut album, writes Skye Butchard Thriving in multiple mediums can mean you become a master of none. Not so for HWI, whose audio and visual art are equally arresting and … | Continue reading
The Last Night Out is warning that clubs could become largely extinct by the end of the decade Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), the UK body representing clubs, gig venues, pubs and other night-time spaces, has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the rate of clu … | Continue reading
LCD Soundsystem, Charli xcx and FKA twigs are among the headliners at the Barcelona event next year Primavera Sound has shared the full lineup for its 2025 edition, which takes place, as ever, at its Parc del Forùm home in Barcelona next June. LCD Soundsystem, Charli xcx and FKA … | Continue reading
The shows have been planned to "help cement the legacy" of the late Andrew Weatherall, surviving members Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns said The Sabres Of Paradise are set to play a series of reunion live shows in 2025. The ambient music and downtempo group shared news of their plans … | Continue reading
Fear, Slow Dazzle and Helen Of Troy are getting updated pressings via Proper Records Three albums by John Cale that were originally released between 1974 and 1975 are to be reissued on vinyl in December. Available via Proper Records, in collaboration with Universal Music, the new … | Continue reading
In the second instalment of his guide to the best in new, forward-thinking folk music, Patrick Clarke explores the relationship between musicians old and new, and rounds up ten of the finest new releases John Altman and Daisy Rickman perform live at a celebration of folk club Les … | Continue reading
In the second instalment of his guide to the best in new, forward-thinking folk music, Patrick Clarke explores the relationship between musicians old and new, and rounds up ten of the finest new releases John Altman and Daisy Rickman perform live at a celebration of folk club Les … | Continue reading
Joined by a slew of collaborators, from Coby Sey to Sophia Al-Maria, the London trio have made one of the most forward-looking guitar albums of the year There is something deeply rotten throughout the island of Britain at the moment, and even more miserably so in London, its mori … | Continue reading
Tullis Rennie Safe Operating Space Free improv sessions get warped into booming, boundary-pushing electronica on the new album from the Hastings-based composer-producer-improviser-performer Safe Operating Space by Tullis Rennie The history of electronic music is mottled with jazz … | Continue reading
It comes ahead of a new album from the artist, due on Matador next year Circuit Des Yeux has shared a new song, titled 'God Dick'. The track is billed as a "sonic link" between the artist's previous album, -io, and an as-yet untitled new full-length record, which will be released … | Continue reading
The release celebrates two decades of gigs organised by the London promoter Eat Your Own Ears is releasing a compilation of rare and unreleased cuts from a selection of artists who've played at gigs organised by the London promoter over the past two decades. Eat Your Own Ears Rec … | Continue reading
Andy Abbott speaks to Kat Lister his new album as ADRA, born from his work as a creative practitioner on psychiatric wards, how working with service users challenged preconceptions about who experimental music is 'for', and how it's changed his own creative philosophy moving forw … | Continue reading
On the release of a new compilation of Lou Reed’s 1960s compositions at Pickwick Records, Wayne Gooderham surveys the sprawling solo career that was to come later, and picks out ten key tracks that serve as guides to an intimidating post-Velvets discography Lou Reed in 1977, phot … | Continue reading
Félicia Atkinson Space Is An Instrument From simple ingredients – spoke words, field recordings, a few notes from a piano – the French composer builds intense worlds of feeling Space As An Instrument by Félicia Atkinson Félicia Atkinson’s spoken word accompaniments to the tracks … | Continue reading
Bogdan Raczynski You’re Only Young Once But You Can Be Stupid Forever The latest from the Polish-American producer may be more minimalist, even more light-hearted than its predecessor, but it still packs a helluva punch, finds Aydin Khalili You're Only Young Once But You Can Be S … | Continue reading
He's also shared lead single 'Our Home' Bonnie "Prince" Billy has a new album on the way, titled The Purple Bird. The follow-up to 2023's Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You takes in 12 new tracks, and is led by single 'Our Home', for which you can watch a video below. The song feat … | Continue reading
Sufferer Sounds collects tracks by Bovell, as well as others he produced, from 1976 to 1980 A compilation of rare material by the pioneering reggae and dub producer Dennis Bovell is set for release next month. Spanning 15 tracks, Sufferer Sounds focuses on a five-year period in B … | Continue reading
Tom Yorke photographed by Steve Tanner, courtesy of XL Recordings A group of writers, musicians and artists have issued a joint statement outlining their concerns over the fast-developing artificial intelligence revolution. All of Radiohead alongside Yorke joined the likes of Geo … | Continue reading
SVBKVLT label affiliate 33EMYBW is among the final set of acts to join the bill for the festival Portuguese festival Mucho Flow has shared its full 2024 lineup. The event, which takes place across multiple venues in the northern city of Guimarães, will newly take in a live perfor … | Continue reading
The new imprint's inaugural release, Seven Reorganisations, is out next month Beatrice Dillon is releasing a new double-single. Seven Reorganisations was originally commissioned by Mark Fell for a performance at Sheffield's No Bounds festivals in 2022, with Dillon writing and com … | Continue reading
It's the New York group's first new song in two years LCD Soundsystem premiered a new track on NTS Radio this morning (October 22). Titled 'X-Ray Eyes', it marks the first new material from the band in two years. It was aired for the first time on NTS' Soup To Nuts breakfast show … | Continue reading
In the latest instalment of our collaboration with Kyiv's 20ft Radio we hear tales of taxi drivers horrified by music, “Baroque pop”, and ask what is an Independent label in Ukraine? The fifth Memory Leaks episode is a trip to the south of Ukraine in the 2000s and 2010s. We talk … | Continue reading
In his latest survey of the French music scene, David McKenna takes stock of a tumultuous few months in French politics, picks some recent cultural highlights and reviews culture-straddling music from Marseille as well as new folk, occult rock and an adventurous gamelan ensemble … | Continue reading
In his latest survey of the French music scene, David McKenna takes stock of a tumultuous few months in French politics, picks some recent cultural highlights and reviews culture-straddling music from Marseille as well as new folk, occult rock and an adventurous gamelan ensemble … | Continue reading
In this month’s essay, Stephanie Phillips reflects on the 1998 lo-fi, art pop album Julie Ruin, in which riot grrrl veteran Kathleen Hanna reaffirms her position in feminist art, while creating the building blocks for a dance punk future For about a decade my iTunes library could … | Continue reading
Jabu A Soft and Gatherable Star Bristol trio make medicated music for the small hours finds Jon Buckland A Soft and Gatherable Star by Jabu Sometimes music can perfectly capture the sensation of something beyond words. A feeling or emotion that writers futilely dance around, neve … | Continue reading
TAAHLIAH Gramarye With guest spots from naafi and Blood Orange, the Glasgow-based DJ and producer opens up into more experimental, expansive territory on her solo debut album Gramarye by TAAHLIAH When TAAHLIAH’s debut EP Angelica was released in 2021, the Glasgow-based DJ and pro … | Continue reading
Robyn Rocket And People You May Have Heard Of plan to compile their five 2024 releases into a vinyl album Robyn Rocket, space trumpet musician and the person behind much-loved inclusive conscious gigs 'Robyn's Rocket' at Cafe OTO, is crowdfunding for a vinyl release of her latest … | Continue reading
On the release of their crushing, darkly psychedelic new album, London foursome Michael give Alastair Shuttleworth a lesson in pottery – and explain why making ceramics is a lot like making music It’s easy to see why throwing pots might appeal to Michael. The London quintet’s new … | Continue reading
Ahead of a run of European shows, Anastasia Coope speaks to Tristan Gatward about how a lifetime in New York and the domestic sphere shaped her dreamy yet deliberate debut album Darning Woman Photo by Grace Conrad The fields on either side of the dirt track look inviting at first … | Continue reading
Ahead of a run of European shows, Anastasia Coope speaks to Tristan Gatward about how a lifetime in New York and the domestic sphere shaped her dreamy yet deliberate debut album Darning Woman Photo by Grace Conrad The fields on either side of the dirt track look inviting at first … | Continue reading
Fievel is Glauque Rong Weicknes With longer, more tightly structured songs, the Brussels-via-Brooklyn group still hold on to the spontaneity of free improv Rong Weicknes by Fievel Is Glauque Experimental recording procedures don’t always yield results on par with their concepts. … | Continue reading
On the release of new documentary Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands, Claire Sawers speaks to Sunset Gun's Lousie Rutkowski and The McKinleys' Jeanette Gallacher to explore how sisterhood – in both a biological and symbolic sense – was both crucial to thei … | Continue reading
50 years ago, John Cale found himself at Heartbreak Hotel, producing sweet and unhinged music from its rooms. Reassessing Fear, Slow Dazzle and Helen Of Troy, Darran Anderson explores the musician’s remarkable year-long burst of creativity for Island Records, half a century on Bu … | Continue reading
Lyzza Third World: The Bottom Dimension The Brazilian artist's music for a videogame-cum-art installation deserves to be ranked among the best of the form, finds Alexander Leissle Third World: The Bottom Dimension by LYZZA There is certainly a canon of videogame soundtracks, much … | Continue reading
BABii DareDeviil2000 With additional production by Iglooghost, Pholouk, Warpstr, Mun Sing & Samuel Organ, Daisy Warne races feverishly through techno, electronica, grime, UKG and R&B DareDeviil2000 by BABii It’s hard to pin Daisy Warne down. This is an artist who only released he … | Continue reading
It features vocal contributions from Flowdan and Coby Sey Ben Klock and Fadi Mohem are releasing a collaborative album together, titled Layer One. Marking the inaugural release on their new LAYER Records imprint, the 10-track record sees the two Berlin-based techno producers move … | Continue reading
Clubs are closing, a new generation is less keen on going out and bashing their bonces with garries – yet raving is discussed more than ever, with endless books and academic articles discussing the dancefloor as a utopia. Chal Ravens asks what this phenomenon tells us about the s … | Continue reading
Jason Pierce and fellow Spiritualized member Coxon take a trip into Old Weird America for a strange encounter with the flipside of the American dream Head south in the US, the cliche goes, and things start turning biblical. Keep going into the Deep South and things turn surreal. … | Continue reading
At this year's Venice Biennale Musica, tQ's Robert Barry wonders what we might gain when we pretend, if only for a moment, that it really is all just about the music Credits: Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia / ph. Andrea Avezzù When heavy metal bands reach for classical music refe … | Continue reading
The Necks Bleed After thirty-five years the Australian improvising trio are still pushing forward into strange new territories, finds Levi Dayan Bleed by The Necks One of the main challenges for any group of improvising musicians is to figure out ways to push forward without repe … | Continue reading