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Transmissions from the thriving British underground
The return of Creation Rebel, the long-awaited full release of a 90s video game soundtrack classic, a pleasingly non-literal tribute to The Wicker Man and more all feature in your latest guide to the world of New Weird Britain
Psychedelic noizegaze and fractal deathyowl electro! Air-thinning drone immensity! Basslines they should store in old phone boxes in case the defibrillator doesn’t work! It could only be the return of your regular New Weird Britain roundup, courtesy of Noel Gardner
Noel Gardner's guide to the best of New Weird Britain returns, with extraordinary bursts of melody from Margate-via-Maine, the Bristolian blurring lines between techno and noise, fizzy meteorites of party-smashing illbience and more
To see himself through lockdown, James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers has been compiling tailor-made crossword puzzles for his family and friends. He tells Patrick Clarke about the therapeutic effects and extreme cultural wormholes they can inspire. Plus, solve an exclusive '80s indie crossword compiled by JDB himself!