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How Metal Changes The Way We See The World, An Extract

Ahead of his appearance at the Quietus Social next week, we present an exclusive extract of Dan Franklin's book 'Heavy: How Metal Changes The Way We See The World'

Six Organs of Admittance

Companion Rises

Energy Flash: Pulled By Magnets’ Rose Golden Doorways

After the break-up of Polar Bear, Seb Rochford did some searching. Hypnotic, turbulent, otherwordly, the new Pulled By Magnets gives us a glimpse into what he found

Columnus Metallicus: February’s Heavy Metal Reviewed By Kez Whelan

Kez Whelan is back with another column that rounds up the good, the bad and the ugly in heavy metal

It Dockumer Lokaeltsje

Alles Is Goed

Dutch noise band It Dockumer Lokaeltsje play covers of DAF in Frisian with abrasive results, finds Richard Foster

Overlapping Terrain: Richard Skelton’s Favourite Music

Following the release of his new album LASTGLACIALMAXIMUM, the prolific Richard Skelton speaks to Luke Turner about the music that inspired his own work, from Thomas Tallis to Phuture, Nico to Sly & The Family Stone, The Stooges and Gorecki

The Strange World Of… Tom Smith/ To Live And Shave In LA

The conceptual conceit of TLASILA is founded upon dedication to chaos, sleaze, hedonism, and libidinal materialism, says Adam Lehrer, on speaking to idiosyncratic poet and contemporary druid, Tom Smith

Immigrant Cowboy: Sunny Jain & The Music That Traverses Time And Place

Sunny Jain is an indefinable musician, says Rob Hakimian, and his new album, Wild Wild East, is a thematic exploration of his parents’ lives as Indian immigrants to America

Nyx Nótt

Aux Pieds De La Nuit

Aidan Moffat gets woozily sinister on his first album as Nyx Nótt

A Kind Of Paradise, A Kind Of Nightmare: These New Puritans Live At The Barbican

These New Puritans' special Barbican performance 'The Blue Door' delivers beauty, brutality and everything in-between

Tame Impala

The Slow Rush

The latest from Tame Impala lives up to its crushingly uninspiring title, finds Cal Cashin

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For February Reviewed By JR Moores

In his first psych/noise rock column of 2020, JR "the menace" Moores heeds the words of Mr Maconie and gets distracted by that famous Q-based band

Crack Actor: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love at 25

In 1995, Polly Harvey reinvented herself as a pink catsuit-wearing vamp peddling an album of stormy gothic American blues. But was it really such a surprise? Ben Hewitt argues the transformation only put up in lights what Harvey had already shown: she was an actor as much as a singer

The Trumpet That Blows Its Own: Nevin Aladag’s Fanfare

A show at the Hayward Gallery by Turkish artist Nevin Aladağ brings the city alive with music

Grimes

Miss Anthropocene

There are bangers on Grimes fifth album, *Miss Anthropocene*, but it wastes too much of its energy pretending to be edgier than it really is, finds CJ Thorpe-Tracey

Stop Making Scents: Jessica Hausner On Botanical Thriller ‘Little Joe’

Austrian auteur Jessica Hausner returns with a prickly sci-fi hybrid to give Invasion of the Body Snatchers a run for its money. Nick Chen meets the filmmaker to find out about anti-cinema and whether there really is such a thing as happiness

Revenant Marquis

Youth In Ribbons

Noel Gardner finds his resolve tested by the mysterious Revenant Marquis

Comrades In Arms: Sightless Pit’s Grave Of A Dog

A collaboration between Kistin Hayter (Lingua Ignota), Lee Buford (The Body) and Dylan Walker (Full of Hell), Sightless Pit's debut Grave of a Dog finds a raw equilibrium amongst its different voices

Direct Approach: An Interview With Sink Ya Teeth

Norwich's very best post-punk-dance-duo Sink Ya Teeth speak to Patrick Clarke about their remarkable drive to keep creating, and how they headlined a massive Slovakian festival at one hour's notice.

More Than Entertainment: Moses Boyd’s Favourite Music

Following the release of his Dark Matter album, London jazz scene mainstay Moses Boyd guides Michael Appouh through the music that shaped it, from N*/E/*/R*/D to Dizzee, Jeff Buckley and hymns of praise

SLOW DANCE ’19

Various

The latest compilation from London's Slow Dance label features stand out tracks from Lynks Afrikka, Merlin Nova, Aga Ujma and more, finds Cal Cashin

Rum Music For February Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Jennifer Lucy Allan is back with polyglot adventures in the future overground, the current underground and the emotional edgelands, tracking Finnish blues, Fluxus crying spaces, neural networks and long string instruments

I Think People Get The Wrong Idea: An Interview With Sightless Pit

Ahead of their debut LP, Grave Of A Dog, Dylan Walker and Lee Buford of Sightless Pit talk to Bernie Brooks about club bangers, small details, Seth Manchester, Skyrim, and more

Working With The Chairman: Andrew Weatherall Remembered By Lee Brackstone

The music of Andrew Weatherall changed Lee Brackstone's life, and would lead in later years to a collaboration at Faber Social. Here, Lee pays tribute to the DJ, producer, guru, and his friend. Photo: Weatherall, Irmin Schmidt, Lee Brackstone

Obstinate Medical Diagnosis: Out From The Void With OMD

As we approach the 40th anniversary of OMD's self-titled debut, Kristen Gallerneaux examines illness and recovery through the lens of her introduction to their early work

Rockfort! French Music For February Reviewed By David McKenna

David McKenna visits the birthplace of Rimbaud - and the vape store named after him - in order to bring you this month's Rockfort! column - the best of French pop, rock and hip hop

Lonker See

Hamza

The fourth studio album from Polish post-rockers Lonker See makes a significant step up, finds Julian Marszalek

In The Driver’s Seat: The Demented Fun Of ByNWR

In the age of endless, breathless film streaming options, Nicolas Winding Refn's offering, byNWR find a way to still celebrate demented specificity. Neil Fox speaks to the platform's many masterminds

Waterless Hills

The Great Mountain

Featuring the combined talents of Andrew Cheetham, Gavin Clarke, dbh, and C Joynes, Waterless Hills compose soundtracks to imaginary films with results that sound unlike anything else

I Use The NME: Kevin Cummins On The Sex Pistols

Duncan Seaman interviews Kevin Cummins about the Pistols last gig, Joy Division's anti-fashion, the possible Oasis reunion and Morrissey

Early Reflections On Life In The Information Age: John Zorn’s Naked City Turns 30

The debut album from his top-flight quintet Naked City foresaw the content overload of the Internet while paving the way for jazz-metal fusion and mash-ups, says Peter Margasak

Carried By The Light: Robby Müller In Polaroids

At the International Film Festival Rotterdam, an exhibition of polaroid photographs by Robby Müller reveals the Dutch cinematographer's fascination with light and movement