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slowthai
Nothing Great About Britain

The debut album by always-grinning anarchist, Slowthai, traffics in everyday pain, squelchy grime, drill bassiness and woozy hip-hop, finds Colin Gannon

New Weird Britain

New Weird Britain This May Reviewed By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner trawls the abyssal depths of the UK underground and finds gems from avant industrial types Harrga and sweat juiced future rave from MCR-based producer LOFT

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Rev Magnetic
Versus Universe

The debut album by Rev Magnetic is a dynamic, ecstatic cacophony, finds Jamie Chambers

Art

Who Gets To Be The Artist? An Interview With Suzanne Lacy

Barnaby Smith talks to artist Suzanne Lacy about CalArts, the counterculture, and project management

Film

Hollywood Endgame: The Boring Messianism Of The Avengers

Avengers: Endgame shows there is still no place for utopia in Hollywood's messiah factory

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Tyler, The Creator
Igor

Tyler, the Creator's latest album remains ambiguous and uncertain, finds Aaron Skates

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Earth
Full Upon Her Burning Lips

Full Upon Her Moving Lips may be Earth's busiest album to date, but it is also one of their loveliest, finds Tom Coles

Live Reviews

Live Report: Saint Etienne Play Tiger Bay At The Barbican

Ian Wade goes to London's Barbican for "a bunch of trad. arr. bangers" from Saint Etienne's third album. Live photography by Jamie Fry

The Quietus International

Anois, Os Ard: A Column About Irish Underground Music

Eoin Murray goes in search of New Weird Ireland and finds murky Gaeilge dub; feverish psychedelic improv and Irish-Sierra Leonean Afrofuturist soul

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The London Sound Survey / Iain Chambers / Robert Worby
Thames / The Eccentric Press / Factitious Airs

The first three releases from new label Persistence of Sound comprise a fitting manifesto, finds Antonio Poscic

Album of the Week

Trouble Everyday: Sirens By Kevin Richard Martin

On his first album under his own name, Kevin Richard Martin (The Bug, King Midas Sound) offers up a record of unparalleled intimacy and sensitivity, finds Euan Andrews

Metal

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

Kez Whelan attempts to summarise 2019's busiest month for metal in a single column, with new releases from Saint Vitus, Possessed, Nocturnus AD, Full Of Hell and many more coming under scrutiny

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Whether solo, as here, or with his group Szun Waves or in his many collaborations with the likes of Liars and Bill Callahan, Laurence Pike is a percussionist of rare skill and broad range, finds Tom Bolton

Strange World Of...

Channel-Surfing the Apocalypse: The Strange World Of… Daniel Higgs

Daniel Higgs has built a legacy in the pursuit of his own spiritual truth. Ahead of an appearance at Terraforma festival he talks Matthew Neale through his back catalogue, with detours via mass media indoctrination, a drive-by shooting, and the mystery of how cassettes work

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Helm
Chemical Flowers

On new album Chemical Flowers, Luke Younger expands his compositional palette, finds Colin Gannon

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Stereolab
Transient Random-Noise Bursts / Mars Audiac Quintet

With expanded re-issues of two of their classic 90s albums and a world tour soon to come, it's the perfect time to fall for Stereolab's charms all over again, finds Anna Rahkonen

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Ruby Rushton
Ironside

The latest project from 22a boss Tenderlonious, Ruby Rushton is a raw and vibrant take on old school American jazz, finds Mike Vinti

A Quietus Interview

Boom Boom Pow: Black Midi Interviewed

Ahead of their appearance at Sea Change Festival this weekend, John Doran speaks to Geordie Greep and Cameron Picton of Black Midi and asks, what exactly does it take for a challenging band to make a genuine go of it in 2019? Avatars created by Anthrox Studio. Band portrait by Dan Kendall. (Warning: the 'Crows Perch' video contains flashing images)

Books

Bible Burning: Sleevenotes By Joe Thompson Review, Extract & Interview

Does DIY music need a Bible? That's debatable, says John Doran, but either way Sleevenotes by Joe Thompson of Hey Colossus should be mandatory reading for anyone who aspires to the life of an underground rock musician. Plus extract and author interview

Art

“We Know Nothing About The Future”: HANNAH By Verdensteatret

A performance by Verdensteatret at this year's Sonic Acts festival is a hybrid work, a mystery, and an astonishing work of performance, finds Colm McAuliffe

Books

The Great Fire Of London: Plume By Will Wiles

Could Will Wiles' new book Plume stand as one of the great London novels? Nina Allan finds a book which rails against the commodification of the imagination

Film

Lost In Music: Brian Welsh & Kieran Hurley Talk Beats

New film Beats explores the burgeoning rave scene in Thatcher's Britain. Alsadair Bayman talks to director Brian Welsh and writer Kieran Hurley

Books

The Return Of The Native: Maurice Manning Interviewed

John Doran interviews the Appalachian Poet Maurice Manning, the subject of the latest Matter Is A Relative Matter film for Lush, whose latest collection of poetry brings forth the voice of Abraham Lincoln. Portrait by Steve Cody. Stills from Matter Is A Relative Matter courtesy of Rob Curry

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slowthai Nothing Great About Britain

New Weird Britain This May Reviewed By Noel Gardner

Rev Magnetic Versus Universe

Who Gets To Be The Artist? An Interview With Suzanne Lacy

Hollywood Endgame: The Boring Messianism Of The Avengers

Tyler, The Creator Igor

Earth Full Upon Her Burning Lips

Live Report: Saint Etienne Play Tiger Bay At The Barbican

Anois, Os Ard: A Column About Irish Underground Music

The London Sound Survey / Iain Chambers / Robert Worby Thames / The Eccentric Press / Factitious Airs

Trouble Everyday: Sirens By Kevin Richard Martin

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

Laurence Pike Holy Spring

Channel-Surfing the Apocalypse: The Strange World Of… Daniel Higgs

Helm Chemical Flowers

Stereolab Transient Random-Noise Bursts / Mars Audiac Quintet

Ruby Rushton Ironside

Boom Boom Pow: Black Midi Interviewed

Bible Burning: Sleevenotes By Joe Thompson Review, Extract & Interview

“We Know Nothing About The Future”: HANNAH By Verdensteatret

The Great Fire Of London: Plume By Will Wiles

Lost In Music: Brian Welsh & Kieran Hurley Talk Beats

The Return Of The Native: Maurice Manning Interviewed

Clinic Wheeltappers And Shunters

Lee Ranaldo / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urselli / Balázs Pándi Lee Ranaldo / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urselli / Balázs Pándi

Books For Burning: Four Bibles By Hey Colossus

Sote Parallel Persia

Fat White Family & Black Country New Road Live In London

Guadalupe Plata Guadalupe Plata/Three Demons

Laura Cannell The Sky Untuned

Forbidden Fruit: From Hot Chip To Black Peaches With Rob Smoughton

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For May Reviewed By JR Moores

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slowthai
Nothing Great About Britain

Rev Magnetic
Versus Universe

Tyler, The Creator
Igor

Earth
Full Upon Her Burning Lips

The London Sound Survey / Iain Chambers / Robert Worby
Thames / The Eccentric Press / Factitious Airs

Laurence Pike
Holy Spring

Helm
Chemical Flowers

Stereolab
Transient Random-Noise Bursts / Mars Audiac Quintet

Ruby Rushton
Ironside

Clinic
Wheeltappers And Shunters

Lee Ranaldo / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urselli / Balázs Pándi
Lee Ranaldo / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urselli / Balázs Pándi

Sote
Parallel Persia

Guadalupe Plata
Guadalupe Plata/Three Demons

Laura Cannell
The Sky Untuned