Catch up on our latest writing.
Pulp are back with their first new album in nearly a quarter of a century; Jarvis Cocker joins us to talk about More, but also outsider art in America, an attic full of wonder in London and revolution versus violence in Sheffield. Words by Darran Anderson. All portraits by Tom Jackson
Ahead of a new Sunday show on BBC 6 Music and an appearance at MIF, the broadcaster and DJ shares some ideas about process, work ethic and a formative year spent living on a bus. Words by John Doran. Main portrait by Brett Walker
As she shares new track 'Distress Tolerance', DJ Haram speaks to Jesse Dorris about her roots in New Jersey clubs and the Philadelphia underground, the complexities of DJing and identity, and charting her own path on debut album Beside Myself
In his latest dispatch from the French fringes, David McKenna reports from this year’s New Trad Fest in the Loire region and rounds up new releases including a surrealistic Breton folk duo, Japanese gagaku-inspired drones and much more
Perturbed by a study that found young women in the north of England are struggling to feel musical, Lottie Brazier set out to speak to the promoters, artists and managers who are helping shift the dial in the region
Nobody wanted what The Soft Boys were selling in 1980, but as David Bennun recounts, their superb swan song, Underwater Moonlight, made them a Velvet Underground for new generations of jangle and psych bands. This feature was first published on 29/06/20
In 2014 Kendrick Lamar found himself in South Africa, an experience that helped to shape his third studio record, which is perhaps his most complex and enduring statement. Siobhán Kane revisits To Pimp A Butterfly
As Underworld's discography from 1994 to 2016 receives a 'perfect sound' reissue, Darran Anderson surveys how their frantic, beautiful music both embodied the overwhelm of city life and offered a rapturous escape from it
In the wake of Nightingales' new record The Awful Truth, the band's leader Robert Lloyd takes John Quin for a freewheeling ride through 13 significant tracks, from a boyhood love of Lulu and Lou Reed to later encounters with Faust and Freakwater
Carrie & Lowell (10th Anniversary Edition)
On its tenth anniversary, the Midwestern singer-songwriter returns to his classic autobiographical album with a new release featuring previously unreleased demos and outtakes. Listening to now double-disced record anew, Kat Lister finds a profound meditation on the nature of grief