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New Expression: LUCI Interviewed

North Carolina-born, New York-based LUCI speaks to Alex Rigotti about developing a ‘new genre’, her relationship to John Coltrane and her eclectic new EP Juvenilia

Reviews

Sea Moss
SEAMOSS2

Portland duo make an unruly racket sound like a whole heap of fun, finds Jon Buckland

A Quietus Interview

Rethink Your Relationships: Horse Lords Interviewed

Ahead of their appearance at Le Guess Who? Festival next month, Jakub Knera speaks with Baltimore quartet Horse Lords about their new record, politics and architecture in their music and how the pandemic changed the way they play

Reviews

Jean-Michel Jarre
Oxymore

The French synthesizer wizard pays tribute to his former mentor at the GRM, Pierre Henry

Live Reviews

Different Worlds: Unsound Festival 2022 Reviewed

At the 20th edition of Krakow’s Unsound Festival, Jakub Knera focusses on the event’s wide-ranging program of Eastern European artists, and finds a cornucopia of sonic juxtapositions, and a series of thought-provoking discussions

Psych Rock

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For October Reviewed By JR Moores

JR Moores sifts through the latest batch of psych releases, some of which were not recorded by King Charles III & The Lizard Wizard. Homepage photo, Solar Corona by Sara Sofia de Melo

Reviews

Cakes Da Killa
Svengali

The New Yorker's second album finds him in a more romantic mood, still heaps of fun, finds Arusa Qureshi

Books

New Hollywood Vs Mutant Cinema: The Flipside Of US Cinema, 1960s–80s

Joe Banks talks to the authors of a critical reappraisal of American filmmaking in the late twentieth century

Art

Claws For Thought: Crab Museum Wins Hearts & Minds For Eco-Revolution

Ned Suesat-Williams, his brother Bertie, and Chase Coley run what may be the world's only museum dedicated exclusively to decapod crustaceans. Joseph Flaig investigates

Film

Reel Sounds Vol. 5: Electrophonique, Hargrove And More At Doc ‘N’ Roll 2022

Combing through the vast array of music documentaries showcasing independent talent, Neil Fox previews this year's Doc 'N' Roll festival

Reviews

Oxbow & Peter Brötzmann
An Eternal Reminder Of Not Today: Live At Moers

Oxbow and Peter Brötzmann come together like peanut butter and jelly for a nightmare soul revue, says Bernie Brooks

Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Kylie Minogue’s Impossible Princess

Impossible Princess is the most personal, spiky and surprising chapter of Kylie Minogue’s career, says Nick Levine, as the unfairly maligned record receives a new reissue to mark its 25th anniversary

Reviews

Angeline Morrison
The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience

The Cornish singer reintegrates tales of Black British experience into the English folk tradition

Album of the Week

Clean On Your Bean: Man With The Magic Soap By Persher

The duo of Jamie Roberts (Blawan) and Arthur Cayzer (Pariah) leave behind the acid froth for some maggoty post-genre techsludge

Live Reviews

Dustbowl Delights: Houghton 2022 Reviewed

Following a raft of cancellations in recent years due to freak weather and the COVID-19 pandemic, Craig Richards' Houghton festival finally returned for its third edition last month, and it was well worth the wait, finds Christian Eede

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Rockfort! French Music For October Reviewed By David McKenna

Surveying more music from the French fringes, David McKenna looks forward to two shows at Cafe OTO this month and delivers your essential guide to an array of new rap, folk and experimental releases. Homepage photo, Erwan Keravec by Atelier Marge Design

Reviews

Arctic Monkeys
The Car

The latest from Alex Turner & co. finds the group stepping out in grand style with results amongst their very best, finds Fergal Kinney

A Quietus Interview

Two Parts Anarchy To One Part Erotica: Special Interest Interviewed

As they prepare for the release of their brutal, theatrical new album Endure, New Orleans punks Special Interest speak to Emma Garland about radicalism, resilience and transcendence

A Quietus Interview

The Conversation Within: An Interview With Mabe Fratti

Ahead of her third album Se Ve Desde Aquí, Guatemalan composer Mabe Fratti speaks to Jasper Willems about the importance of friendship in creativity, achieving an unvarnished sound and challenging her own musical instincts

In Conversation

Peer Reviewed: Claire Rousay Interviews Circuit Des Yeux… And Vice Versa

Circuit Des Yeux and Claire Rousay interview each other about namedropping, social media stats, keeping safe and sane when touring solo, Justin Bieber, pyrotechnics, their least favourite instruments and more

Rum Music

Rum Music For October Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Jennifer Lucy Allan's Rum Music returns for another trip around the zone, with new sounds from everyone's favourite pianist nun, traditional music of South London, and thresholds conjured and transgressed

Reviews

Carl Stone
We Jazz Reworks Vol. 2

Another win for the resurgent cutup composer, this time mining a Finnish jazz label's back catalog for source material

Reviews

Winter
What Kind Of Blue Are You?

There's more to Winter's latest than early 90s nostalgia, finds Aug Stone

Anniversary

There’s A Certain Satisfaction In A Little Bit Of Pain: Thirty Years of Madonna’s Erotica

30 years on, Matthew Barton explores how Erotica changed the game for mainstream pop stars, an album that traded Madonna’s imperial pop for deep bass, vinyl crackles, chilly house and spoken word

Books

Where The Bodies Are Buried: Ru Callender On Undertaking & Acid House

Undertaker-slash-author Ru Callender talks to Will Burns about dreams, ritual and MDMA

Art

Transformer: Carolee Schneemann’s Dissidence

John Quin sees the comprehensive retrospective Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics at the Barbican

Books

Body Metal: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford On The Trouble With Piercings At Airport Security

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Biblical, the Metal God discusses why metal is not just for listening to – it can also be worn, or inserted into your genitals

Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Dexys’ Too-Rye-Ay, As It Should Have Sounded

As Kevin Rowland delivers a reworked version of Dexys Midnight Runners’ 1982 megahit Too-Rye-Ay, Siobhán Kane surveys a wonky pop masterpiece, and examines whether an album is ever truly ‘finished’

Reviews

The Umlauts
Another Fact

South London band's debut looks to the future – albeit a future caked in a hefty patina of dirt and grit, finds Shrey Kathuria

Low Culture Essay

Low Culture Essay: Stephanie Phillips On Reeling With PJ Harvey

The 1994 documentary Reeling With PJ Harvey is not a household name outside of fan communities but to Stephanie Phillips, the Maria Mochnacz directed film remains a fitting example of an artist’s need to curate their image

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Reviews

Dungen
En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog

Swedish prog revivalists explore the adventurous side of sobriety

Album of the Week

To Infinity And Beyond: ¡Ay! By Lucrecia Dalt Is A Stunning Sci-Fi Pop Opera

On her stunning new LP, Lucrecia Dalt makes a hard left turn both away from and toward the past, says Bernie Brooks

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New Expression: LUCI Interviewed

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Two Parts Anarchy To One Part Erotica: Special Interest Interviewed

The Conversation Within: An Interview With Mabe Fratti

Peer Reviewed: Claire Rousay Interviews Circuit Des Yeux… And Vice Versa

Rum Music For October Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Carl Stone We Jazz Reworks Vol. 2

Winter What Kind Of Blue Are You?

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Body Metal: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford On The Trouble With Piercings At Airport Security

Reissue Of The Week: Dexys’ Too-Rye-Ay, As It Should Have Sounded

The Umlauts Another Fact

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Sea Moss
SEAMOSS2

Jean-Michel Jarre
Oxymore

Cakes Da Killa
Svengali

Oxbow & Peter Brötzmann
An Eternal Reminder Of Not Today: Live At Moers

Angeline Morrison
The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience

Arctic Monkeys
The Car

Carl Stone
We Jazz Reworks Vol. 2

Winter
What Kind Of Blue Are You?

The Umlauts
Another Fact

Dungen
En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog

Moundabout
Esker Hippy Bastard Blues

Blarke Bayer
The King In Yellow