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Nukuluk
Disaster Pop

London experimental hip hop crew Nukuluk have carved a special place in the heart of Georgie Brooke

Heavy Weather: Metta, Benevolence. BBC 6 Music: Live By Sunn O)))

A daytime radio session for Mary Anne Hobbs on 6 Music finds Sunn O))) at their most material and elemental, finds Jon Buckland

Reviews

Om Unit
Flux

With deep basslines and skittering beats, Om Unit goes from strength to strength on his latest EP, finds Nick Roseblade

Reviews

Pamela Z
Echolocation

This re-issue of Pamela Z's debut from an offshoot of RVNG Intl offers a timely reminder of the breadth and brilliance of the American composer-performer's work with the voice and electronics

Strange World Of...

The Strange World Of… Shit And Shine

We're really made up that one of our favourite sonic entities, Shit And Shine, has recorded an epic Singularity track for our Sound & Vision subscribers. Here JR Moores talks to Craig Clouse in order to offer a ten track guide to his epic S&S back catalogue

Baker's Dozen

The Power And The Beauty: Tori Amos’ Favourite Music

From bonding with her daughter over Dolly Parton and Cocteau Twins to being starstruck by Billy Joel and Elton John, Tori Amos takes Lisa Jenkins through thirteen tracks that have defined her life and career

Live Reviews

Ever Get The Feeling You’ve Cheated Yourself? Billy Bragg Live In Southend

Tim Burrows leaves his cynicism about the Bard of Barking at the door when attending a gig that's a kind of homecoming and finds a new sense of regret at ignoring one of the greatest songwriters of the past 40 years

Rum Music

Rum Music For November Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Senyawa say no to streaming services and the unGoogleable Heavy Metal finally drop their fifth album, as Jennifer Lucy Allan sends her latest report back from The Zone

Reviews

Säure Adler
s/t

Richard Foster finds plenty to nod along to in a spaced-out racket from Poznan's Säure Adler

Art

Strong & Stable My Arse: The Ephemera Of Jeremy Deller

With a show of Deller’s posters opening at Glasgow’s Modern Institute, John Quin looks at three decades of the artist’s slyly subversive interventions

Books

The Right To Fail: Remembering Glasgow Venue The Arches

Authors of a new book about the history of the notable venue, David Bratchpiece and Kirstin Innes talk to Becca Inglis about club culture and arts funding

Film

House Of Gucci: The Camp Pleasures Of Sir Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott has a long-running love affair with extravagant, theatrical and delectably trashy cinema – making House of Gucci nothing more than a logic next step, finds Brian Quinn

Anniversary

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret: An Oral History Of Soft Cell’s Debut Album

As Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret turns 40, Patrick Clarke speaks to Marc Almond, Dave Ball, and a number of the other key players who crafted Soft Cell's seedy, sleazy, superlative debut album

Reviews

Pye Corner Audio
Entangled Routes

Pye Corner Audio's layering of electronic sounds and ecological criticism is much more than just music for smart alecs, finds Ronnie Angel Pope

Electronic

Hyperspecific: Dance Music For November Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel

Jaša Bužinel shares his impressions from the recent Volta x Boiler Room event in Zagreb, and reviews some of the best music released in November, by the likes of Blawan, Ploy, Batu and Akiko Haruna

Organic Intelligence

Organic Intelligence III: Wonky Techno

The Low Culture Organic Intelligence playlist is back, this time with dance controller Joe Muggs repping hard for the Brighton sound or wonky techno

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Reviews

Lionel Marchetti & Vanessa Rossetto
The Tower (The City)

Networks of sound objects collide and interact across a seventy-minute span in a new album from Erstwhile Records

Album of the Week

Rock Botany: Henki By Richard Dawson & Circle

On new album *Henki*, Richard Dawson and Circle bring prog rock bombast dowon to a human scale, still utterly triumphant, finds Daryl Worthington

Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For November Reviewed By Kez Whelan

Freewheelin', skullcrushin', topbuzzin' Kez Whelan returns with a burlap sack o'erflowing with all that is right and good in the world of heavy metal

Baker's Dozen

Moments In The Sun: Nite Jewel’s Favourite Albums

Nite Jewel takes us through the albums that inspired her latest record No Sun, from Miles Davis to Cluster, via digressions on the importance of bad karaoke and Nietzschean philosophy

Reviews

Liyv
Matriarch

Portland, Oregon's Liyv shines amidst the simplicity of murmuring percussion and stained-glass glitches, finds Austin Nguyen

Books

Too Dark To See: The Sisters Of Mercy’s Black October

Mark Andrews looks back to Summer 1984 when the Sisters attempted to record their debut album but sessions came to an abrupt halt when Andrew Eldritch collapsed, throwing the future of the band into jeopardy

A Quietus Interview

Out Of Their Tree: Kevin Martin & Jason Williamson On Collaborating

The Bug and Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods have just released a single called 'Treetop' together, and Daniel Dylan Wray was on hand to speak to them about it

A Quietus Interview

Heavy Plant Crossing: Circle & Richard Dawson Interviewed

One of our favourite hypno rock groups and one of our favourite musicians have collaborated to produce one of the albums of the year, Henki. Jennifer Lucy Allan met them to get the full story

Reviews

Hedvig Mollestad
Tempest Revisited

Hedvig Mollestad's third release in a year and a half proves an inspiring and beautiful suite of music, finds Sean Kitching

Reviews

Snoop Dogg Presents… Algorithm
Various Artists

Snoop's first job as executive creative consultant at Def Jam Records falls strangely flat, finds Paul Rekret

The Quietus International

Complete Communion: Jazz For November Reviewed By Peter Margasak

As 2021 stumbles towards the finishing line, Peter Margasak is back with more jazz and improvised music, not the least of which is Jeff Parker's lockdown LP

Books

A Place Where The Unwordable Happens: The Novels Of Russell Hoban

As Penguin issues his first eight novels under their Modern Classics imprint, Mathew Lyons looks back over the career of the writer M. John Harrison once called “a quiet, unalloyed delight”

Books

Home Is Where The Horror Is: The Uncanny Tales Of Adam Nevill

Sean Kitching explores the unhomely powers of horror novelist Adam Nevill, whose novel No One Gets Out Alive has recently been adapted by Netflix

Art

Big Pictures: At The Biennale De L’Image En Mouvement

At Geneva's 21st Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement, Will Jennings encounters work by Hannah Black, Simon Fujiwara, Camille Henrot, Juliana Huxtable, and Grau, curated by DIS and Andrea Bellini for the Centre D'Art Contemporain

Film

Bande Du Film: Céline Sciamma’s Music Of The Future

French auteur Céline Sciamma uses music sparingly in her films – but it's always vital to unlock a richer world, finds Rory Doherty

Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Charles Mingus’ The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus’ masterpiece is a seething mass of contradiction. Will Ainsley tentatively teases out one of jazz’s most elusive albums

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Nukuluk Disaster Pop

Heavy Weather: Metta, Benevolence. BBC 6 Music: Live By Sunn O)))

Om Unit Flux

Pamela Z Echolocation

The Strange World Of… Shit And Shine

The Power And The Beauty: Tori Amos’ Favourite Music

Ever Get The Feeling You’ve Cheated Yourself? Billy Bragg Live In Southend

Rum Music For November Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Säure Adler s/t

Strong & Stable My Arse: The Ephemera Of Jeremy Deller

The Right To Fail: Remembering Glasgow Venue The Arches

House Of Gucci: The Camp Pleasures Of Sir Ridley Scott

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret: An Oral History Of Soft Cell’s Debut Album

Pye Corner Audio Entangled Routes

Hyperspecific: Dance Music For November Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel

Organic Intelligence III: Wonky Techno

Lionel Marchetti & Vanessa Rossetto The Tower (The City)

Rock Botany: Henki By Richard Dawson & Circle

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For November Reviewed By Kez Whelan

Moments In The Sun: Nite Jewel’s Favourite Albums

Liyv Matriarch

Too Dark To See: The Sisters Of Mercy’s Black October

Out Of Their Tree: Kevin Martin & Jason Williamson On Collaborating

Heavy Plant Crossing: Circle & Richard Dawson Interviewed

Hedvig Mollestad Tempest Revisited

Snoop Dogg Presents… Algorithm Various Artists

Complete Communion: Jazz For November Reviewed By Peter Margasak

A Place Where The Unwordable Happens: The Novels Of Russell Hoban

Home Is Where The Horror Is: The Uncanny Tales Of Adam Nevill

Big Pictures: At The Biennale De L’Image En Mouvement

Bande Du Film: Céline Sciamma’s Music Of The Future

Reissue Of The Week: Charles Mingus’ The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

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Life is a Jumble Sale: Dale Cornish’s Favourite Albums

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Nukuluk
Disaster Pop

Om Unit
Flux

Pamela Z
Echolocation

Säure Adler
s/t

Pye Corner Audio
Entangled Routes

Lionel Marchetti & Vanessa Rossetto
The Tower (The City)

Liyv
Matriarch

Hedvig Mollestad
Tempest Revisited

Snoop Dogg Presents… Algorithm
Various Artists

Deftones
Private Music

Wolf Alice
The Clearing

Various Artists
The Alien Territory Archives: A Collection of Radical, Experimental, & Irrelevant Music from 1970s San Diego

Water From Your Eyes
It’s A Beautiful Place