The Northern Irish quartet arrived on a wave of confidence and unity, but after a year peppered with international acclaim and broken bones they lost their founding guitarist. Kiran Acharya spoke to the band about the recording of second album Gangs
In a self-penned Baker's Dozen, DJ and producer Justin Robertson recalls the thirteen pieces of music that soundtracked his rise from home counties obscurity to the outer edges of dance music, via run-ins with Jimmy Page and Mark E. Smith
As they prepare for their debut album’s reissue, complete with accompanying documentary, The Magnetic North – Erland Cooper, Simon Tong and Hannah Peel – are joined by conductor André De Ridder for a grand re-launch at Berlin’s Volksbühne. Wyndham Wallace sailed in to report