Grindcore emerged as a backlash to global capitalism, before Pig Destroyer did something much nastier with it. As they release an album that deals with our harrowing modern era, Dan Franklin examines whether this ferocious genre is actually being outstripped by a remorseless new reality. All Pig Destroyer pictures by Joey Wharton
The recent London Contemporary Music Festival, held in a Peckham car park, provoked a debate about the role of leftfield art in deprived areas. Joe Kennedy examines some of the knotty debates around gentrification, the arts, and class in Britain today