Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
Purveyors of explosive live shows and chaotic jams, the Manchester guitar Arkestra talk to Danny Riley about being the new standard bearers for DIY transcendentalism in the UK and finding artistry in the undignified
John Doran meets Christian Fennesz, Kiki Hitomi, Roger Robinson and Kevin Martin in Tilburg, NL, after their first ever live performance together at Incubate festival. They discuss their excellent new album Edition 1, the difficulty of romance, the nature of melancholy and their memories of rain
Indonesian duo Senyawa are one of the most startlingly original acts of recent years, combining a bamboo instrument shaped like a ritual spear with throat singing, producing music that's reminiscent of heavy metal. WTF, asks John Doran. Vocalist Rully Shabara Herman gives him some answers
The fictional band from The Eccentronic Research Council's last album are not only real, but they're going on tour and releasing records. Two of their animating architects, The ERC's Adrian Flanagan and Fat White Family's Lias Saoudi, sit down with Daniel Dylan Wray to discuss working with Sean Lennon, masochistic video shoots and bringing back rabies
As much-loved club night A Love From Outer Space reaches its 15th anniversary, Sean Johnston – its co-founder alongside the much-missed Andrew Weatherall – picks 13 tracks that have soundtracked its journey from a Stoke Newington basement to an international community