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LISTEN: New Jenny Hval

Second track to be taken from forthcoming excellent long player

WATCH: Noura Mint Seymali Video

Tzenni track Hebebeb (Zrag) gets new promo before Cafe OTO gig tonight

PREVIEW: Roadburn

As Roadburn returns to Tilburg with a line-up led by Wovenhand, Fields Of The Nephilim and more, Toby Cook and Harry Sword look ahead to the highlights of this year's festival bill

WATCH/INTERVIEW: Blurt

As Blurt share the video for 'Giant Lizards On High' below, Robert Barry speaks to leading man Ted Milton about instant composition, the band's current sound and more

Liverpool’s Kazimier Club To Close

More venue shutting bullshit

Osprey Threatens T In The Park

Rare bird arrives at Festival site

Wire Announce Drill:Chicago

Band to play 'Drill' with St Vincent ooooooooo

LISTEN: Horton Jupiter’s Cosmic Disco Mix

READ: Alan Moore On Shirley Collins

Read the author praising Shirley Collins for her collecting of "savage, tender oral histories" rendered in song

LISTEN: New Leafcutter John Mix

As Polar Bear prepare to tour the UK this month, Leafcutter John has shared an exclusive mix, via tQ; listen to it below

FESTIVAL REPORT: Tallinn Music Week

John Rogers heads over to the Estonian capital, to report on the fertile city that keeps on giving

FESTIVAL REPORT: Convergence

Amy Pettifer, Julian Marszalek, Suzie McCracken and Sharon O'Connell report on this year's Convergence festival, hosted at various venues across London.

FESTIVAL REPORT: Drone Cinema

Richard Foster spends an evening in Leiden, drinking bio-beer and supermarket nuts while getting his head around the concept of drone.

LISTEN: Slows

Wire guitarist Matt Simms releases debut EP as Slows

Luke Haines Pens Cookbook

Cookbook written by Luke Haines, funded through Indiegogo, to feature a forward by Steve Albini; read an exclusive recipe below

LIVE REPORT & INTERVIEW: HTRK

Joshua Ford speaks to Nigel Yang following HTRK's headline show at Chicago's The Smart Bar. Photo by the author.

LIVE REPORT: Rémi Dal Negro

Russell Williams reports on a solo exhibition of the work of sound artist Rémi Dal Negro, showing at in Paris at Galerie Eric Mouchet until April 18.

LISTEN: New Loke Rahbek & Puce Mary

Collaborators announce second instalment of trilogy; hear two tracks from The Female Form below ahead of release on April 17

LISTEN: Young Fathers On Solid Steel

Hour-long mix from the Scottish trio ahead of the release of second album White Men Are Black Men Too next week

LIVE REPORT: Laibach

Laibach sally forth once again to conquer Europe with their arch and deviantly humourous electronic rock. David Bennun is on hand to offer fervent praise

WATCH: New Jimmy Somerville Video

Take a look at Some Wonder from new album, Homage

WATCH: Orphx – Hungry Ghosts

Video for previously unreleased track from industrial techno duo's recent The Sonic Groove Releases Pt​.​ 2 compilation

The Membranes Announce New Album

Dark Matter/Dark Energy due in June - give The Universe Explodes Into A Billion Photons Of Pure White Light a play below

Terry Farley’s Tribute To Frankie Knuckles

The acid house man remembers his friend, the Chicago house luminary, who passed away one year ago today; listen to Underworld's versions of Baby Wants To Ride with Heller & Farley and The Misterons below

Glasgow’s Outskirts Returns For 2015

Glasgow arts festival returns for its fourth year, including a re-working of Kraftwerk's classic Radio-Activity

COMPETITION: Laibach London Tickets

Win tickets to see Laibach play London's Electric Ballroom on Thursday

Smiths Photographer Stephen Wright Set For Exhibition In Texas

Stephen Wright, frequent photographer of The Smiths, presents a selection of his work to celebrate first anniversary of Texas gallery

WATCH: New Snack Family Video

London trio share video for recent track 'Pokie Eye Poke Ya'; watch it below

WATCH: New Daniel Lanois Video

Daniel Lanois follows up on the release of last year's Flesh And Machine with a video for album cut 'Burning Spear'

Holly Herndon For Supersonic

Holly Herndon joins the cracking line-up for this year's Supersonic Festival

Broken Spines: Literary Links

Vanity is cool when you're beautiful and the mirror is reciprocative of your adulation, but there is a world outside (which also often contains windows and even puddles so as not to go too long without catching a glimpse of those architecturally-brutalist cheekbones) which contains other people. In summary: good articles were written recently by other people — here are some of them

WATCH: Nick Cave Interviewed