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A Long Drink of the Best Water: Highlights from 2025’s Le Guess Who?
Richard Foster reports back from another stellar edition of the Utrecht Festival, where he finds equal space for spiritual nourishment gibbering wig-outs, courtesy of Valentina Magaletti, upsammy, EarthBall, The Fiery Furnaces and many more
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Light Music: Sunn O))), Catherine Christer Hennix & More at Venice Biennale Musica
At the 69th annual International Festival of Contemporary Music in Venice, performances by the Kamigaku Ensemble, Jasmine Morris and Sunn O))) leave Robert Barry pondering what we mean when we call music 'heavy'
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An Elated Sense of Unity: The Live Return of Cabaret Voltaire
As Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson bring Cabaret Voltaire back to life at the Sheffield's FORGE warehouse as part of the Sensoria Festival, Daniel Dylan Wray is knocked sidewise by a set of visceral power, and moving tribute to Richard H Kirk
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Joyful Transference, Against the Tide: Sunn O))) & More at Unsound New York
As the US reels from the re-election of Donald Trump, Jesse Dorris finds solace and inspiration in a fine weekend of concerts curated by Polish festival Unsound, from hunkering down to basement techno to riding the drone of Kali Malone and Sunn O))). Photos by Lawrence Sumulong.
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Take Me to a Happiness Beyond Human Reach: The The Live in Brixton
Tariq Goddard finds himself not just entertained but understood by Matt Johnson as he sees him perform new The The album Ensoulment in full before a run of greatest hits. But, in an era where music has ceded its centrality in everyday life, were he and 5000 others packed into an echo chamber?
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The Art Of Falling Apart: Considering The Usefulness Of Fallibility At MUTEK 2024
Dan Dylan Wray watches Factory Floor, Marie Davidson and Colin Stetson at MUTEK, and considers the importance of fallibility in electronic music under the monolithic shadow of AI. Amnesia Scanner & Freeka Tet photograph by Vivien Gaumand
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Bringing Home The Brecons: Green Man 2024 Reviewed
Big Thief, Lonnie Holley, Lynks, Nadine Shah, Omar Souleyman and others triumph in another excellent instalment of Green Man. Alastair Shuttleworth reports on a weekend that again strengthens its claim to be one of the UK’s best music festivals. All photos by Jan Rijk / dutchpix.com
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Opera House Music: Pet Shop Boys’ Dreamworld Reviewed
Pet Shop Boys’ very own never-ending Dreamworld tour is back in the Capital for a five-night run at the Royal Opera House. But on a day when central London is host to multiple demonstrations about the kind of country the UK wants to be, are Tennant and Lowe losing their common touch?
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Keeping A Covenant: What we Bring to Springsteen Live, and What he Gives Back
After seeing Bruce Springsteen at Wembley, Michael Hann writes a deeply personal essay about the power of live music, not as redemption or catharsis, but as a unique and potent force that reflects who we are when we encounter it
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We Are Getting Healed: Sanatorium Of Sound Reviewed
Jakub Knera reports from the ninth edition of the Sanatorium Of Sound, in Sokołowsko, Poland and focuses on the wild intonarumori instruments of Italian futurism, takes a deep listening walk to a mountainous opencast mine at dawn, and enjoys the healing properties of outdoor sound
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