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WATCH: Devilman – ‘Bakan Q’

Watch video taken from their debut album, which marks the inaugural release on the Small But Hard label

LISTEN: Ja Ja Ja October 2012 Mixtape

Goat, Jens Lekman and Susanne Sundfør feature on compilation ahead of this month's Nordic music event

Where Consciousness Ends: How Can Art Coexist With Nature?

How can art provide an illuminating window on human society's changing relationships with nature? The gradual reclaiming of the sculptures at Ireland's Lough Boora by their surroundings and the work of musician Richard Skelton offer powerful examples, writes Ian Maleney

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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James Murphy Opens Cafe In Brooklyn

Daymoves is the LCD Soundsystem frontman's second venture into the restaurant industry

I’m A JG Ballard Sexpot: An Interview With Róisín Murphy

The queen of avant-disco tells Lucy O’Brien about her latest album Róisín Machine, a manifesto for dancing: “It’s maths and motion and absurdity and poetry...”

Le Guess Who? Preview #2: Phil Elverum

Ahead of the return of Utrecht's Le Guess Who? festival, as well as the coinciding Mega Record & CD Fair, this November, we continue to talk to some of those on the lineup about some of their favourite records

Doves Interview: The Romance Of The Telescope

Quietus Beard Lord John Doran heads to Stockport to meet Doves and talk radio telescopes and career best albums. Lovell Telescope photograph courtesy of S. Parish

What Does Modernism Have To Do With Music In 2012?

Adam Harper's new book for Zer0 is called Infinite Music. In this extract he sets out his aims

LISTEN: New Shintaro Sakamoto

The former Yura Yura Teikoku frontman gives us the first play of the title track from his new album, Let's Dance Raw

Owiny Sigoma Band

Owiny Sigoma Band

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LISTEN: Rustie – ‘Triadzz’

Trap-rap flavoured new instrumental from Glasgow firebrand

Cypress Hill Make ‘The Simpsons’ Joke A Reality With Orchestra Gig

The hip hop trio will perform with the London Symphony Orchestra at London's Royal Albert Hall this July

Divide And Dissolve Details New Album, ‘Insatiable’

It's Takiaya Reed's first full-length release since signing to Bella Union last year