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Early Bob Dylan Recordings to be Collected in New Box Set

Through The Open Window features recordings by the artist dated between 1956 and 1963

Jeff Mills Plots Tour to Mark 30 Years of ‘Live At The Liquid Room’ Mix

The Detroit techno legend will play club shows in London, Tokyo, Paris, Osaka and Hong Kong through the remainder of the year

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Daphne Oram Centenary Compilation Features New Works by Cosey Fanni Tutti, TAAHLIAH and More

vari/ations - Ode To Oram will be released in November

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keiyaA Unveils New Album, ‘hooke’s law’

The artist's second studio album is her first full-length effort since signing to XL Recordings

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Sleaford Mods Release New Single, ‘Megaton’

All profits from sales of the release will go to War Child

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Portishead’s Geoff Barrow Launches New Film Company, Invada Films

The production house's first feature film, GAME, stars Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson

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Stereolab Releases Two New Songs, ‘Fed Up With Your Job’ and ‘Constant And Uniform Movement Unknown’

The double A-side single's release marks the start of the band's tour of North and South America

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Hermeto Pascoal has Died, Aged 89

The legendary Brazilian artist's music traversed jazz, samba, ambient and other forms

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Mobb Deep to Release First Album in 11 Years, ‘Infinite’

It's the first release from the hip hop duo since Prodigy passed away in 2017

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Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ Set for 50th Anniversary Reissue

The updated release will be available in 3xLP, 2xCD and box set formats, with added bonus material

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Skaņu Mežs Announces 2025 Lineup Featuring SHAPE+ Artist R3YWYA

KAVARI and Laura Ortman are also on the bill for the Latvian festival

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Spotify Adds Lossless Audio for Premium Users

Subscribers will now be able to listen to music in up to 24-bit and 44.1 kHz FLAC quality

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Armand Hammer Reveal New Album with The Alchemist, ‘Mercy’

It features Earl Sweatshirt, Pink Siifu, Quelle Chris and more

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John Cale, Lucrecia Dalt and More to Play This Year’s Unsound NYC

RP Boo and Piotr Kurek are also on the bill for the two-week event

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Kali Malone and Drew McDowall Detail New Collaborative LP, ‘Magnetism’

They've also shared lead track 'The Sound In My Mind'

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Joy Orbison Releases New Single, ‘play it again’

"This track is going to be part of something bigger but I got impatient waiting for that to come together," the producer said of the new cut

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Pulp, FKA twigs and More Nominated for 2025 Mercury Prize

Wolf Alice also feature on the shortlist, making them the first act to be nominated for all of their first four albums

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A Triumph of the Unprivileged: Ozzy Osbourne Remembered

Joel McIver reflects on the life and work of the late Ozzy Osbourne, who defied the exceptions of his working class upbringing and the snobbery of the musical establishment to invent a genre, selling tens of millions of albums in the process

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We Play For Real: Remembering Douglas McCarthy, Son of Essex

Reflecting on the life of Douglas McCarthy, who died this week, Tim Burrows writes that he was a man whose art and hypnotic stage presence was forged in the tough, working class Essex attitude of the 70s and 80s

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Remembering Alan Lamb, by Lawrence English

As is the wont of a true artist, Alan Lamb's practice grew out of a chance encounter. Hearing the aeolian song produced by phone lines went on to propel him into becoming one of the pioneers of Australian exploratory sound practice

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Remembering David Thomas of Pere Ubu, by Sean Kitching

Long-time fan Sean Kitching celebrates the legacy of a true ‘Crocus Behemoth’ of the avant garde, post punk, underground rock and pop Americana, David Thomas, who passed away yesterday after a long period of ill-health

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Rum Music For September Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Naive brass, DIY future-cumbia, squelchy computer music and Harry Pussy rating Lou Reed's solo work alphabetically in Jennifer Lucy Allan's September transmission from the zone

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LISTEN: Bradford Threadfest Mix

Join Giant Swan to kick off Bradford's independent music festival

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LIVE REPORT: Bring To Light

At the inaugural edition of the new weekender from Supersonic festival's organisers, Nancy Bennie witnesses an unexpectedly dancefloor-ready turn from Dinos Chapman, shirks a lifelong hatred of folk music and doffs a cap to the Library of Birmingham. Photographs courtesy of Katja Ogrin

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Early Bob Dylan Recordings to be Collected in New Box Set

Jeff Mills Plots Tour to Mark 30 Years of ‘Live At The Liquid Room’ Mix

Daphne Oram Centenary Compilation Features New Works by Cosey Fanni Tutti, TAAHLIAH and More

keiyaA Unveils New Album, ‘hooke’s law’

Sleaford Mods Release New Single, ‘Megaton’

Portishead’s Geoff Barrow Launches New Film Company, Invada Films

Stereolab Releases Two New Songs, ‘Fed Up With Your Job’ and ‘Constant And Uniform Movement Unknown’

Hermeto Pascoal has Died, Aged 89

Mobb Deep to Release First Album in 11 Years, ‘Infinite’

Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ Set for 50th Anniversary Reissue

Skaņu Mežs Announces 2025 Lineup Featuring SHAPE+ Artist R3YWYA

Spotify Adds Lossless Audio for Premium Users

Armand Hammer Reveal New Album with The Alchemist, ‘Mercy’

John Cale, Lucrecia Dalt and More to Play This Year’s Unsound NYC

Kali Malone and Drew McDowall Detail New Collaborative LP, ‘Magnetism’

Joy Orbison Releases New Single, ‘play it again’

Pulp, FKA twigs and More Nominated for 2025 Mercury Prize

A Triumph of the Unprivileged: Ozzy Osbourne Remembered

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