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The Doomed Bird Of Providence

Burrowed Into The Soft Sky

An extraordinary visceral dissection of colonialist evils, from Mark Kluzek and his Doomed Bird Of Providence

LIVE REPORT: The War On Drugs

Adam Granduciel and co rewire last year's Lost In The Dream album for Manchester's Albert Hall and the Brixton Academy on their recent UK tour. Photographs courtesy of Valerio Berdini

Fuck Your Valentine: Carla Bozulich Tells A Story From A Harsh Life

Constellation artist Carla Bozulich attended a spoken word night at The Cowboy Gallery, LA on February 13 last year. Without planning to she started discussing the serious sexual assault inflicted on her as a child. She sent us this film of the reading and the accompanying essay. Film contains NSFW language

Hieroglyphic Being & More To Play Refraction Festival

The first edition of the online festival begins next week

Corrupted, Thorr’s Hammer And The Accused Playing In London

Awesome event this Sunday

Sufjan Stevens Shares Unreleased Versions Of ‘Fourth Of July’

The release of the two alternate takes on the 'Carrie & Lowell' album cut coincides with Stevens' 47th birthday

Prole Art Treat: East Man Selects 13 Visionary Releases

From Kate Bush and The Fall to Mobb Deep and Vybz Kartel, Anthoney Hart, the man behind Basic Rhythm, Imaginary Forces and most recently, East Man, selects the 13 albums that helped steer his art

Manuel Göttsching Streams E2-E4 Show

Ash Ra Tempel guitarist to live stream a Japan performance of famous album, to raise money for earthquake charities

Pontiak

Innocence

Me Lost Me

RPG

From Newcastle, via Upset the Rhythm, Jayne Dent explores folk art and futurism to spellbinding effect, finds Jared Dix

Beyond The Vast Nineties: Exploring Extreme Behaviour In Black Metal

In February 1994, Darkthrone and Emperor released albums that are regarded as some of the most influential and important black metal ever created. Both acts also became enmeshed in controversies that would likely end a career if they happened today. Ben Handelman examines these albums and how we've distinguished youthful missteps from unacceptable and dangerous behaviors in this community over the years

Performance & Authenticity: Devendra Banhart Live At Hackney Empire

Veronica Irwin watches Devendra Banhart charm the crowd, and realises that what she thought was hipster appropriation might instead be something rather wonderful.

Never Without Music: Love In The Time Of Corona

As lockdown continues, can violinist Daniel Hope and playwright Robert Wilson help Wyndham Wallace find meaning in music?

Swans

My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky

Club Catharsis: An Interview With Marie Davidson

Catching some downtime amidst a US tour, Marie Davidson tells us about her early love of jazz and hip hop, and her relationship with club culture

Baker’s Dozen: J Mascis On His 13 Favourite Records

The slacker/ shoegaze guitar demon fesses up about his top albums