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Diasporic Fuzz: An Interview With Here Lies Man

With the debut LP a woozy wall of Afrobeat inspired fuzzbox riff worship and pounding circular rhythmic power, Here Lies Man connect the stoner rock underground straight to downtown Lagos. Harry Sword talks 1970’s New York Latin radio, punk rock and the glory of Fela Kuti with Marcos Garcia

Burial: A Quietus Pseuds Corner

(with apologies to Private Eye)

Gareth Williams & Mary Currie

Flaming Tunes

Laraaji Collaborates With Several Artists On New LP

'Circle Of Celebration' sees the artist team up with Christopher Bono's NOUS collective

Slow Burners: Sean Johnston on the 13 Songs that Shaped A Love From Outer Space

As much-loved club night A Love From Outer Space reaches its 15th anniversary, Sean Johnston – its co-founder alongside the much-missed Andrew Weatherall – picks 13 tracks that have soundtracked its journey from a Stoke Newington basement to an international community

Forwards Not Forgetting: Owen Hatherley Interviewed

Jamie Sutcliffe talks to the firebrand of architechtural criticism Owen Hatherley about his recent book A New Kind Of Bleak. Main photo by Agata Pyzik

Jlin Soundtracks New Video Game

The soundtrack commission came about from a Manchester International Festival project

Matador Unveils Second Set of Butthole Surfers Reissues

The label will release remastered vinyl versions of 'Locust Abortion Technician', 'Hairway To Steven' and 'Cream Corn From The Socket Of Davis' in September

Go With The Drift: Reviewing Coracle By Walls In A Flotation Tank

Flotation tanks are not just the preserve of well-off fans of whale music. John Doran gets inside an ergonomic space pod full of Europa-strength sea water to listen to some oceanic electronica

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

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The Strange World Of… Chris Watson

Chris Watson is the Sibelius of the tape recorder. Ahead of his appearance with Felicia Atkinson at Kings Place next month, Luke Turner speaks to him about twelve key points in his career from early tape experiments to recording at Chernobyl, via a founding stint in Cabaret Voltaire

Massive Attack To Release Mezzanine Dub Version

Mad Professor's dub takes on the original album will finally be given a standalone release

I Don’t Belong Here: Cathi Unsworth’s Weirdo In 13 Albums

Author and journalist Cathi Unsworth talks us through the albums that inspired her new novel Weirdo. This feature will bring dark joy to the hearts of those whose clothes are black, whose lips are purple and whose witches are red

Dancing In Quicksand: Tool’s Undertow Revisited

Twenty five years after its release, Matt Evans revisits the progressive alternative metal band's debut album

LISTEN: Techno Remix From Dasha Rush

Russian producer re-interprets standout track from Inigo Kennedy's 2014 album Vaudeville

Transcending Tradition: An Interview With PELbO

Norwegian trio PELbO trample the lines between jazz and rock, drenching their instruments in effects and stirring a healthy dose of pop into the mix. Sam Spokony met them in Oslo to talk about their latest album Days Of Transcendence