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Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki 1933-2020

Musician and writer James Martin remembers the Polish conductor and composer, while celebrating his entire career - not just the early, highly praised work - as evidence of someone who wished to remain in tune with his times and not just repeat himself

WATCH: Outfit – Thank God I Was Dreaming

Video for new single ahead of UK tour starting today

Music For Mallet Musicians: Ex-Easter Island Head Interviewed

Using mallets and guitars, Liverpool's Ex-Easter Island Head whip up tropical storm clouds of rhythm and natural reverberation. Simon Jay Catling speaks to the band's Benjamin Duvall about minimalism and making hypnotic music for £5 worth of bamboo

Former Zero Books Staff Start Repeater

New press founded following resignation of staff from Zero after "long standing antagonism" with parent company

The Maccabees

Given To The Wild

Things I Have Learned About Sci Fi By Neil McAdams Of Black Breath

Just stop dicking about and get into sci-fi, says Neil McAdams to Toby Cook. Some of it is about the survival of the human race, and some of it is about humanoid-ant hybrid detective stories

Things Learned At: Rewire Festival

Richard Foster heads down to Rewire in The Hague, the Netherlands for a cutting edge event for those wanting an alternative to seeing rock's corpse given a fresh slap of mascara.  

Julia-Sophie

Forgive Too Slow

Formerly of Little Fish and Candy Says, the Anglo-French singer-producer here fills floors and breaks hearts in roughly equal measure

Hustling For Fame And Fortune: Dominique Young Unique Interviewed

After meeting Dominique Young Unique, Petra Davis decides that she isn't worried about her one little bit - she has all the tools required for total domination

A Controlling Cacophony: Dan Deacon’s Favourite Albums

With his fourth album Gliss Riffer released earlier this year and a European tour just started, the Baltimore electronics wizard tells Dom Smith what the gems in his record collection have given to his own musical creations

Lamb Of God’s Resolution Previewed: Best Metal Of 2012?

Toby Cook sets fire to his best of 2011 list and looks forward to 2012 and the release of Lamb Of God's new LP, Resolution

Spool’s Out with Tristan Bath: The Top 20 Tapes Of 2015

Tristan Bath rounds up his top 20 cassette tapes and favourite tape label of 2015 in his annual assessment of the state of music on tape. Illustration by Wedhar Riyadi

Apocalyptic Dreaming: Ben Chasny On Six Organs Of Admittance

Ned Raggett asks Ben Chasny about the new Six Organs Of Admittance album Asleep On The Floodplain

Energy Capture: Byetone’s Favourite Albums

The producer and co-founder of Raster-Noton talks Christian Eede through a "rock-oriented" selection of his favourite records as the pioneering German electronic music label celebrate two decades of operations

A Decade In Review: David Stubbs Asks Whatever Happened To Pop?

The Quietus kicks off a series of essays looking back at the past decade with David Stubbs' look at the evolution of what we call pop

Dream Recall: An Interview With Faint Wild Light

James Ginzburg, one half of electronic duo Emptyset, tells John Freeman how new project Faint Wild Light helped rekindle his interest in music after making dance tunes "became like playing a video game"