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Stereolab Detail Fifth Volume Of ‘Switched On’ Compilation Series

'Pulse Of The Early Brain' includes rare material by the group that dates from the '90s through to the '00s

KORG Announces Affordable Buchla-Inspired Modular

KORG expands its Volca range of battery-powered synths with a new Modular inspired by Don Buchla's synths

“Put That Back And Get Something Decent”: Pete Burns Behind The Counter

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Going for a Song: A Chronicle of the UK Record Shop, Garth Cartwright tells the story of the Cartel and Probe Records

Stir My Teenage Soul: Karl ‘Regis’ O’Connor’s Favourite LPs

Karl O'Connor guides Luke Turner through the 13 teenage hits that made him Regis, with tales of smelling like a badger on the mail train to Brum and what happens when you get a member of Einstürzende Neubauten the wrong gravel on the way

Sound In Space: Paul Smith & Peter Brewis Interviewed

An arts festival commission has become a new album with a bit of Maxïmo Park, a bit of Field Music and a lot of string quartet. Before they play three dates this week, Nick Hutchings investigates

LISTEN: Rustie & Nightwave – ‘Surph’

Glaswegian producer reboots a track from last year's Glass Swords album, with added pop suss courtesy of Nightwave

You Don’t Have To Rob A Bank: The Roots Of Peter Rehberg

By the time the late Peter Rehberg was at secondary school, his appetite for noisy mischief-making was already well established. John Eden, who was in the year below, remembers his youthful guide into far-out sounds

Perception Is A Mother Fucker: The Strange World Of… Hieroglyphic Being

Jamal Moss aka Hieroglyphic Being grabs Dustin Krcatovich by the dome for a journey through a sprawling back catalog that marries house and techno to cosmic jazz, industrial squall, and sonic vistas yet unknown

On The Wing: Trent Reznor On Creativity & How To Destroy Angels

With Nine Inch Nails currently on hiatus, Trent Reznor is currently hard at work on new project How To Destroy Angels, whose An Omen_ EP is out now. He speaks to Ned Raggett about exploring new avenues and the challenges of creativity

LISTEN: Stream Adrian Utley’s In C In Full

Exclusive stream of the album; plus, we talk to the Portishead member about recording Terry Riley's seminal piece with his Guitar Orchestra

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We’re Only Gonna Die: Bad Religion And The End Of The World

Who better to spend the 21/12/12 Mayan Apocalypse with than Bad Religion frontman and evolutionary biologist Dr. Greg Graffin, PhD? Alex Burrows takes notes at the end of days

The Drop Cord: Thou on one of 2024’s Best Metal LPs, Umbilical

Thou’s new album takes a brutal back-to-basics approach, all under the ruthless glare of frontman Bryan Funck. Dan Franklin speaks to him and guitarist Andy Gibbs about holding their feet to the fire, roughly dispensing with melody and, most surprisingly, The Mighty Boosh. Main picture of Thou live by Mae Cravotta

Revenge Of The Synth: Benge Interviewed & Synth Porn Photo Gallery

Ben 'Benge' Edwards has recorded a beguiling album in Twenty Systems which traces the history of the analogue synthesizer. John Doran chats to him and Lucy Johnston creates a gallery of vintage synthesizer porn.

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Man Of God: Jim James Of My Morning Jacket Interviewed