With a surprise new album, Owen Pallett returns to the story of the “young, ultra-violent farmer” Lewis, and has drafted in the London Contemporary Orchestra to help out. Rob Hakimian is on hand to ask about the sonic and narrative details that went into the creation of this long-awaited record
Finnish duo Clouds have emerged from the dubstep diaspora with a unique sound hinged around balances: between organic and synthetic, between space and density. They speak to Sonic Router's Oli Marlow about their working process, plus listen to an exclusive mix below
In this month's Low Culture essay, Jude Rogers reflects on Penelope Farmer's novel Charlotte Sometimes, its influence on The Cure, and how it captures the fraught time between childhood and adolescence that we perhaps never leave