LISTEN: Barn Owl – The Long Shadow

First listen of track from forthcoming album V; tour dates below

Kevin Cummins Talks Stone Roses Photos

The Third Coming, a retrospective of photos of the newly reformed Stone Roses by Ian Tilton, Kevin Cummins and Paul Slattery, runs until the 12th August at Whiteley's Bayswater. Helen Donlon caught up with Cummins and Slattery at the exhibition's opening to discuss their history with the band

Psychedelic Meditation: Kurt Vile’s Favourite Albums

As he starts the UK leg of touring b'lieve i'm goin down…, the Philadelphian singer-songwriter goes from live free jazz to dry-humoured piano sketches in picking 13 albums that steered the sound of his sixth album

Rolo Tomassi Announce New Album

Third album Astraea out on November 5; UK tour dates below

Caterina Barbieri/ELEH

Split

Don’t just do something, sit there! New pieces from Caterina Barbieri and ELEH expand your mind, find strength in staticity

Milk Music

Cruise Your Illusion

Manchester’s Deaf Institute And Gorilla Have Closed For Good

Both are victims of the COVID-19 shutdown

Kelela Details New Album, ‘Raven’

The US artist's first album in more than five years is out in February

WATCH: Stellate Series Preview 2

Stroboscopic Artefacts' previewing of the rather ace Stellate series continues with another dark, moody trailer

These New Puritans Announce New Album And Tour Details

The band's longawaited fourth album will be titled 'Inside The Rose' and released this Spring. Homepage photo by Harley Weir.

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews For February By Daryl Worthington

Daryl Worthington gets some of the story behind Jordanian label Drowned By Locals, and dives into some of the finest cassettes of the winter, from Chapman Stick odysseys via poignant collages and high velocity beats

Deaf Wish

Pain

Nas On Hip-Hop: “It’s Dead”

Music tainted by greed, claims rapper

LIVE REPORT: SPOR Festival

Leo Chadburn reports from Aarhaus, Denmark on SPOR, a festival of contemporary music and sound art. Photo by Samuel Olandersson

Damn & Blast! Supersonic Festival 2011 Reviewed

The Quietus goes to Birmingham and only a bit of our brains come back, thankfully carrying these words on Turbonegro, Cut Hands, Barn Owl, Electric Wizard, Envy, Byetone, Scorn and more more more. Words by Manish Agarwal, John Doran, Rory Gibb, David Moats, Luke Turner & Adam Anonymous. Photos thanks to Shot2bits.net

Report: Independent Label Market, London

A vinyl love-in to compare with Record Store Day, the Independent Label Market brings together the good and the great of the indies to sell their finest. Laurie Tuffrey went along to talk, shop and talk shop