Spool’s Out: Your Cassette Tape Release Roundup For November

For your tapedeck (and bandcamp) delectation, the finest new cassette releases, including the best Japanese producer you never heard of, the modern sound of the trombone, the early work of Rangers, and some postindustrial Northern primitive guitar

Arctic Monkeys: New Single Is “Strange”

But band reveal 'Crying Lighting' was an early "favourite"

Arctic Monkeys New Single

'Cornerstone' set for release

Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC For April

Do you feel lucky punk? Well do you? That's good, because Noel Gardner is back with more of the stuff you love. Home page photo: Romero

Pet Shop Boys To Release Live DVD

_Pandemonium_ out next month

Blur Reform For Big Gigs

Damon and Graham bury the hatchet

LIVE REPORT: FKA twigs

Laurie Tuffrey reports back from FKA twigs' recent stop in London

WATCH: Man Forever Short Film ft. Laurie Anderson

Watch the Joshua Ford-directed video for 'Twin Torches', which features vocals and lyrics from Laurie Anderson.

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Supermarket

Green Man Rising 2013 Open For Entries

New band competition for spot opening this year's festival accepting entries

LIVE REPORT: Thurston Moore Group

Sean Kitching witnesses the ongoing evolution of the Thurston Moore Group sound at Scala, Kings Cross, London

Posh Isolation Announce Damien Dubrovnik Album

Posh Isolation founders announce their new album as Damien Dubrovnik marking the label's 200th release

Carlton Melton Announce New Album

Psych-rock four piece Carlton Melton return with a September release of their fourth album; tour dates below

Oya Nights: Live Report From Oslo Part One

John Doran watches Tremoro Tarantura, Mount Kimbie, Electric Wizard and the Wu-Tang Clan

A$AP Rocky Announces UK Summer Shows

Listening Without Prejudice: Tallinn Music Week 2012

Visit Estonia’s Tallinn Music Week – now in its fourth year –and you will find an event that is very much ahead of the curve, in a country where the power and political significance of music is not to be underestimated or forgotten. Zoë Howe writes. Photo thanks to Mari Kadanik