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Bab L’ Bluz

NAYDA!

Fusing contemporary rock and funk and ancient traditional North African musical forms, Moroccan-French quartet Bab L’ Bluz open up portals to a new kind of blues, finds Richie Troughton

The Drums

Portamento

Some Will Not Sleep: Adam Nevill’s Favourite Horror Short Stories

To mark the Halloween release of his own first collection of short stories, Some Will Not Sleep: Selected Horrors, horror novelist and genre aficionado, Adam Nevill, selects a Baker’s Dozen of his favourite short stories from contemporary writers in the field of modern horror. As with Nevill’s 2015 filmic Baker’s Dozen, fans of the genre are going to find an abundance of suggestions to work through on this list. (Written by Adam Nevill, as relayed to Sean Kitching)

LISTEN: Radio Ghibli On NTS

Sega Bodega plays an hour of music taken from Studio Ghibli films

Wakey, Wakey, Campers: Scott King Takes Britlins To Colchester

New Town animal John Quin reports from a furnished cage

Irrepressible Discoveries: James Lavelle Of UNKLE’s 13 Favourite Albums

With a new album on the way and a much-anticipated set at Brighton's Attenborough Centre at the ready, James Lavelle, the man behind UNKLE and Mo' Wax, takes Elizabeth Aubrey through the 13 records that shaped him

WATCH: A$AP Rocky Behind The Scenes Clip

Have a look at the Harlem rapper filming the video for single Wild For The Night

Neurosis’ Scott Kelly Admits To Abuse Of His Family

The co-founder of the Californian metal band also announced his retirement from music

Strength In Strangeness: The Anchoress’ Favourite Albums

Ahead of a show this Saturday at London's Southbank Centre, Catherine Anne Davies takes us through the 13 albums that have defined her life and work as The Anchoress, from childhood memories soundtracked by The Carpenters and lifechanging encounters with the Manics and PJ Harvey as a teen, to newfound infatuations with SZA and The 1975,

Get In The Back Of The Van! Parts & Labor vs Teeth Of The Sea

As Teeth Of The Sea prepare to support Parts & Labor on their UK tour, the two bands discuss the myths, perils, and joys of life on the road

Low Culture Podcast: The Decline Of Western Civilisation Part II The Metal years

In this month's Low Culture podcast, we head back to the 1980s and filmmaker Penelope Spheeris' take on the LA hair metal scene

M.I.C.

Heaven Is Black

The latest release from Polarface Records: another quiet triumph.

How The Music Industry Is Killing Music And Blaming The Fans

While the industry continues to blame illegal downloading for its financial woes, it’s musicians who are paying the price while being forced to work harder than ever. But label inertia means culture itself is at stake, and even democracy could suffer, argues Wyndham Wallace

Horns Up Ya Shitters! October’s Best Metal Reviewed

After narrowly escaping murder at the hands of boozing bastards in his native Norfolk, Toby Cook is back with reviews of De Magia Veterum, Neurosis, Krisiun, Von, Weapon, Ichabod, Converge, Anaal Nathrakh and Pig Destroyer

Picture This: Are Any Books Truly Unfilmable?

With Denis Villeneuve's new take on Dune now just shy of a year away, the question of which stories we tell onscreen arises once more, finds Thomas H. Sheriff

WATCH: Midlake – Antiphon

Video for title track of forthcoming new album ahead of UK shows tonight and tomorrow