Why The BBC’s Radio Cuts Are A Disaster For Our Cultural Health

Last week the BBC announced swingeing cuts to its leftfield programming on Radio 3, with Late Junction, Jazz Now and Music Planet hit. Richard Foster argues this is a short-sighted decision with far-reaching consequences

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El Mosameh Sherine

An album of cut-up samples of one of Egypt's most popular pop singers reveals a wealth of hidden pathos for Jon Buckland

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Noise & Cries 굉​음​과 울음

From Seoul via Berlin, black metal vocals meets industrial electronics and traditional Korean song styles

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Trainwreckin’ Crew? Philip Glass’ Einstein On The Beach At The Barbican

Philip Glass' opera Einstein On The Beach is having its first UK performance at the Barbican Centre. Leo Chadburn attends a potential trainwreck

Listening With Uncertainty: Rum Music With Russell Cuzner

In which, upon its re-opening, we find the Rum Music Library haunted by the playback of an unlocatable recording as staff try to round up 2019’s first batch of sounds from the un-genre-ground, including the latest releases from Black to Comm, Howlround, Annabelle Playe, Andrew Liles, Rudolf Eb.er, Gaël Segalen, Sion Orgon and Maja Ratkje

LISTEN: Lee Ranaldo – ‘Off The Wall’

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I Think That’s The Lot: Mark E Smith Signs Off On Jan St Werner’s New Album

Formed around a core originally recorded in 2014 at the Cornerhouse, Manchester, Jan St. Werner of Mouse on Mars channels the voice of the late Fall frontman on Molocular Meditation, with uncanny results, finds Adam Lehrer