New Stephan Mathieu & Sylvain Chauveau LP

Smog lyrics backed by Farfisa organ, French horn and zither instrumentals on new album Palimpsest; listen to 'Soaking The Pages In Tea' below

MXLX

Nebula Rasa

A towering release from Bristol maximalist Matt Loveridge, finds Noel Gardner

LISTEN: Bong – Polaris

Opening track/one half of forthcoming new album Stoner Rock

Active Listening: An Interview With Molly Nilsson

A prolific self-releasing artist playing a rare festival set at Field Day, the Swedish songwriter tells Patrick Clarke why she'd rather you discovered her music by "weird coincidence" or YouTube marathon than label publicity

Jeff Mills Reissues ‘The Bells’ With Unreleased Track

The release is the latest in his 'The Director's Cut' series

The Dread Magnificence Of Perversity: Teeth Of The Sea Interviewed

John Calvert talks to Teeth Of The Sea about sex, violence and D.I.S.C.O.

Hanks For The Memories: The ‘Burbs Revisited

Tony McKiver goes back to the old neighbourhood to reassess Joe Dante's anarchic and subversive comedy 'The 'Burbs'

Watch: New Dr Dre Video

See 'I Need A Doctor' now

DVA

Pretty Ugly

When Mark Met Nick and Shane: Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse

From Rock's Backpages this month, an infamous NME pop summit from 1989. James Brown and Sean O'Hagan took Mark E Smith, Nick Cave & Shane MacGowan to the Montague Arms (RIP) in New Cross. Great merriment ensued... (republished 24th January 2018)

Grouper Releases Album As Nivhek

Liz Harris takes on a new alias for her surprise latest release

Draw A Straight Line: Linear Obsessional Recordings Interviewed

From recordings of Russian spaceports to musical machinery, Richard Sanderson's free-download label has been charting the sonic hinterlands for three years now. The founder and musician talks to Robert Barry

Bill Drummond Interview – No Music Day Has Been And Gone

In an irony that hasn't gone unnoticed, an over-zealous spam filter stopped us from receiving Ben Graham's feature until after No Music Day on Saturday. For Bill Drummond, thorn in the side of the art community and the music industry, we have all the time in the world however, so here it is . . .

A Double-Headed Secret: An Interview With Cyclobe

Cyclobe, the ex-Coil duo of Stephen Thrower and Ossian Brown, have spent over a decade honing a beguiling blend of electro-acoustics and folk instrumentation. Ahead of their show at this year's Meltdown festival, they speak about current projects, the occult and their friendship with Coil

Beastie Boys: Selecting The Best For One Side Of A C90

In honour of the reissue of Paul's Boutique Toby Cook creates a C90 mix tape of Beasties tracks that ignores the organic funk, the hardcore punk and the singles in favour of hip hop jams

A Volcanic Talent: Senyawa Interviewed

Indonesian duo Senyawa are one of the most startlingly original acts of recent years, combining a bamboo instrument shaped like a ritual spear with throat singing, producing music that's reminiscent of heavy metal. WTF, asks John Doran. Vocalist Rully Shabara Herman gives him some answers