Minny Pops New Album And Tour

Dutch electro pioneers reform for live shows

Low Culture Essay: Jimmy Martin On Ministry’s With Sympathy

In this month’s Low Culture Essay, Jimmy Martin revisits Ministry’s much-maligned synth pop debut With Sympathy and asks, with the distance of 40 years, if it’s actually Al Jourgensen’s finest work

FESTIVAL REPORT: Wysing

The Wysing Festival in rural Cambridgeshire last weekend saw a female-artist-focussed line-up on a thrillingly diverse date out that ranged from abstract experimentation to shouty indie and gothic disco jams. Melissa Steiner reports on great sets from the likes of Holly Herndon, Nik Colk Void, Helena Hauff, Woolf, Trash Kit, and various Raincoats.

Here Time Becomes Space: From Jeremiah Day To John Latham

Jeremiah Day's performances draw on Hannar Arendt and the events of Taksim Square and Gezi Park. Arcade Gallery's show Even Dust Can Burst Into Flames puts Day alongside Anna Barham, Kit Craig, and John Latham

Talking Away: A-Ha On The Making Of Take On Me

Thirty-five years after a-Ha unveiled their debut, Hunting High & Low, Wyndham Wallace talks to the band about their life as young, starving artists, Hendrix’ ‘Hey Joe’, understanding three dimensional space, and the quest for the perfect ‘Take On Me’…

New Weird Russia – Part One: Sampler

In the first of a new series on the current Russian alternative music scene, Richard Foster looks at the influence of the social network VK, the power of sentimentality, and making an “alternative Internationale”. And provides an introductory music sampler

Two Poems By: Emily Toder

New writing this week comes in the form an unlikely and unsettling love letter to a Norfolk seaside town via Brooklyn-based poet Emily Toder

Finding The Connection: Laetitia Sadier’s Favourite Albums

Laetitia Sadier takes Ben Graham on a transformative journey via the power of music, with 13 records from Manchester to Rio De Janeiro, Toulouse to Chicago and beyond

A Glimmer Of Cope: Adelle Stripe On The Modern Antiquarian

In the first of our subscriber-exclusive Low Culture essays, Adelle Stripe opens her battered copy of Julian Cope's The Modern Antiquarian and argues that this guide to Britain's neolithic remains has a strikingly modern relevance

“I Wish I Was The Girl Next Door”: Akiko Matsuura Of Comanechi Interviewed

Ash Dosanjh sits down with Akiko Matsuura to discuss disapproving parents and dispel preconceptions of promiscuity

Oneohtrix Point Never Talks His 13 Favourite Albums

Following the release of his best full-length so far Replica, Daniel Lopatin, the mind behind Oneohtrix Point Never and one half of Ford & Lopatin, takes us through his 13 favourite albums. Click the image at the bottom to begin.

Digital Løve: Eden Reviewed

Patrick Gamble reviews Daft-Punk-Featuring French house music drama, Eden

Snoop Dogg Walks The Line

Reissue Of The Week: Ferkat Al Ard’s Oghneya

Newly reissued by Habibi Funk, Ferkat Al Ard's glorious 1978 debut album is a powerful tribute to Beirut's pre-Civil War cultural 'golden age', and the deep-rooted musical links between Lebanon and Brazil

LISTEN: Stream Rozi Plain’s New Album

Friend is out on Lost Map Records next week, and we've got a first play of it in its entirety; 26-date UK tour in the offing

Throbbing Gristle

The Thirty-Second Annual Report Of Throbbing Gristle