Towards An Unknown Resolution: Bloc Weekend 2015 Reviewed

Bloc Weekend returned to Butlins Minehead last week, for its first festival at the venue since 2011. Rory Gibb and Ed Gillett journeyed out west to report on a weekend of techno-heavy delights, spaced-out cosmic drifts and several killer DJ sets. Photographs by Beth Marsh and Jake Davis

Better To Reign In Hell: Alien: Covenant Reviewed

Christopher Machell reviews Ridley Scott's eagerly anticipated latest contribution to the Alien franchise. Is it a return to form? Or just another bug hunt? (Contains slight spoilers)

Björk To Release Acoustic Album

Björk will follow up the release of Vulnicura with acoustic take on the album

Black Midi Release New Live Album, ‘Live-Cade’

It features live versions of tracks from this year's 'Cavalcade' LP

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Heaven & Earth

A Babylonian Tower: Marc Hollander’s Favourite Music

Marc Hollander's Aksak Maboul have released one of the albums of the year and his Crammed Discs label have consistently provided a wide-ranging soundtrack to the globe. He guides David McKenna through favourite albums in this week's Baker's Dozen

Stereolab Detail First Studio LP in 15 Years, ‘Instant Holograms On Metal Film’

The 13-track record is out next month

Bodies Rest And Motion: Magali Reus At South London Gallery

At Magali Reus's current show at the SLG, Matthew Turner finds objects that speak for themselves in a warped material reality

On Ghostwriting: Drake, Meek Mill & T.S. Eliot Back To Back

By accusing Drake of not writing his own verses Meek Mill put hip-hop on a pedestal in terms of its artistic purity. But — true or not — does it matter? At least one other great work of literary art wasn't put together singlehandedly...

New Weird Britain In Review For October By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner unearths some East Sussex noise, the world's first modular acoustic synth, RAF early warning techno, and other odd gems from the British DIY underground

Odd Future Booted Off Festival

Collective no longer playing Big Day Out NZ after complaints over lyrics

In Pursuit Of Restless Beauty: Max Richter’s 13 Favourite LPs

With the release of his deep dive Behind The Counter compilation, composer Max Richter talks to Ed Power about the albums that shaped his musical philosophies and encouraged him to escape the humdrum of suburbia

More Depeche Mode LP Details

Out in March...

Judge Not, Lest Ye be Judged: Joel McIver On 2012 Film Dredd

In this month's Low Culture subscriber essay, Joel McIver argues for the elevation of the excellent but underperforming Dredd to the pantheon of cinematic godhood. Warning, perp: this contains plot spoilers.

Soul Searching: Lisa Stansfield’s Favourite Albums

With the release of her first album in ten years, Lisa Stansfield talks to John Freeman about 13 albums that each occupies a little piece of her heart.

Why The Music Business Shouldn’t Turn Into The Art Business

As Wu-Tang Clan unveil their one copy luxury new LP, Robert Barry argues that even in these straitened times, the last thing we need is for the music industry to start resembling the shady, exploitative art world