Fire! Orchestra & Sly For Dome On Weds

A gig so good it will make your ears fall off

LIVE REPORT: Liturgy

Bryan Brussee heads to Electrowerkz to watch the ever-divisive Liturgy perform chin-ups and a set of near-transcendent metal

Alva Noto Shares The Cure Cover

The NOTON label boss has put his own take on the band's 1980 track 'A Forest'

PREVIEW: Splice Festival

With Splice Festival taking place at Rich Mix this weekend, we look ahead to what the lineup has in store for those in attendance

Magical Experiences: James Holden’s Favourite Albums

Following last year's feral The Inheritors album, Border Community label head James Holden is about to take his newly developed live show on tour, including to Field Day and Sonar Barcelona. Rory Gibb catches up with him to discuss thirteen favourite and formative albums, improvisation and atheist spirituality

Brakes

Touchdown

LISTEN: Efterklang’s Contemporary Opera

Efterklang stream new opera project in full; listen below

Bodies That Matter: Sleater-Kinney’s Visceral New Pop

Sleater-Kinney return with their ninth studio album – and with St Vincent brought in on production duties, it's a glint of shiny pop in a fug of searing vitriol, finds Anna Cafolla

Edvard Graham Lewis

Alreet?

Nearly forty years since his first solo album, the Wire bassist/vocalist might just have released his best work to date, finds Jeremy Allen

OOIOO

nijimusi

OOIOO’s latest transmission, nijimusi, is a joyous exposition of masters at work, says Bernie Brooks

Challenging Is For Everyone: 20 Years Of Supersonic Festival

A month out from the 20th anniversary edition of Birmingham’s Supersonic Festival, Kez Whelan reflects on how two decades of eclectic programming, a staunch DIY ethos and forward-thinking and inclusive politics have made it the British underground’s best-loved annual event

Guided By Voices New Music And UK Gig

First UK gig in 15 years and new LP due in February

Various Artists

Blanck Mass Presents: The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears