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Loney Dear

A Lantern and a Bell

A Lantern and A Bell finds Loney Dear paring back their sound, but the record still sparks joy for Andrew Bulhak

More Than Entertainment: Moses Boyd’s Favourite Music

Following the release of his Dark Matter album, London jazz scene mainstay Moses Boyd guides Michael Appouh through the music that shaped it, from N*/E/*/R*/D to Dizzee, Jeff Buckley and hymns of praise

These New Puritans Detail ‘Hidden’ Reissue

Jack and George Barnett are marking the 10th anniversary of the album with some additional unheard material

Gang Of Four’s Jon King on Fighting Fascism

From how bass guitars make excellent weapons to why feminist artists were so inspiring, Jon King tells Elizabeth Aubrey about the things he learned bashing the fash with Gang Of Four

The Rhythm Divine: Running Up That Hill By Kate Bush

'Running Up That Hill' may finally be at the top of the charts, some 37 years after it was first released, but how was it made, what does it mean and why has it connected so strongly with a younger generation? Matthew Lindsay has some answers

Vince Clarke: New Erasure, VCMG & Solo LP

Andy Bell

Non-Stop

The Quietus ‘Take Over’ 6 Music Tonight!

The Enduring Influence of John Fahey’s Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death, 60 Years On

As The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death turns 60, Will Snelling explores how the record's combination of bare-bones intimacy and haunting atmosphere, post modern edge and inherent tension loom large over myriad artists today

Artists Broadcast Radio Show In Solidarity With Iranian Protests

The Radio AlHara transmission takes place this week

LIVE REPORT: Laurie Anderson

Jody Beth Rosen visits Royce Hall for the culmination of Laurie Anderson's tour of Landfall, a compositional collaboration with The Kronos Quartet

John Cale

Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood

Sam Evian

Time to Melt

The third album from Figure 8 Studios former inhouse engineer, has all the grooves and breaks in the right places but the studio takes the front seat, finds Jeremy Allen

Exclusive Mark Dicker/Left Hand Cuts Off The Right Stream

A new split cassette release from Mark Dicker and Left Hand Cuts Off The Right will be celebrated with an all-dayer in London.

All The Heavy Riffing: Mastodon Interviewed

Hunter-gatherer Toby Cook talks to Brann Dailor and Troy Sanders of Mastodon about their colossal new album. Burls On Film: Miss Shela of Detroit

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for October by Daryl Worthington

A mixtape of Indonesian horror movie sounds, a doom metal supergroup from Beijing, the return of Felinto and a pair of artists embracing the sounds of insects. Daryl Worthington reports from the ever vibrant tape underground