Noel’s Foul House: 20 Hottest Hits of New Weird Britain 2018

It’s been a terrible year, in many ways, but either the absolute bullshit of our political discourse actually feeds the beautiful triffids that are flourishing across the musical landscape of New Weird Britain, or else they simply cannot be destroyed. Either way, time to enjoy the finest foulest releases of 2018, from Aman!!!’s Greek rebetiko to Night Thoughts’ coldwave goth to an unnerving Whigfield rethink/remix by Rian Treanor

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.

Organic Intelligence XXXI: The Pre-Trip Hop Bristol Underground

In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Jonathan Wright takes us on a trip to the fertile underground of 1980s Bristol. Photo of The Wild Bunch by @beezerphotos

Teleplasmiste On Chicken Husbandry

Mark Pilkington - one half of cosmic synth, pipes & bells duo Teleplasmiste - has recently started rearing poultry and warns: "If you buy a chicken because it looks like Tina Turner, be prepared for steamy windows."

A Baker’s Dozen: Steve Vai’s 13 Favourite Albums Revealed

Porridge powered super Scot Mark Eglinton talks to compositional guitar virtuoso about his favourite albums of all time

Smalltown Supersound Details Remix Anthology Compilation

The 40-track release takes in contributions from Four Tet, Charli XCX, Ricardo Villalobos and more

We Want To Cause Confusion: Vision Fortune Interviewed

The churning drones and hammered percussion of London's Vision Fortune thrillingly blur the lines between electronics and guitars. With their debut album imminent, they sit down with Joe Clay to discuss musical freedom, plus listen to an exclusive advance stream of the full album

FESTIVAL REPORT: Skaņu Mežs

Tristan Bath explores underexplored locations and microscopic whispers while attending a "sound forest" festival in Latvia's capital

WATCH: New Trupa Trupa Video

Gdansk-based Trupa Trupa announce their second album for Blue Tapes and X-Ray Records.

Wonder & Waveform: Hannah Peel’s Favourite Albums

Hannah Peel speaks to poet, writer and sometime collaborator Will Burns about the 13 albums that influenced her, from Kraftwerk to Jill Scott, Radiohead, Cluster and Steve Reich. Photo by Peter Marley.

Lessons Learnt: Joe Mount Of Metronomy’s Favourite Albums

As Metronomy reissue 'Nights Out' for its 10th anniversary, their frontman Joe Mount sits down with Patrick Clarke to pick his favourite records, and explain how they shaped him

Prophets, Seers & Sages: Tony Visconti’s Favourite Albums

While the veteran producer has recently been remastering T. Rex's The Slider for its 40th anniversary re-release, he found time to pick out 13 of his top records for us

Lay Of Her Land: Brix Smith Start’s Favourite Albums

As she prepares to release a debut album with her band of former Fall troopers, Brix Smith Start takes Julian Marszalek through some of the records that have shaped her life

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Orpheus In Exile: The Songs Of Vadim Kozin

Dulli Noted: Greg Dulli Of The Afghan Whigs’ Favourite Albums

With Do To The Beast, the first Afghan Whigs album since 1998, recently released, frontman Greg Dulli takes Aug Stone through the crime scenes of his all-time top LPs

British Sea Power: Krankenhaus Update!

"These are deranged times, but good times."