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Never Coming Back: An Interview With Gaza

Toby Cook chats to the Utah metal band about the evils of organised religion

Radiohead Share OK Computer 20th Anniversary Video

Video has sparked speculation about upcoming anniversary celebrations

Spool Out: February’s Tapes Reviewed By Tristan Bath

Tristan Bath mixes himself a caucasian and gets to grips with February's best cassette releases

Born Under Punches: Le Guess Who? 2021 Reviewed

Plenty of festivals have been cancelled or postponed over the last two years, but what happens when stringent new measures are introduced part way through an event? John Doran, Richard Foster and Marius Hrdy report from Utrecht

No Music: A Baker’s Dozen with Alva Noto

From Laurie Anderson’s United States Live to Meredith Monk’s Dolmen Music, Carsten Nicolai tells Mollie Zhang about 13 records that shaped his musical backbone. Photo by Andrey Bold

Reissue Of The Week: 2manydjs’ As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2

2manyDJs might have pushed indie fans towards club music with Radio Soulwax in 2002, but as Manu Ekanayake remembers, it also helped the era’s house and techno heads overcome their antipathy towards guitars

Boris

Heavy Rocks / Attention Please

Daniel Rossen

Silent Hour/Golden Mile EP

In Pole Position: Jon Hassell Interviewed

Daniel Patrick Quinn interviews Jon Hassell about his long overdue book The North And South Of You and recent reissues of his music

Föllakzoid

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Music Is Not Sport: Nils Frahm’s Favourite Albums

Before he releases his Late Night Tales compilation, the pianist, composer and new classical ("I never liked it, but I'm stuck with it now; give me something cool like 'neo jazz'") pioneer gives Karl Smith a tour of his favourite overlooked records, by musicians "that deserve a little afterglow"

Quietus Tracks Of The Year 2021

These are our favourite ABCs and RLSAGs of the last 12 months. (Anthems, Bangers, Classics & Really Long Songs About Geese)

While His Synth Gently Beeps: Benge’s Favourite Electronic LPs

We know you all love a bit of synth porn so here's Benge's Baker's Dozen - a sort of synth erotica reading, if you will, as he guides you through 13 electronic favourites from Morton Subotnick to Else Marie Pade and George Harrison's Moog explorations to Air and Autechre. Benge photo by Ed Fielding

Stir My Teenage Soul: Karl ‘Regis’ O’Connor’s Favourite LPs

Karl O'Connor guides Luke Turner through the 13 teenage hits that made him Regis, with tales of smelling like a badger on the mail train to Brum and what happens when you get a member of Einstürzende Neubauten the wrong gravel on the way

Laurie Anderson

Amelia

Laurie Anderson's tribute to Amelia Earhart searches for the woman behind the myth

Movement Ex: Golden Age Hip Hop’s Great Lost Album

This month Angus Batey turns his clinical eye away from the history of rap's powerhouse groups toward a duo who pretty much sank without trace... despite recording one of the all-time great hip hop LPs