LISTEN: New Nathan Fake

Listen to 'Iceni Strings', first single from upcoming third album Steam Days

Armageddon Hits! Joe Elliott Of Def Leppard Baker’s Dozen

Roaring rock titan Joe Elliott of Def Leppard - DEF LEPPARD - talks Harry Sword through his guiding audio lights, from Bowie to glam to punk and back.

Le Guess Who? Completes Line-Up

Final set of acts are announced for the Utrecht festival including new Suuns project and more names for 24-Hour Drone Fest

His Art: Sean Dickson Of Soup Dragons Interviewed

An older but happier Sean Dickson has reformed the Soup Dragons. He talks to Michael Hann about the highs and lows of his career so far

Peek Aphex Twin’s Presets For New Korg Synth

Richard D. James was involved in the making of the new instrument

Blunt Trauma: Matt Pike Interviewed

The High On Fire frontman and Sleep guitarist is releasing his first solo album. Dan Franklin finds him in no mood to compromise on his beliefs as to how the world works, and who – or what – is pulling the strings. Contains NSFW video

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Distant Echoes: An Interview With kandodo

kandodo's sweeping guitar soundscapes, inspired by a childhood spent in Africa, evoke images of open space and the planet's wildest and most untamed corners. He speaks to Joseph Burnett about how his self-titled debut came together, and the predatory majesty of the hyena

LISTEN: New A Made Up Sound

Widely respected Dutch producer calls time on his own record label; stream a new track below

Their Songs Deserve To Be Heard: Moddi’s Index Of Censorship

Wyndham Wallace talks to Pål Moddi Knutsen about protest, principles, and his brand new album of banned music, Unsongs

A Roaming Suburban Boy: William Doyle Interviewed

William Doyle's new album is an ecstatic celebration of the neglected suburban estates of Britain. He speaks to Luke Turner about processing grief and coming to art in these complex landscapes. Photos by Matt Colquhoun

SHAPE Platform Announces 2017 Artists

Waclaw Zimpel, Anna Meredith and J.G. Biberkopf feature amongst the 48 carefully selected artists for the roster in 2017

Otherworldly Creature, Benign Visitor: Prince Remembered, By Simon Price

Prince devotee Simon Price offers a personal remembrance of the music genius, tracing through the unparalleled back catalogue and career of a man who seemed a "super-being who could literally do anything"

“No Rules Whatsoever”: An Interview With Lotic

Before he plays Corsica Studios tomorrow night alongside Jam City, Total Freedom and others, Lotic talks to Seb Wheeler about Heterocetera, his intimate new EP for Tri Angle, and laying waste to sexless mainstream club culture with the Janus collective

Jim Morrison At 65 (Sort Of)

Scientists show what Doors font man would have looked like if he were still alive.

Delayed Gratification: An Interview With DreamTX

Nicholas Das speaks to Zara Heddermann about how retreating into a cabin in upstate New York provided the time and space he needed to turn a period of displacement into amorphous and entrancing new album as DreamTX