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Daniel Blumberg Launches ‘On&On’ Reworks Series

Claire Rousay, Exotic Sin and more have been called up to deliver their own takes on the title track from Blumberg's latest album

Complete Communion: Jazz For January Reviewed By Peter Margasak

Peter Margasak hopes the music covered here doesn’t just suggest a high bar qualitatively for the year ahead, but that it also signals the worst is behind us, as many of these recordings are imbued with the sort of driving, triumphant spirit that we need to help us get back on our feet

Nils Bech

Echo

LISTEN: New Old Gnaw Their Tongues

Blast of supreme heft from Dutch creeps' just-released double-disc early material album, Collected Atrocities 2005​-​2008

Horace Andy Details New LP With Adrian Sherwood, ‘Midnight Rocker’

It's the first time the two artists have come together on record

Star Wars: Clone Wars. The Quietus Chokes On George Lucas’ Table-Scraps

As the Star Wars franchise churns out its first entirely CGI movie, Dan Curley wishes that Lucas had stayed on his ranch, stroking his beard.

Grace Jones Symposium Planned At Edinburgh University

The symposium is the second in an ongoing international series devoted to exploring the topic of 'the iconic'

Raw Power Announces GNOD And More For 2022 Edition

The festival returns for the first time since 2019 this August

National Jazz Trio Of Scotland

Standards Volume III

Inner Ear: Czech Music For October Reviewed by Jakub Knera

In the fourth part of his report on the contemporary music of Eastern and Central Europe, Jakub Knera digs into the Czech Republic's experimental and avant garde music scene and finds a creative community alive with psychedelic sounds

Stian Westerhus

Amputation

tQ + Houndstooth At The Great Escape

Check out a playlist featuring music from the acts joining us at the Brighton festival later this month

Black Teeth And A Brilliant Smile By Adelle Stripe: A Playlist

Author Adelle Stripe compiles a list of assorted tracks to accompany the bruising backdrop of West Riding in the Thatcher era. Her debut novel, Black Teeth And A Brilliant Smile, is published this week

Radicalism Comes From Content: Steven Parrino In Dallas

In an abandoned warehouse in Dallas, Adam Lehrer re-examines the legacy of punk rock artist Steven Parrino