Burhan Wazir

Albums Of The Month: Music We’ve Loved In November

James Holden, Tetragrammacide, Gazelle Twin and Charlotte Gainsbourg: a pretty great dinner-party guestlist and also a few of our albums of the month.

Nisennenmondai

Destination Tokyo

Critic’s Round-Up: Mark Kermode’s Favourite Albums

The film critic, television presenter and skiffle bassist sets aside his DVD stack to talk top records with Marc Burrows

Lead Review: Wyndham Wallace On Marconi Union’s Ghost Stations

In the Manchester trio's ninth album in thirteen years, Wyndham Wallace finds an album that may not stand in protest of offer itself as a cure to the looming dark, but excels as a sonic space of shelter

Spain Scraps Visa Requirement For UK Touring Musicians

UK musicians and their crew will no longer need visas for stays of less than 90 days

Really Heavy Things: Devin Townsend’s Favourite Albums

…well, apart from Enya. The Strapping Young Lad man offers up his top albums

Bill Cunningham New York Preview

Portrait of the beloved veteran photographer gets a theatrical release this week. Eftihia Stefanidi strikes a pose

Sharp Dressed Fan: Billy Gibbons Of ZZ Top’s Favourite Albums

As ZZ Top take their live greatest hits album on tour, their lead singer and guitarist Billy Gibbons talks Kiran Acharya through his top 13 LPs, setting aside some of his more well-worn classics in favour of recent favourites

Let Us Press Pley: Jus Oborn Of Electric Wizard’s Favourite Horror Films

Electric Wizard grand magus Jus Oborn talks to Harry Sword about a lifetime of immersion in the outposts of horror, sleaze and exploitation cinema, why 'heavy' isn't about the peddles and amps you use and the importance of playing the long game.

Cold Cave

Love Comes Close

Edinburgh International Festival Reveals 2021 Programme

Anna Meredith, black midi and more will mark the return of live music to Scotland this August

Bear Necessities: Gold Panda’s Favourite Albums

Following the release of his third album, Good Luck And Do Your Best, Derwin talks to John Freeman about the 13 albums, from Michael Jackson to the Akira soundtrack, that helped shape his Gold Panda project

I Blame The Music: Lias Saoudi’s Baker’s Dozen

Lead singer of Fat White Family, Lias Saoudi, self-pens a Baker’s Dozen of thirteen musical choices that map his early life to the present day, from Ireland to Scotland, Cambodia to Algeria, via dark country and the howling void. With thanks to Adelle Stripe

Arca Shares Track With Rosalía, ‘KLK’

New album 'KiCK i' is out this Friday

A Thumbs-Up To The People We Liked: How We Used Saint Etienne To Live

In an exclusive extract from his new book How We Used Saint Etienne To Live, Ramzy Alwakeel looks back to the early tape experiments behind 'So Tough' and Foxbase Alpha

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