Cian Tsang

Mika Swapping Tunes For Toons?

Singer may become a cartoonist...

INTERVIEW: Gaggle On Updating Lysistrata

The all-female ensemble's Deborah Coughlin talks to us about their take on Aristophanes' sex strike comedy before the show begins at the Almeida in London this weekend. Photographs courtesy of Kylie Ann Fisher

John Robb Interviewed: Underground Resistance – The Return Of The Membranes

The Membranes are back, and John Robb tells us why. Prepare to have your eyeballs seared by the most fervent interviewee of the year. Live pictures courtesy Shot2bits.net

Mendoza Hoff Revels

Echolocation

The incendiary debut album from guitarist Ava Mendoza and bassist Devin Hoff (with James Brandon Lewis on tenor sax and Ches Smith on drums) evokes a fusion of Sonny Sharrock and Sonic Youth, or Black Flag and Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time, finds Sean Kitching

Slash To Tour UK In October

Five-date UK tour announced in support of Apocalyptic Love album

David Sylvian

A Victim Of Stars

Liquid Lunch: Milk Fed By Melissa Broder

Melissa Broder's follow-up to 2018's *The Pisces* spins body dysmorphia and Orthodox Judaism into a compelling read, finds Lucy Dunn

A Life Turning Pages: Robert Forster’s Favourite Books

The Go-Betweens founder takes Aug Stone through his 'eclectic even to himself' reading tastes

LIVE REPORT: Tim Hecker, Pete Swanson, Vessel

Tristan Bath on a stunning night of music from the latest instalment of the St John's Sessions

The Strange World Of… Field Music

As the Brewis brothers, the mainstays of Field Music, prepare to release a new album, they guide Jonathan Wright through their work together – and apart – via 10 key releases