Enrico Monacelli

How Do I Listen To This? Tyondai Braxton’s Favourite LPs

As he prepares to to play London's Convergence Festival and other UK venues, Tyondai Braxton guides Lottie Brazier through 13 key records, from Brian Eno to Mark Fell, Autechre and Florian Hecker

Everyday Magic: ‘Whisper Of The Heart’ And The Experience Of Wonder

Now turning 25, Studio Ghibli's Whisper of the Heart still stands as one of the most impressive and emotional things the Japanese animation titans have ever done. Ian Wang looks back on the earnest, wide-eyed optimism of a masterpiece

Spool’s Out: Your Tape Cassette Release Roundup For August

Tristan Bath dives back into the tapeosphere, emerging for you this month with a stack of party beats, tropical dreamscapes and freeform electronics

The Devil in the Flesh: David Sylvian’s ‘Red Guitar’ at 40

Travis Elborough recalls how the Japan frontman's startling debut solo single ‘Red Guitar’ stood out among the rest of 1980s pop, and how his teenage love of David Sylvian introduced him to worlds beyond his everyday

Laura Cannell

Swooping Talons Remixes

LIVE REPORT: The National

Paul Smith finds the National by turns sublime and squalid at their recent Roundhouse show. Photographs courtesy of Valerio Berdini

The Map and the Territory: Rockfort Interviews Gaspar Claus

David McKenna interviews innovative, itinerant cellist Gaspar Claus and presents a brand new mix for July

808 State Of Mind: Proto-Crunk Originator DJ Spanish Fly

Phil Hebblethwaite, Editor of our big sister paper The Stool Pigeon meets one of hip hop's unsung heroes, DJ Spanish Fly

LISTEN: Tiga – Plush (Ame Remix)

German duo give new single the rework treatment

Staying On The One: Bootsy Collins’ Favourite LPs

Bootsy Collins helped define the sound of funk, working with Parliament and James Brown, who taught him the mysterious concept of The One. In this Bakers Dozen, he talks to Julian Marszalek about those times & why he couldn't leave home without dropping acid and listening to Hendrix