Jessie Thompson

Rey Sapienz / Various

Mushoro / Electro Acholi Kaboom From Northern Uganda

Two new cuts from Nyege Nyege Tapes dip into a rich seam of African electronica, finds Clyde Macfarlane

WATCH: Kristoffer Lo Mini Documentary

Kristoffer Lo is a drone metal influenced brass player from Norway. This mini-documentary shows him utilising a remote lighthouse to make incredible music

Aides-Memoires: Ben UFO Selects 13 Favourite Records

Ahead of Hessle Audio's three-room takeover of Fabric this Friday, the DJ and Hessle Audio co-founder rifles through his record collection and discusses thirteen particular favourites with Rory Gibb

Membranes

What Nature Gives... Nature Takes Away

The Membranes' latest, What Natures Gives… Nature Takes Away has everything from a 21st century take on the Beats to an alternative theme tune for Match of the Day, finds Richard Foster

The Black Dog

Music For Real Airports

Dre Ain’t Shit: 25 Years On And The Chronic Still Stinks

It was the record that ended hip hop's Golden Age and confirmed lazy nihilism as the art form's most valuable ingredient. After 25 years, Angus Batey asks, isn't it time its maker began to accept some responsibility?

Bombarded With Asteroids: Richard Hawley’s Favourite Albums

Before he heads off on a tour of the UK tomorrow, the Sheffield singer-songwriter and quiffsman takes Sharon O'Connell through the rock & roll, blues and rockabilly albums that shaped his early listening

Burn Again: Lawrence English’s Favourite Albums

After celebrating Room40's 15th birthday, the label head and ambient composer pauses in his hometown of Brisbane to go from Swans to Japanese court music in taking Kate Hennessy through his 13 "foundational" records

Swans Roundhouse Support Announced

Jas Shaw and Okkyung Lee for Swans' biggest ever UK show

LISTEN: New Half Japanese

Check out a new track from the band below

The Body & OAA Detail Collaborative LP, ‘Enemy Of Love’

It's out on Thrill Jockey in February

Godflesh Have Reformed!

Quietus favourites to play Hellfest festival

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

Thom Yorke For Club To Club

Radiohead frontman among recent additions to Italian festival taking place in November

Such Gravity Without A Centre: Lavinia Blackwall & Laura J Martin Are Wyndow

The self-titled debut from Wyndow finds Laura J Martin and Lavinia Blackwall working out down the worry gym

Bono Unhappy With His Album Sales

U2 singer admits the band "didn't pull of the pop songs"