Joe Bucciero

Depeche Mode Preview New LP, ‘Memento Mori’

Set for release next spring, it will be followed by the band's first live shows in five years

“This Band To Live For” Misunderstandings Of British Sea Power

British Sea Power tome Do It For Your Mum is one of the best books about rock and family you'll read. Its author Roy Wilkinson gives an update on the group and their parents, and attempts to put right some of the many misconceptions about the group

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For August Reviewed By Kez Whelan

Kez Whelan is here to see off Summer with all that is unholy and rotten in the multiple worlds of heavy metal

My Mind Shuts Down: An Interview With Ben Marcus

Jess Cotton speaks to novelist and short story author Ben Marcus about bending but not breaking reality, the dictatorial thinking of Jonathan Franzen, Leaving the Sea and why sometimes it's better not to know the answers

20 Years Later: The Agony And The Ecstasy Of St Theresa

The fall of Communism, John Peel and absinthe: some of the ingredients behind Ecstasy Of St Theresa's Free-D (Original Soundtrack), the first album made by a Czech act for a Western label after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. Wyndham Wallace sets the story free

Goat Girl

On All Fours

Laced with melancholy, Goat Girl's *On All Fours* remains an unihibited joy, finds Nick Roseblade

Columnus Metallicus: The Best Heavy Metal Of 2020

Kez Whelan casts his eye back over this longest of years to bring you a chart of the 20 best heavy metal albums

Junkboy

Sovereign Sky

Kristen Gallerneaux

The McClintic Chorus

A Wildlife Management Area in West Virginia is plunged deep into the uncanny valley on the latest release from the Michigan-based sonic researcher

Unfulfilled Promise: Toronto, Drake & So Far Gone

After Dhruva Balram's family emigrated from India to Canada, he came of age in a new city, the optimistic soundtrack provided by emerging megastar Drake. Here he celebrates the breakthrough mixtape which provided the background to first love but also looks back and asks, what went wrong?

Manslaughter 777

World Vision Perfect Harmony

Lee Buford and Zachary Jones unite as Manslaughter 777, serving up a fantastic feast of breaks and bass on their debut LP, World Vision Perfect Harmony, says Bernie Brooks

Funk Soul Brother: Alexis Taylor Of Hot Chip’s Favourite Albums

With his second solo album Await Barbarians released last month and a run of summer festival sets upcoming, the Hot Chip and About Group man gives Dom Smith his favourite album rundown