Lottie Brazier

Higher Frequencies: Instant Holograms on Metal Film by Stereolab

Stereolab mine the retrofuturistic dreams of late 70s and early 80s synthpop, resulting in a meticulously crafted, cinematic masterpiece, finds Lottie Brazier

New Play For A New Day: Kamasi Washington’s Fearless Movement

The Californian saxophonist finds political and musical inspiration in the ludic intensity of childhood games, finds Lottie Brazier

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

DRIFT.

11 Points in Time

The demo tapes and journal entries of a forgotton outsider artist provide fuel for the explorations of London-based Italian musician Nathalia Bruno – and an intriguing musical mystery for Lottie Brazier

Mary Halvorson

Cloudward

The latest release from the US guitarist makes for great walking music, finds Lottie Brazier

Maria BC

Spike Field

A record named after a universal warning sign turns out to be surprisingly welcoming, for Lottie Brazier

Things That Go Bump: Gazelle Twin’s Black Dog

Childhood nightmares and uncanny reminders seep into the flux of Elizabeth Bernholz's latest, an album of disarming vocal force, finds Lottie Brazier

Sam Wilkes

DRIVING

LA experimental jazz musician turns on the cruise control for a laidback ride into singer-songwriter land

Manchester Will Haunt Itself: The British Pop Archive Reviewed

At the launch of the British Pop Archive at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Lottie Brazier asks what it means to exhibit Ian Curtis's handwritten lyrics next to Shakespeare and the Gutenberg Bible

A Drone And A Drum: Lisa Gerrard’s Favourite Music

From falling into the ‘massive abyss’ of Alfred Schnittke, to the ‘silly and lovely’ Electric Light Orchestra, Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance delivers Lottie Brazier a guide to her thirteen favourite pieces of music

Sound City Ipswich Confirms First Names For 2020

Warmduscher, Big Joanie, PREGOBLIN and more to play the new East Anglian festival

The Strange World Of… Stereolab

From DIY beginnings in McCarthy, to situationism, to establishing the influential Duophonic Records, to influencing future bands like Deerhunter, Lottie Brazier charts the remarkable voyage of one of France and Britain’s most successful co-achievements besides the Channel Tunnel: Stereolab

Mana

Seven Steps Behind

Daniele Mana’s second Hyperdub release is messing with our boundaries, finds Lotte Brazier

Cosey Fanni Tutti

TUTTI

In her first solo album since the early 1980s, Cosey Fanni Tutti creates music as appropriate for the dancefloor as it is evocative of her North Norfolk home

The Place Will Not Exist Until I Make It: ASSEMBLY Live

Somerset House Studios’ ASSEMBLY aimed to mix up the rules of ballet and “high” dance culture but this was simply part of an emerging trend in 2018 says Lottie Brazier. All photographs by Anne Tetzlaff

The Strange World Of… This Mortal Coil

As 4AD reissue the three albums of their “in-house covers band” – Blood (1984), Filigree & Shadow (1996) and It’ll End In Tears (1991) – we look at This Mortal Coil’s distinctive strain of introspective melancholy

Moscow Does Not Exist: Moscow Music Week Reviewed

Lottie Brazier travels to Russia for Moscow Music Week and finds the exploratory spirit of post punk alive and well but has the uncanny sense that someone might be following her

Lost Horizons: Simon Raymonde Interview & Triptych Premiere

Former Cocteau Twins bassist, founder of Bella Union and now half of Lost Horizons, Simon Raymonde, plays Sea Change festival this weekend. Lottie Brazier talks to him about Triptych, his new film with BAFTA-winning director Kieran Evans - which has its premiere today on the Quietus

NY Punk Scene Photo Exhibition This Week

Photographer Lisa Jane Persky's documents of the 70s punk scene in New York will be presented in London this week

The Strange World Of… Dead Can Dance

Lottie Brazier looks back at Australian group Dead Can Dance’s legacy in chill-out rooms, Hollywood soundtracks, as neo-classicists and fearless improvisers

Me, I Disconnect From YouTube: Mart Avi Interviewed

Ahead of his appearance at Liverpool Sound City on Sunday, Mart Avi talks to Lottie Brazier about music that dreams of the future, the internet as “the mother city”, John Peel’s escapades in Estonia and coming of age with an unusual larynx

The Strange World Of… Cocteau Twins

Anticipating reissues of LPs Head Over Heels and Treasure, Lottie Brazier takes a look at ten moments in Cocteau Twins’ remarkable history, from their gothic origins to award winning filmmakers at the cusp of a breakup

Off World

Off World imagine the musical euivalent of a Dali-esque landscape on this genuinely explorative record

In Love, With Love: Björk’s Utopia

The new album from Björk is the light and pleasure to Vulnicura’s darkness and pain, but there’s much more to it than that, says Lottie Brazier

In It With You: Documentary Play Your Gender Reviewed

Lottie Brazier takes a look at a new documentary highlighting sexism behind the scenes in the music industry

Bark Psychosis

Hex

The original post-rock album from the original post-rock band, remastered and reissued.

Things Learned At: Sea Change Festival

Community power, female anger and proggy dance music: there is a lot to learn and a lot to love at Sea Change Festival in Totnes.

We Like To Dig The Roots: Coldcut’s Favourite Albums

As Ninja Tune founders and Coldcut men Matt Black and Jonathan More release a new Adrian Sherwood-produced new LP they talk Lottie Brazier through the records that sparked their lifetime of eclectic music-making

Demen

Nektyr

Diamanda Galás

In Concert At Saint Thomas / All The Way

Lottie Brazier On Gnod’s Just Say No…

In Gnod's latest, aptly-titled missive Lottie Brazier finds a relentless work concerned with confronting the rampant dehumanisation and destruction of personhood under Western Capitalism

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