Luke Turner

LIVE REPORT: Savages

A bomb on the Shacklewell Arms last night would have wiped out the UK independent music business. But Savages seem to be taking the attention in their stride, says Luke Turner. Photo by Joseph Tovey Frost

SWANS: New Album Details

The Seer arrives in August, features Karen O & Jarboe

Caught By The River: A New Fanzine Extract By Jeff Barrett

Before Caught By The River there was, and is, Heavenly Records. Before that, Jeff Barrett ran record Plymouth shop Meat Whiplash. Here's his story

Live Report: The xx

The xx returned to the stage for the first time in two years this week, with a series of very low-profile shows in London. Luke Turner managed to buy a ticket, and went along to hear a first glimpse of their new material. Pictures by Jenna Foxton

The Power Of Doubt: Liars’ Guide To New LP WIXIW

After all those weird and abstract hints on the Amateur Gore tumblr, here's the information from the horse's mouth: Angus Andrew tells Luke Turner about the themes and making of new album WIXIW, their increasing use of electronics, and relationship with producer Daniel Miller

LISTEN: I Like Trains LP Stream

Plus! Track-by-track guide by the band

I Feel So Extraordinary: The Odd Charm Of New Order Live

They're now without Peter Hook, but New Order triumph at Brixton thanks to their unusual, at times shambolic, charm

Colin Newman Talks Wire On The Box

"If it wasn't for that there'd be no serious visual record of us playing in the 70s": Great box set re-released

LISTEN: Franz & Liars On Field Day Radio

Liars mix and the only Franz Ferdinand interview this year

Quietus Mix 62: K-X-P Kaukolmapi Apreggio

Finland's K-X-P launch their UK tour with a mix celebrating the arpeggio

Swans

We Rose From Your Bed With The Sun In Our Head

How Soon Is Now? Extract: The Rise Of Blast First

For this Tome On The Range, we print an extract from Richard King's How Soon Is Now? that looks at the thirsty rise of the Blast First label

LISTEN: John Foxx & The Maths Remix Gazelle Twin

Track streaming on our Soundcloud

British Sea Power To Soundtrack UK Coast

Collaboration with the BFI Archive at Sheffield Doc Fest

Field Day 2012: Tim Burgess’ Guide To R. Stevie Moore

R. Stevie Moore is playing the Quietus Village Mentality Stage at Field Day 2012. Here, his collaborator Tim Burgess (who'll be DJing around R. Stevie's gig at Field Day) guides us through his Strange World...

WATCH: New Liars Video! Plus Interview!

'No 1 Against The Rush' now online, Angus & Aaron speak

“Retro Monumental Avant-Garde”: Laibach Live At Tate Modern

Never mind Damien Hirst diamante tat skull, it's Laibach and NSK who put the power back into Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. Words: Luke Turner, photos: Katja Ogrin

Don’t Go Home With Your Hadron: British Sea Power At CERN

It's a perplexing weekend of particle physics, crazy boffins and the elusive Higgs Boson as British Sea Power premiere their soundtrack to Out Of The Present at the CERN CineGlobe 2012 film festival. Luke Turner (words and pictures) rode the beam...

New Kraftwerk Direction For JLS?

The MOR-Machine? Clue on poster!

WATCH: Remembering Frank Tovey

Mute release tribute film on the anniversary of his death

John Foxx & The Maths

The Shape Of Things

WATCH: John Lydon Delivers A Sermon

Julie Andrews, riots and vinyl in a chat for Record Store Day

Meeting On The Desertshore: Sleazy Remembered At AV Festival

At Newcastle's AV festival this weekend, Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti premiered Throbbing Gristle's take on Nico's Desertshore, originally the brainchild of late TG/Coil member Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson. Luke Turner was there, and witnessed a moving tribute to Sleazy's life and work

Men Say Go! Martin L Gore & Vince Clarke In A VCMG Interview

Martin L Gore and Vince Clarke have reunited after three decades on new techno project VCMG. Luke Turner speaks to them both about rediscovering their collaborative creative energy for one of the best albums of 2012 so far

Everything Was Fucked: Warren Ellis Discusses The Dirty Three

A few years ago, The Dirty Three were in a pickle, having to ask festival crowds for song ideas. Warren Ellis tells Luke Turner how they overcame writers' block to write new album Toward The Low Sun

British Sea Power: Krankenhaus Update!

"These are deranged times, but good times."

LISTEN: New Yeti Lane LP Stream

The Echo Show streams in full this week

Blur, The Olympics & The Never-ending 1990s Hangover

Blur's presence at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics is part of the legacy of New Labour, the '90s and the Millennium Dome, argues Luke Turner

Blur To Play Olympic Gig

Closing ceremony bash

Sounds & Sweet Airs That Give Delight: Savages Interviewed

They've played only a handful of gigs but Savages have a spirit that most of their guitar-wielding contemporaries lack. Luke Turner meets the fiercely intelligent goth pop four-piece. Photographs by Joseph Tovey Frost

LISTEN: Tindersticks New LP Stream

The Something Rain streaming online

Jim Sclavunos Talks Faustian Pact

The Bad Seed adapts Faust for the Perth Festival. Photographs thanks to Sarah Lowe