Warren Hatter

U.S Girls

Half Free

Slaves To The Algorithm: How Facebook Is Throttling Underground Culture

Mollie Zhang speaks to musicians and artists about how to survive, with or without likes, follows and page boosts

Pye Corner Audio

Black Mill Tapes Volumes 1-4

A Baker’s Dozen Special! Acid Arab’s Guide To MENA Bangers

Jeremy Allen sits down with Acid Arab for a whirlwind tour through their essential belters from the Middle East and North Africa

The Problems Of Joint Occupancy: Reporting From The Bank Of Ideas

Over the festive period, our man Sam Spokony spent several days in the UBS 'Bank Of Ideas'. His experiences have coloured his views of the Occupy movement, as he explains here

Wire Documentary In The Works

A crowdfunding campaign is now online to support the production of 'People In A Film'

Nothing New For Trash Like You: On Harmony Korine’s Debut Novel

While mimicry is often the sincerest form of flattery, Declan Tan examines the ins and outs of Harmony Korine's 'Great American Choose Your Own Adventure novel' by way of emulation

Powell + London Contemporary Orchestra

26 Lives

A live collaboration between electronic wunderkind Oscar powell and one of London's most adventurous orchestras leaves Skye Butchard wishing he'd been there on the night

Organs Of Ecstasy: Ben Chasny’s Favourite Albums

Questing experimental guitar hero Ben Chasny, aka Six Organs Of Admittance, tells Ben Graham about 13 records that influenced his playing and shaped his worldview, from psychedelic Japanese noise rock to American Primitive acoustic fingerpicking

Carmen Villain

Only Love From Now On

Carmen Villain continues a run of near-perfect releases by refining what came before and offering the listener a measure of hope, says Bernie Brooks

Full Clip: October’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed By Gary Suarez

An autumnal chill fills the air, and leaves begin to find their deaths on the ground. But the heat exuded by Meek Mill, Gucci Mane and Jeezy albums reviewed by Gary Suarez can counter all that

Rockfort! French Music For October Reviewed By David McKenna

In his latest dispatch from the French fringes, David McKenna looks at Irish and British labels providing great homes for Gallic experimentalists, cosmopolitan pop, abstract rap and the latest avant-folk releases. Homepage photo: Audrey Carmes by Julia Henderson

Farewell To The Flesh: Alina Szapocznikow’s Body Parts

Exhibited earlier this year at Hauser & Wirth, a show of Alina Szapocznikow's work entitled 'To Exalt the Ephemeral' offers long overdue recognition to the great Polish artist

WATCH: Wire Pinkflag Guitar Orchestra

Full video of exceedingly loud massed guitar blast through 'Pink Flag' at DRILL:LONDON

Wire: Back To The Ratinger Hof

As we look to Wire's future with their Quietus gig at the Lexington tonight and tomorrow, we look at a new book about Düsseldorf's Ratinger Hof venue, where Wire played in the late 1970s, and publish an extract where Colin Newman recalls how, in Düsseldorf, Wire felt at home. Wire live at the Ratinger Hof pic by Carmen Knoebe

Nonsun

Blood & Spirit

Nonsun’s latest LP is a heavy treat that delights in subverting the doom template, says Bernie Brooks