Audio Miner
Like an audio miner, Kris Needs heads off with his hard hat and a big shovel and we eagerly await his return with a bucketful of essential new tuneage… Oh look, he’s back Â
Anna Meredith ‘Varmints’ (Moshi Moshi)
All sorts of unexpected electronic glory from the edge of post-classical world
Animal Collective ‘Painting With’ (Domino)
Poppiest outing yet from Maryland’s neo-psychedelic adventurers
Andrew Weatherall ‘Convenanza’ (Rotters Golf Club)
Rare solo album sees the Lone Swordsman in fine voice… quite literally
Scanner ‘Runaway Train’
‘Runaway Train’, a stark live recording of radio communication between the driver of derailing Canadian train and his controller, appeared on vinyl in 1993, uncredited on the Ash International label. It was of course an early Scanner release. Robin Rimbaud talks us through the extraordinary release…
The Scott 4 Free Rock Orchestra
You might remember them as Scott 4, but it was as The Scott 4 Free Rock Orchestra that they released ‘E-S-P’, a record that flipped from electrofunk to chillout to weirdo reggae without missing a beat
Ask An Imaginary Rabbit
Living the dream, that’s our Fats. He woke up from one the other night where he had a some great ideas about how to land a Number One the easy way. Just like THE KLF. Sort of. Desperation or blind faith, you choose