Obelisk Ruins
Boston collective tap into 80s DIY spirit
Maria BC
Deep, dark textures from Oakland singer
Broken Booze Promises
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is Underworld
Chris and Cosey ‘October (Love Song)’
Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti look back on ‘October (Love Song)’, a track they made in 1983 to document the dawn of their love affair
Jon CarterÂ
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Jon CarterÂ
Howard Jones
It’s 40 years since Howard Jones first crashed into the Top 10 with ‘New Song’. To mark the occasion, Cherry Red have issued a superb career retrospective, ‘Celebrate It Together’. And it all started with the coolest teacher in High Wycombe
John Cage and Marcel Duchamp
In 1968, John Cage and Marcel Duchamp played a game of chess involving pieces that generated electronic sounds and a very expensive bottle of wine. The details of what actually happened that night were pored over by historians for years afterÂ
‘Seven Songs’
Resident archivist Jack Dangers reaches for an old favourite – the foundational industrial output of 23 Skidoo from their 1982 album, ‘Seven Songs’
Echo Juliet
Anna Meredith and Bonobo vibes
Magnetic Skies
London synthpoppers set for stadiums