Kim Gordon: Only Connect

byBob Fischer
March 14, 2024

Kim Gordon made her name with US rock giants Sonic Youth, but her second solo album ‘The Collective’ continues her intriguing exploration of fractured hip hop beats and “abstract poetry fucked-up shit”

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Bob Fischer

Keith Seatman: Trip Advisor

byBob Fischer

There’s no one quite like Keith Seatman. His new album, ‘Sad Old Tatty Bunting’, is a psychedelic joyride through a parallel universe, a dreamlike England full of alchemists and scarecrows and gated communities guarded by gnomes

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Glows: Shining Bright

byMark Roland

London duo Glows talk through their excellent mixtape, 'LA, 1620', a gallery of woozy electronics and artful noise……

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8 minute read

Fluke: Hybrid Electric

byMartin James

A new compilation of re-recorded Fluke classics is a timely reminder of their place in UK dance music history

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17 minute read

Can: Deutschland ’75

byMark Roland

A vault of Can live recordings has been jemmied open for a series of exciting new releases, starting with ‘Live In Stuttgart 1975’. Irmin Schmidt, the band’s instigator and sole surviving core member, talks about the unique onstage experience of Germany’s ur-band

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4 minute read

Scaler: Hammer Time

byMat Smith

Mashing up trip hop, drum ’n’ bass, techno, metal and drill, Bristol’s Scaler unleash a pounding sonic brew

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Cold War Electronica: A For Armageddon

byBob Fischer

By the mid-1980s, the threat of nuclear annihilation was dominating British culture. Actor Reece Dinsdale and film editor John Cary look back at their contributions to two keystones of the Cold War aesthetic – ‘Threads’ and ‘When The Wind Blows’