Nídia And Valentina Magaletti: Opposites Attract

Always striving to challenge the status quo, Swedish enigma and visionary Karin Dreijer does things very much on their own terms, artistically and musically. Here, they open up on electropop experimentation, identity politics and the “visceral confection” that is Fever Ray

The shadowy sonics of Cincinnati pairing Reaper On Red pulse with dark psych, brooding electronics and “gothic-shaded salvos”  

Thomas Dolby and ‘The Flat Earth’ graphic designers Malcolm Garrett and Baker Dave discuss the album’s striking artwork, which depicts the dashing Dolby as “explorer, prospector and adventurer”