Crimewave: Long Arm Of The Loud

byFat Roland
January 15, 2026

Fresh from Manchester’s electronic underground, Crimewave twists warped loops, trip hop vibes and shoegazey fuzz into a blistering maelstrom of energy – with not a synth in sight

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Simple Minds: Dont You Forget About Me

byMalcom Jack

Smash hits? They’ve had ’em. Enormodomes? They’ve played the lot. Life? They’ve lived it. With a new album on the shelves, we catch Simple Minds’ founding members Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill at their Glasgow HQ… forget about them? Not a chance

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Ambient: An Introduction

byDavid Stubbs

From Debussy to Brian Eno, The Orb to Burial, the foundations of ambient are rooted in esoteric, unconventional and often surprising forms and sounds

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The Wolfgang Press: Back To The Future

byDavid Stubbs

With a sonic reinvigoration, former 4AD outfit The Wolfgang Press are making a surprise comeback with their first album in almost 30 years – a brooding and typically multidimensional return to form

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Florian Schneider 7 April 1947 – 21 April 2020

byStephen Dalton

Following his death in April at the age of 73, we look at the remarkable contribution Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider made to electronic music

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Young Fathers: Them Heavy People

byJim Ottewill

Conviction, spontaneity, and the noble art of going underground – Edinburgh trio Young Fathers open up on the creative synergies and struggles behind the bold and unflinching ‘Heavy Heavy’

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Alva Noto

byFat Roland

You may know Carsten Nicolai, AKA Alva Noto, from his pioneering work as co-founder of glitch techno label Raster-Noton, or maybe from his collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto. Or there’s his work with Michael Nyman and a talking budgie…

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Fat Roland

Simple Minds: Dont You Forget About Me

Ambient: An Introduction

The Wolfgang Press: Back To The Future

Florian Schneider 7 April 1947 – 21 April 2020

Young Fathers: Them Heavy People

Alva Noto

Howie B

Jeremy Greenspan

Laibach

Electribe 101: On Reflection

Simon Reynolds: Tomorrow’s World

Andrew Weatherall: “Getting a groove going in a cloud of smoke”

Gaister: Immersion Therapy

Thomas Dolby: This Charming Man

Crimewave: Long Arm Of The Loud

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