Vega Bomb: Alan Vega

Recorded in New York 25 years ago, Alan Vega’s long-lost ‘Mutator’ album has been brought to life by his wife and long-time collaborator Liz Lamere and his close friend Jared Artaud, who offer a fascinating insight into the life and work of the Suicide vocalist

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Kris Needs

Death and Vanilla: A Flicker Of Hope

byWill Salmon

Reinvigorated after a difficult few years in the wilderness, Swedish trio Death and Vanilla are back with a new album, a more focused pop sensibility, and a renewed sense of optimism

LLong Reads

14 minute read

Matt Johnson: The Soul Miner

byNeil Mason

To mark the release of a special deluxe vinyl edition of ‘Soul Mining’, Matt Johnson reveals the inside story of the classic The The album – the drug highs, the wrecked hotel rooms, the fist fights, the dumped tracks, the works…

LLong Reads

13 minute read

Tape Loops: Reel History

byDavid Stubbs

Snipped, spliced and looped, magnetic tape became a radical creative tool that sparked a sonic revolution. From the avant-garde’s very earliest experiments through to pop visionaries and fearless underground adventurers...

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Gazelle Twin: Last exit to grantham

byStephen Dalton

Before leaving the EU was a thing, Elizabeth Bernholz relocated from metropolitan Brighton to the soon-to-be “Vote Leave” climate of the Lincolnshire flatlands. The culture shock is still sinking in for Gazelle Twin, whose new ‘Pastoral’ album is an unsettling tour de force

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Floorplan: We Are Family

byKris Needs

From Detroit techno legend – a key member of Underground Resistance, no less – to Alabama church preacher, Robert Hood is a man on a mission. Now he’s teaming up with his daughter Lyric Hood under the name Floorplan and the result is wholly exhilarating

LLong Reads

6 minute read

Wax Trax! Records: Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry

byMark Roland

‘Industrial accident: the story of Wax Trax! Records’ is a forthcoming documentary about… wait for it… Wax Trax! Records. It’s the story of one of the most exciting labels ever, an imprint that lodged its idiosyncratic brand of dark ‘n’ dirty electronic music deep into the American heartland