Willis Earl Beal
Coming on like a ‘Twin Peaks’ version of Otis Redding
Shitwife
Making Sleaford Mods look like Bucks Fizz
British Electric Foundation ‘Groove Thang’
You might know ‘(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang’ as a Heaven 17 song, but it started life as ‘Groove Thang’, an instrumental on BEF’s cassette-only debut, ‘Music For Stowaways’. Martyn Ware explains how the track liberated him from The Human League’s synth-only policy and helped him uncover a very rare talent
Telepathe
NYC gone LA duo fill up with funky fuel
Rodney Cromwell
Synthpop with a heavy dose of nostalgia
Years & Years ‘Communion’ (Polydor)
Chart toppers turn in a pop-fuelled debut with a twist of… oh, what is it?
Asian Dub Foundation ‘More Signal More Noise’ (ADF Communications/believe)
The return of a band who always do things their own way… Hold on, they’ve got a flute
Laurent Garnier ‘Electrochoc’
Originally published in French in 2003, Laurent Garnier’s book ‘Electrochoc’ finally gets an English version. We talk to the author and, in an exclusive extract, he casts back to 1993 and recalls his very first visit to Detroit
Global Communication’s ‘Blood Music: Pentamerous Metamorphosis’
Lost gems? We got ‘em by the chestful. Glittering musical prizes lost in the mists of time. This month, we clap our ears around Global Communication’s ‘Blood Music: Pentamerous Metamorphosis’
Various Artists ‘Kitsuné America 4’ (Kitsuné)
The latest compilation from cool for cats label with friends in high places