Cold War Electronica: The Hands Of Doom
Created in 1947, the Doomsday Clock is a terrifying visual representation of how near we are to the end of the world. The closer that the hands get to midnight, the closer we get to oblivion
Andrew Weatherall: “I’m a sponge, I want to soak up everything”
The first interview with Andrew Weatherall outside of his role in the band Bocca Juniors, which was originally published in the UK weekly music paper Melody Maker on 17 August 1991
AR Kane: Ark Welding
AR Kane came up with the term “dreampop” to describe the mind-blowing fusion of musical styles on their late 1980s albums. And as the new ‘AR Kive’ boxset confirms, their records remain every bit as strange, beautiful and irresistible as they were 35 years ago
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals ‘100 Years Of Dub’ (Doctor Bird)
Heat Treatments
Bruce Licher
As the boss of Independent Project Records & Press, Bruce Licher has released some brilliant albums and designed the sleeves of every single one of them, as well as producing countless postage stamps and the occasional flag
Turn and Face The Strange
Ch-ch-changes… David Bowie knew a thing or two about the future, but he never wrote a song about astrochickens. And if you don’t know what astrochickens are, you really need to read our Handy Guide To Some Of The Crazy Shit Coming Your Way Shortly (Maybe)
Video: Keller Machine – ‘The Lives Of Others’
They're listening to your phone calls and reading your letters
Simple Minds: Natural High
Simple Minds have just put out a new album… and it’s their best since the band’s heyday in the 1980s. From the striking cover to the upbeat tunes and sometimes dark lyrics, Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill explain how ‘Direction Of The Heart’ came together, as well as reflecting on their enduring friendship and the 40th anniversary of their 1982 classic, ‘New Gold Dream’
Keller Machine
The electropogo revolution starts here
LMX
German teenager with widescreen vision