Long Reads

London’s Fat Dog return with their second album – a gleefully unruly mix of electro-punk, rave, pop and wonky balladry, Inspired by family dynamics and curious life encounters. Cue Elvis impersonators, Aliens and the penguins of ‘Madagascar

As Globo’s defining 1995 album ‘Pro War’ gets the redux treatment, their powerful, anti-conflict messages feel eerily timely. The electronic agitators talk political chaos, exploding tyres and antagonising fans of The Fall

Late 1990s big beat giants Lo Fidelity Allstars are back! A handful of dates at Easter haS turned into an autumn tour and there’s even talk of some new music. Big chief Phil Ward tells all over a pint before the band’s first show in nearly a decade

Maria Uzor found in-yer-face fame with Norwich electro-punk duo Sink Ya Teeth, but her second solo album ‘Fantasyland’ now looks inward – seeking magical, myth-inspired headspace as a refuge from contemporary tensions

For his first solo offering in just over a decade, mercurial polymath Saul Williams unleashes an ambitious, post-genre “invocation” of spoken word, ghostly trip hop, abstract jazz and astral vibes – with tales OF Bowie, Prince and Massive Attack, to boot

On ‘Sorcery’, the new album from Belbury Poly, Jim Jupp explores his childhood fascination with fantasy fiction...

Go-to producer and vintage synth obsessive Benge has spent decades connecting creative dots, from John Foxx and Vince Clarke to Cabaret Voltaire and beyond. Now his Striped Light project gathers Tuung’s Sam Genders, Hannah Peel, Gazelle Twin and others for a nostalgic, retro-futuristic electronic journey

Think you’ve got Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith figured out? Then get ready for a big plot twist, as the classically trained modular synthesist swaps immersive sound design and experimental vibes for phat drum ’n’ bass and rolling breakbeats, with electrifying results