Yello: Holy Banana
Dieter Meier and Boris Blank are back with a new Yello album. Four years in the making, it’s a collection of typically sassy and surreal electronic pop songs, including one with a mysterious fruit reference…
Ultravox: Ooohhh Vienna
Ultravox’s seminal album ‘Vienna’ took the band from the edge of oblivion to pop stardom. Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Chris Cross and Warren Cann remember the turbulent times and twists of fate that set them on the path to glory
Max Richter: The Rights Stuff
Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1948 United Nations document, Max Richter’s ‘Voices’ album reflects his alarm at the state of our world as the 21st century unfolds
Castles In Space: King Of The Castle
With releases from the likes of Polypores and Concretism, Castles In Space is one of the UK’s most essential independent labels. And it all started in the unlikely setting of the bar at Barrow Association Football Club
Devo: Freedom Of Choice
Forty years on from their synthpop masterpiece ‘Freedom Of Choice’, Devo’s Jerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh reflect on a record made for 1980 whose dire warnings are more relevant today than ever
Kelly Lee Owens: On The Inside
Reaching for fresh heights with ’Inner Song’, Kelly Lee Owens mixes skilfully crafted lyricism and techno-tinged synthpop on one of the best albums you’ll hear this year
Chris Frantz: Love Comes To Town
In his autobiography, ‘Remain In Love’, Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club founder Chris Frantz recounts a life of being propelled around the world by art and rock ’n’ roll and insists “it wasn’t all conflict”
Beatriz Ferreyra
Electroacoustic musician Beatriz Ferreyra, who has been composing since the 1960s and still works every day in her home studio in France, talks about walking out on Stockhausen, recording in stairwells, and her fascinating new album ‘Huellas Entreveradas’
Luke Vibert: Amen Corner
Luke Vibert has reanimated his Amen Andrews jungle alias for one of a trio of essential future-retro releases this summer. Join us for stories galore, including the one about how Aphex Twin helped him pay his tax bill
Jarvis Cocker: Say You Want An Evolution
He grew up in Sheffield with Cabaret Voltaire and The Human League ringing in his ears. He started out signed to a Warp offshoot label. He made videos for Aphex Twin and Nightmares On Wax. And now, with a brilliant debut album from his new band JARV IS…, the electronic evolution of Jarvis Cocker is complete