Long Reads

How does ‘The Man-Machine’, Kraftwerk’s vision of the future, hold up after four decades? We compare and contrast the vision of 1978 with the reality of 2018

They dress as trees and play wooden log synths, and yet London’s subversive Snapped Ankles are living proof that you should never judge a book by its cover…

It was 40 years ago today, that Kraftwerk taught the synths to play…

With just three instruments between them, how is that Manchester’s Gogo Penguin sound so familiar? We lift the lid on their jazz-like exterior and find out how they do live electronica… with no electronics

Eagle-eyed Kraftwerk fans scouring album sleeves in the 1970s would’ve come across a few clues to help their knowledge of these mysterious Germans. ‘The Man-Machine’ featured the following credit: ‘Artwork (inspired by El Lissitzky) – Karl Klefisch’

Three Danes, one Finn, two bands, one called Liima, one called Efterklang, a UK tour, a couple of pints and chat about what’s what. Confused? It’s easily done

In July 2017, Hendrik Otremba met Can’s Holger Czukay in the old Weilerswist cinema where he’d lived and worked since the 1970s. The pair sat down to discuss his retrospective ‘Cinema’ boxset, curated by Otremba and set for release this month to mark his 80th birthday. Shortly after their chat, Czukay’s wife passed away, just a few weeks later, on 5 September, Holger died too. This was his final interview

With debut ‘Y Dydd Olaf’ album bagging the Welsh Music Prize, you might think that chatting on the eve of Welsh Language Music Day is the ideal time to be discussing her new release, ‘Le Kov’… except this one is sung entirely in Cornish

An off-the-wall supergroup, where Stephen Mallinder and John Grant share the mic, and a debut long-player that’s high on our Album Of The Year list already… meet Creep Show

With a new album awash with electronic goodness, Tracey Thorn talks production Licks, girl band Picks and her teenage kicks