‘Autobahn’ At 50: Krautrock’s Off-Ramp

byMark Roland
March 13, 2025

As Kraftwerk’s ‘Autobahn’ celebrates its big birthday, we examine its nuanced relationship with krautrock and Germany’s history

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Clark: Genre Blender

byBen Murphy

On ‘Playground In A Lake’, Clark subverts his new-found classical licks with trademark dark electronic tricks. The resulting brew finds him treading fresh musical ground

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International Teachers Of Pop: Fun with some Teachers, man

byFat Roland

Female-fronted synthpop that would have ridden roughshod over the charts in the good old days. Hands up who wants to hear Sheffield’s International Teachers Of Pop?

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Xeno & Oaklander: In A Different League

byOli Warwick

NY synthpop duo Xeno & Oaklander are back with their ninth album, and it’s a real corker – all retro-futuristic earworms, analogue anthems and an intriguingly murky backstory

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10 minute read

Spellbinding electropop, you say? You’d better put us through to our French cousins tout de suite. Picking up the phone in Brittany is Julie Budet, aka Yelle, who makes a welcome return with her latest set of guaranteed floorfillers

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