Peaches: Wet Wet Wet

Riotously bawdy and uncompromising, Peaches is no stranger to radical provocation or controversy. Her first album in 11 years, ‘No Lube So Rude’, doubles down on that hardcore trajectory to louder, filthier and more joyously confrontational extremes

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Stephen Dalton

Wolfgang Flür: Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

byMark Roland

Seven years on from his last outing, the inimitable and irrepressible Wolfgang Flür has a new album in the racks. Recorded with the help of an army of fascinating guests, it’s called ‘Magazine 1’ and it’s an opportunity for us to talk robots, romance, pacifism, money, sheep, rubbery legs and, inevitably, Kraftwerk

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8 minute read

British Murder Boys: Techno Twins

byFat Roland

Anthony Child (aka Surgeon) and Karl O’Connor (aka Regis) are British Murder Boys. It’s more than 20 years since they first got together and the venerated industrial techno duo have only just released their debut album, but it’s been worth the wait

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9 minute read

Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom: Up Spruced

byBob Fischer

Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips have brought us the gifts of Galaxie 500, Luna and Dean & Britta. Pete Kember, aka Sonic Boom, has meanwhile been the proud bearer of Spacemen 3 and Spectrum. This festive period, they have clubbed together for a joint present – an enchanting collection of Christmas covers

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5 minute read

Alex H Duncan: Rub Of The Green

byIsaak Lewis-Smith

Using data gathered from plants and fungi, Alex H Duncan creates unique, “non-human” sounds and melodies. It’s intoxicating stuff

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9 minute read

Polypores: Preston North Beginning

bySpenser Tomson

We visit Preston to meet Polypores and friends to talk Brutalist bus stations, Bob Moog, napping at gigs and, most importantly, how the city has nurtured a burgeoning electronic and experimental music scene

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8 minute read

Xmal Deutschland: Present And Correct

bySian Pattenden

An Xmal Deutschland retrospective covering the German goth/post-punk band’s defining 4AD years prompts singer Anja Huwe to reflect on her teenage epiphanies