Atka
Pop polymath deals a debut doozy
Vic Mars
Musician Vic Mars takes on this month’s quick-fire questions
Ananda Shankar ‘Ananda Shankar’ (Reprise, 1970)
In Ananda Shankar’s relatively short lifetime, the Indian sitar player was never afraid to push boundaries.
Leah Kardos
Kingston University Stylophone Orchestra’s Leah Kardos on the first and last albums she bought, and an all-time favourite
Digital Roses
Ravishing avant-pop from south London
Quiet Details
Location: UK Est: 2023
Guava
Club-primed melancholia from star-to-be
Emma Anderson: Out Of Her Shell
It’s 35 years since Emma Anderson formed shoegaze behemoths Lush, but her new album ‘Pearlies’ is her first solo record proper. As both a paean to independence and a work of darkly beautiful psychedelic pop, it’s a triumph. What’s on her mind these days?
Hyperdawn: Imperfect Storm
From the heart of Manchester’s thriving electronic scene, Hyperdawn’s asymmetric, future-facing music moulds tape loops, cut-up sounds and strange effects into wonderfully wonky experimental shapes
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee: Stick It Out
What do you get if you bring together ex-Cure drummer Lol Tolhurst, former Siouxsie And The Banshees sticksman Budgie and uber-producer Jacknife Lee? An exploratory and brilliantly inventive “electronic head-fuck”, that’s what