The Eysturoy Tunnel, Faroe Islands
We catch up with Jens L Thomsen, a Faroese artist who has produced an original composition for the island’s breathtaking Eysturoy Tunnel
Eddy Grant ‘Electric Avenue’
Eddy Grant tells us why he has British Airways to thank for his 1983 mega-hit single ‘Electric Avenue’ – sort of
Simon Reynolds: Tomorrow’s World
From Kraftwerk to Auto-Tune via a range of scenes, subcultures, technologies and sci-fi backdrops, Simon Reynolds’ latest book ‘Futuromania’ looks at the impact of “machine music” from the 1970s to the present day
Ride: Ride On Time
Together for eight years, apart for 19, and then back together for another 10. Life in Ride has often been a rollercoaster, but the band’s new album ‘Interplay’ is a synth-heavy triumph
Jailed Lead Singers
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is Record Collecting
Pet Shop Boys: Boys Keep Swinging
Pet Shop Boys are back with ‘Nonetheless’, their 15th studio album and a fresh creative peak that imbues their quintessential electonic sound with string arrangements and live instruments
Normil Hawaiians
Normil Hawaiians’ Guy Smith (vocals), Simon Marchant (guitar) and Noel Blanden (drums) take on our quick-fire questions
Loren Connors & Mrs Bun
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Loren Connors & Mrs Bun
Anne Clark ‘The Sitting Room’ (Red Flame, 1982)
Fittingly for an album called ‘The Sitting Room’, I first came across Anne Clark’s debut long-player from 1982 while sitting in the living room of a friend-of-a-friend’s flat in Berlin last summer
Richard Norris, The Grid
In his new memoir, ‘Strange Things Are Happening’, Richard Norris remembers when The Grid headed to Asia and Australasia for a culture shock-inducing tour supported by Autechre