UTO
Wonderfully weird French avant-pop
Seagoth
Immaculate, dreamy 90s pop nostalgia
Barry Adamson: Talking Pictures
Barry Adamson is busier than ever. Ahead of a blistering new solo record and a string of UK live dates, the celebrated bassist reflects on setting the post-punk agenda with Magazine and his defining time with the Bad Seeds. “Bands are fucking nuts,” he says
Fran & Flora: Take a Bow
Inspired by Yiddish songs and klezmer, experimental/contemporary folk duo Fran & Flora fuse virtuoso strings, drones and loops to hugely beguiling effect
Jane Weaver: Love Parade
Cosmically lush, gently kaleidoscopic and swirling with mystic “wyrd folk”, Jane Weaver is back with a compelling and groovily seductive new work that truly hits the heights
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan: Care In The Community
As Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, Gordon Chapman-Fox has explored the utopian dreams of 1970s town planning over the course of five albums. His latest release, ‘Your Community Hub’, completes his transformation from wry hauntologist to strident political commentator
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