Dec 12, 2024 · The band had a clear concept for The Night: to make the kind of music you listen to with your eyes closed – a ‘headphone album’, as Bob Stanley describes it.The album was …

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For those who know Gnod as purveyors of the sort of music that suits getting blasted and waving your arms around, latest album Spot Land might at first come as something of a shock. 2022’s …

Oct 2, 2024 · “The Travelling Wilburys just wanted to play with Roy Orbison. In some ways, we’re doing that too.” Stephen Malkmus muses on his latest pursuit – an ensemble that’s a bit more …

Oct 15, 2024 · The next sound we hear on ‘Lift You’ is the drums – the steady, crisp percussion of Valentina Magaletti, before her Moin bandmates Joe Andrews and Tom Halstead add fairly …

Nov 21, 2024 · Blawan is releasing a new EP through XL. Spanning four tracks, BouQ marks the UK producer’s second outing for the label, following 2023’s Dismantled Into Juice. It builds on …

Oct 31, 2024 · A big reason why is simply down to Smith himself, how he literally sounds. That voice is still that voice, and it sounds like nothing has changed at all, that it’s still that feeling of …

Nov 18, 2024 · Having previously worked with Dan Carey and Hot Chip’s Al Doyle and Joe Goddard, this is the first time they’ve self-produced. It has seemingly allowed them to lean …

Baker's Dozen Slow Burners: Sean Johnston on the 13 Songs that Shaped A Love From Outer Space As much-loved club night A Love From Outer Space reaches its 15th anniversary, Sean …

Oct 30, 2024 · On Utopian Ashes, an album of fogeyish duets with ex-Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth, Gillespie strove to reinvent himself as a torch crooner, albeit one who still needed …