The early 90s was the best time for extreme bands to be signed to major labels, with the likes of Sonic Youth, Ministry, Pantera and dozens more snapped up on the back of the success […]
Let’s get Gross Net done: An interview with Philip Quinn
As the grotesque spectre of Brexit hangs over the Halloween countdown, many artists are joining in the collective retch and railing against the ghouls who got us here. But not everyone can pull a Slowthai […]
Kneecap kicking against the pricks
Last week Belfast hip-hop act Kneecap posted a tweet quoting “some fella from Dublin” asking them, “Why would you rap in Irish? No one even speaks it”, above a photo of one of their recent […]
All the right noises: Moo Kid’s September 2019
Hyperreal collages, vampire pop, ritualistic dub, Belarusian cold wave, weaponised seagulls, poetic detours, neoclassical ambient, cave wall drones, War on Terror techno, Bjork taking a drill to Fever Ray and many more wonderful noises from […]
Outer limits grime abstraction on Mosca – Touchie Riddim
Copenhagen label FLUF has been prolifically releasing deviant abstract electronic music since 2017, fuelled by future sonics and a self-effacing sarcasm that transcends any pseudo academic pitfalls. I’ve said it before, but the regular type-font […]
Bill Drummond is going on tour for the rest of his life
Rave provocateur, anti-Illuminatist, magical realist and performance art seditionist Bill Drummond is going on tour for the rest of his life, and he’s got seven years left. He’s worked out his life expectancy as 74 […]
Pixies might be starting to give a shit again
In 2016, Spin magazine posted an article with the headline, ‘Has any great band ever cared less than the Pixies?’, hand-wringing over an “unnervingly low stakes” series of releases after their 2004 comeback. Spin had […]
