In the hysterical climate of retromania, band reunions and anniversary tours, it’s easy to forget the albums that actually deserve the adulation. In recent times we’ve had 10-year anniversary tours of indie detritus bands such […]
Tag: Massive Attack
Here’s your top 10 for Electric Picnic
Not exactly full of hot takes here, just bang-on dependable acts, from alt-rock to full-on techno, life-affirming hip-hop, politically-engaged electronics and industrial ultraviolence. Death Grips (Rankin’s Wood, Sunday, 9-10pm) California trio Death Grips are one […]
Jean-Michel Jarre interview: ‘We need to rebuild the future’
Electronic music was always supposed to be about looking to the future, but French pioneer Jean Michel Jarre worries that we’re getting blinded by misty-eyed nostalgia. Chatting about his new album Electronica, Jarre concedes that […]
‘Go with your instinct… the brain often gets in the way’: Neneh Cherry interview
I‘ve been on the phone to Neneh Cherry for nearly an hour before realising that I haven’t brought up gold discs, Manchild or Buffalo Stance. Generally, when 80s pop stars go ‘underground’, they’re on the […]
