Album of the Month - September 2021
Saint EtienneI've Been Trying To Tell YouHeavenly Recordings Buy Now Rough Trade Exclusive powder blue vinyl + bonus discThe pop auteurs return with their tenth album, using…
In Profile: Cody ChesnuTT's The Headphone Masterpiece
"The gospel that is The Headphone Masterpiece will be on every sinners lips and in their hearts" Vibe Magazine, 2002 A unique brand of funk that…
In Profile: Big Thief
"Listening to Big Thief is always a little like sitting in on someone else’s spirit ritual: there is the sense that they know something we…
In Profile: Amy Winehouse
"Music is the only thing that will give and give and give and not take."Amy Winehouse This month marks ten years since the world lost…
Recounting: Get up Sequences Part One by The Go! Team
"People often talk about the positivity of The Go! Team music and I think surrounding myself in this everyday was useful... It’s strange how some…
In Profile: Britpop '96
"I have almost no photographic evidence I was ever there, pre-mobile, pre-internet, NOBODY took a camera out with them as it would have been the size…
In Profile: De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising
"De La Soul told you the nineties were going to be very different to the eighties."Bob Stanley Psychedelic, undeniably funky and underpinned by elements of…
Recounting: Terrain by Portico Quartet
"It’s a world of changing landscapes and experiences that we traversed through June-November 2020, both emotionally and physically... It’s also a dialogue between me…
In Profile: William Onyeabor
"He always made sure he got the outcome he wanted, whether it was by asking something outright, or by playing these invisible chess moves. It was…
Music Making Music: The TMA-2 Ninja Tune Edition
"For Ninja Tune as a label, we are keen to not only celebrate the past but also mark our intentions going forward both sonically and ethically.…