Film | Review | DVD Review
Alastair Roy: From the humble origins of Pontin’s holiday camp, the now global All Tomorrow's Parties festival continues to stay free of corporate sponsorship...
Records | Album Review
Chris Buckle: The Minus 5 remain relatively obscure, which is astonishing when you consider that past line-ups have included members of Sonic Youth and Wilco, as we...
Music | Feature
Nick Mitchell: Thursday 28 May - Day One The setting is perfect for Magik Markers’ early evening set at the ATP stage, with the stepped seating providing a s...
Album Review
Ally Brown: Sonic Youth's greatest album is always whichever one you heard first - unless that was NYC Ghosts & Flowers (you poor thing). The band's famous ex...
Music | Film | Preview
Chris Buckle: Ever drunkenly pumped coins into a 2p machine to the sound of Deerhunter playing Butlins, or spotted Steve Albini fleecing fans at poker while watchin...
Joe Barton: The motivation behind this tribute to NEU! is to convey their importance by demonstrating their continued influence on the bands of today. Like a musi...
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Nick Mitchell: Have you ever returned from a weekend of average live music and draconian licencing laws in an overpopulated, litter-strewn field and asked yourself, ...
Jamie Scott: Magik Markers' sonic experimentation continues with this, their first release on guitar-haven label Drag City. Their by now trademarked squalls and gr...
Martin Kirwan: 1. Sonic Youth. They're still vital today, making challenging, inspiring, discordant beautiful noise - and the band's been going for 20 plus years. Th...
Beth Malone: I haven’t eaten all day. I’m nauseous and could - at any moment - pee myself. I’m waiting to speak with two of Nick Cave’s Bad...
Emma Smith : 11 years in the making, Inherit is the fourth album to be released by Free Kitten, the post-punk supergroup masterminded by two of the most influentia...
Jay Shukla: It's perhaps more than a little ironic that someone thought it necessary to re-master one of the greatest albums of all time in order to celebrate its...
Jay Shukla: I smell a contractual obligation. With this b-sides and rarities compilation Sonic Youth will have delivered the final album of their contract with Ge...
Jay Shukla: How does one find words to write about a band as extraordinary as Sonic Youth? Certainly sterile biography could never convey just how large a role th...
