On the cover: Gnod: The hydra-headed Northern drone rockers’ cosmic journey shows no signs of slowing. By Stewart Lee; The New Blockaders: A new book about elusive North East refuseniks Richard and Philip Rupenus blows open five decades of anti-art, obfuscation and noise. By Nick Soulsby; Phil Durrant: From club tracks to mandolin to electronic experiments, nothing is off the table for the UK improvisor. By Seymour Wright; Mali Obomsawin: The First Nations bassist and composer dismantles genre through ancestral recordings. By Emily Pothast; Jay Mitta: The Tanzanian producer charges high-speed singeli with African, Arab and Indian influences. By April Clare Welsh; Invisible Jukebox: Sarah Davachi: Will the composer, theorist and organist pull out all the stops in The Wire’s mystery record selection? Tested by Emily Bick; Dawuna: Avant R&B in the spirit of D’Angelo. By Hugh Morris; John Clyde-Evans: Travels across the UK psych universe. By Derek Walmsley; Global Ear: Crosscultural exchange in Colombo, Sri Lanka. By Simon Coates; Unlimited Editions: Blah Records rep the sounds of the North. By Tim Fish; The Inner Sleeve: Art Terry on Big Brown’s Between Heaven And Hell; Against the Grain: Music criticism needs to play its part in a wider intellectual discourse. By Rafael Lubner; The Secret History of Film Music: Philip Brophy on Mark Korven’s horror scores for The Black Phone and Them; Epiphanies: OOIOO’s YoshimiO is picking up good vibrations. And in the reviews sections: Mike Ladd: No Afterfuture. By Mosi Reeves; Mary Jane Leach: Organic chemistry. By Louise Gray; Julian Cope: Revolution in the head. By Edwin Pouncey; Stray Dog In The Milky Way: The Experimental Brazilian Sound Of Tom Zé: The long journey of a lesser known tropicálista. By Peter Margasak; Sonica: Technical ecstasy. By Claire Biddles, and more
Pickup available at Dreamhouse Records London
Usually ready in 24 hours
