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News: Xiu Xiu unveil eerie rendition of ‘In Heaven’ from upcoming Eraserhead project

Xiu Xiu are returning to the world of David Lynch, but not in the way anyone expected. A decade after Plays the Music of Twin Peaks introduced the band’s abrasive and emotionally volatile take…

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News: Angine de Poitrine expand massive North American tour due to overwhelming demand

Trying to explain Angine de Poitrine to somebody unfamiliar with them still feels faintly impossible. Somewhere between prog experiment, absurdist performance art and sweat-soaked dance music ritual, the anonymous “microtonal cardboard duo”…

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Album Review: The Melvins with Napalm Death – ‘Savage Imperial Death March’: A mind-shredding collaboration from two peerless noise rock pioneers.

The mutual admiration between these two noise/grind totems has never been disguised. The bands have toured together, their joint 2015 and 2025 expeditions coining the title for this album, and…

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Album Review: SANAM –‘Sametou Sawtan’: Absorbing, ambitious free rock fusion from the peerless Lebanese six-piece.

It takes a singular vision to bring something new to the post rock table these days, loud/quiet trajectories and obtuse time signatures have long been overplayed, but Lebanese sextet SANAM…

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Album Review: Universal Affirmation Ensemble – ‘Unconditional Propositions’: Daring experimental rock inspired by Gamelan’s rich intensity.

The second release of the venerable Katuktu Collective’s spring offering sees the Californian label open our ears to some new sonic adventures with drummer and composer Justin Devries. For his…

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Album Review: Be Kind Cadaver –‘The World’s Greatest Mind’ : Epic electronic noise-rock exposes a deeper malaise.

Welcome once again to a rare encounter with the illusive Brighton art-punk duo Be Kind Cadaver. First sighted back in the post-Covid energy surge of 2022 with their debut EP…

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Album Review: The Nightingales – The Awful Truth; Post-punk chaos meets twisted pop brilliance.

The Nightingales return with The Awful Truth, their first album since 2022’s The Last Laugh, proving once again that Robert Lloyd and company remain as sharp, unpredictable, and essential as…

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Album Review: Maud The Moth – The Distaff : a dramatic, intense avant-rock statement.

Celestial, ethereal, bestial and brutal, woven with beauty and darker mysteries, you need a tapestry of adjectives to describe the music of Maud the moth. The project of Spanish-born /…

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News: Legendary Finnish experimental rockers Circle announce ‘Piste’, a sound-art installation to be experienced.

Remember Finnish deep-prog legends Circle and their irrepressible collaboration with super-fan Richard Dawson in 2021,’Henki’? It was an album of spirit and invention, oozing warmth in a very loud manner…

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Album Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – “No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead” : intense, probing and cathartic contemporary rock.

Let’s start with some facts. Godspeed You! Black Emperor are a seminal alt rock, orchestral collective formed 1994 in Montreal. People who write about contemporary music see their early noughties…

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