Experimental music

Yves Tumor: Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume … review – psych-fuelled invention

Effortlessly twisting and bending myriad genres to their will, the alt-rock superstar has made some of their catchiest and most openly introspective songwriting yet

Tayyab Amin

17, Mar, 2023 @8:00 AM

Askak Maboul: Une Aventure de VV (Songspiel) review | Contemporary album of the month

The Belgian genre-hoppers return with a 15-part audio drama that skips from jazz and Latin trance to minimalism and acid house – with surprises at every turn

John Lewis

10, Mar, 2023 @8:30 AM

Wayne Shorter, icon of jazz saxophone, dies aged 89

Composer and performer traversed numerous phases of jazz history, and fused his playing with the likes of Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell and Carlos Santana

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

02, Mar, 2023 @4:40 PM

Hannah Peel review – elegiac synths weave a dreamy electronic spell

Paying tribute to her hero Delia Derbyshire, the electronica artist took us through her album Fir Wave and beyond in a triumphant show

John Lewis

19, Feb, 2023 @2:21 PM

Ukrainian composer Heinali on preserving the sound of Kyiv: ‘I wanted to protect my city from harm’

The field recordings on Kyiv Eternal, released exactly a year on from Russia’s invasion, document ‘a world that has disappeared’, the artist explains

John Lewis

15, Feb, 2023 @12:33 PM

Lisel: Patterns for Auto-Tuned Voices and Delay review | John Lewis's contemporary album of the month

The singer feeds her voice through myriad effects units in a beautiful album exploring authenticity and artifice

John Lewis

10, Feb, 2023 @9:00 AM

‘Brian Eno left a note in my zither case’: how fate intervened for ambient music pioneer Laraaji

The US musician has spellbound generations with his improvisational sound. He explains how chance encounters and listening to an ‘inner guidance’ has changed the course of his life

Stevie Chick

09, Feb, 2023 @9:41 AM

Mogwai review – ferocious rockers show sublime range

The Glaswegian band shook the room with soaring headbangers and pummelling riffs – and a bit of singing too

Dan Hancox

07, Feb, 2023 @12:16 PM

Isobel Waller-Bridge review – wit and emotion in abundance

The film and TV composer uses the live setting to really stretch her wings, adding an invigorating extra dimension to recent works and debuting some thrilling new pieces

John Lewis

06, Feb, 2023 @12:55 PM

Refree: El Espacio Entre review – Barcelona producer’s haunting minimalism

Worked up from two film soundtracks, this atmospheric concept album features piano, guitar, Monteverdi and radio static

Neil Spencer

28, Jan, 2023 @4:00 PM

Brainiac on life after Tim Taylor: ‘He used to walk offstage with bruises in the shape of his effects pedals’

One of the most distinctive bands of the early 90s, Brainiac were broken by the accident that killed their founder in 1997. The surviving members explain why they have reformed

Stevie Chick

23, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

‘Humanity hit a brick wall’: John Cale on the Velvets, Nico, Covid and a gun-ridden world gone bad

As he hits 80 and releases a softly raging album inspired by the ugliness of the pandemic years, the ever restless and eternally avant-garde musician unburdens himself

Chal Ravens

18, Jan, 2023 @4:09 PM