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Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: ‘It’s even easier for weirdos to find each other now than in the 90s’
The guitarist recalls how Arab Strap gave Scottish musicians a sense of national pride, the excess of his band’s early years and why he’s still fighting for independence• Read an exclusive extract of Stuart Braithwaite’s autobiography: ‘We had Iggy Pop on our side’
Emily Mackay
09, Sep, 2022 @9:00 AM
Pussy Riot: Matriarchy Now review – a gleeful up yours to orthodoxy
Ideology grinds against a kitsch, hypersexual aesthetic in the Russian rebels’ bizarre yet sometimes brilliant debut mixtape
Emily Mackay
05, Aug, 2022 @7:30 AM
One to watch: Hinako Omori
The composer fuses Wiltshire field recordings with astral punk, drawing on the therapeutic Japanese practice of ‘forest bathing’
Emily Mackay
12, Mar, 2022 @2:00 PM
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: Topical Dancer review – wildly eclectic electropop
The Belgian duo’s debut album is a banging fusion of funk, house and techno that makes up for in mischievous energy what it lacks in subtle wit
Emily Mackay
06, Mar, 2022 @1:00 PM
Beach House: Once Twice Melody review – a seductive odyssey in four chapters
Released gradually since November, the Baltimore duo’s rich, roaming eighth album was worth the wait
Emily Mackay
20, Feb, 2022 @1:00 PM
One to watch: Los Bitchos
Drawn from across the globe, the London-based quartet are party people who love cumbia as much as garage rock
Emily Mackay
05, Feb, 2022 @2:00 PM
Alice Glass: Prey//IV review – songs of trauma and recovery
The ex-Crystal Castles singer’s solo debut is pulsing and personal…
Emily Mackay
30, Jan, 2022 @1:00 PM
Ichiko Aoba: Windswept Adan review – hypnotic, ghostly psych-folk
An imaginary island and sparse instrumentation unfold together as the Japanese singer-songwriter conjures her latest alluring soundworld
Emily Mackay
12, Dec, 2021 @3:00 PM
One to watch: Margo Cilker
The American singer-songwriter’s expertly honed country-rock is as frank and fresh as it is warm and familiar
Emily Mackay
06, Nov, 2021 @2:00 PM
Blue Banisters by Lana Del Rey review – a singer looking to her legacy
The singer’s eighth album feels familiar, but also pushes at the edges of her usual themes
Emily Mackay
24, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM
I Want the Door to Open by Lala Lala review – ambition and reinvention
Lillie West’s third album steers away from lo-fi indie to impressive, light-touch dream pop
Emily Mackay
10, Oct, 2021 @12:00 PM
Tirzah: Colourgrade review – hypnotic intimacies that draw you in
Working once more with Mica Levi, the Essex songwriter sets a dreamy pace on her unpredictable, eclectic second album
Emily Mackay
03, Oct, 2021 @2:00 PM
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