It’s 1999, and a school IT lesson deep in the south east London suburbs. Our teacher asked who had a “home PC,” and everyone ...

The latest work by Irish composer/sound artist Gerard Gormley under the moniker of Being Strangers is an acoustic exploration ...

In the third edition of his column exploring the new wave of boundary-pushing folk and traditional music, Patrick Clarke delves into music's role in our intimate relationship with place, and rounds up ...

The Manics have abandoned the ideologies and cultural touchstones that once defined them, and approached their fifteenth ...

Nearly forty years since his first solo album, the Wire bassist/vocalist might just have released his best work to date, ...

The English's artist's third full-length record makes a compelling case for the liberation offered by the dancefloor, finds ...

As much-loved club night A Love From Outer Space reaches its 15th anniversary, Sean Johnston – its co-founder alongside the ...

A series of studio experiments a quarter of a century ago changed the face of soul music for the 21st C, and D'Angelo's ...

Payola in the music industry has always had a PR problem. For some reason, the many different forms it has taken over several ...

If you were considering licking a cattle prod for kicks this weekend, why not just listen to these BBC tapes of San Diego's ...

Lamina, one of the artists on the 2024/25 SHAPE+ roster of artists, has released a new album, Sueños Acuáticos. Translating to ‘Aquatic Dreams’ in English, the record is built from years of field ...

Wardruna are returning to the heart of winter with new album, Birna (She-Bear). Central to Wardruna’s sound is Einar Selvik’s fascination with instruments from the past and their uncanny ability to ...