Reviews

2020 marked the 21st year of Berlin’s annual CTM Festival; a ten-day celebration of all aspects of the electronic music and art. This year’s...

It’s the fourth day of Berlin’s annual arts, music and culture festival, CTM. The theme for 2020 is ‘Liminality’, aiming to destabilise forms and...

Stretching across ten days and numerous Berlin venues, CTM Festival returned to the city for another unmissable edition showcasing mind-bending music and art. For 2020,...

Hello, 2020. You look like you could benefit from a heap of great new releases to get you started.

Photos by: Sophia Emmerich Entering the repurposed yard that houses Internet Explorer between now and its imminent demise, I’m met with a substantial but confused...

silent green Kulturquartier, 1st December On an icy Sunday evening at the silent green Kulturquartier – an atmospheric crematorium-turned-art space, nestled into Wedding – a...

SO36 – 29th November Once upon a time, it was just Indian classical musicians and arty oddballs such as Terry Riley who had mastered the...

Find out what we got up to at this year's fantastic Iceland Airwaves

Musical direction differs from that of his past, but by incorporating raw, truthful elements into his music, Alfons has created an inspiring record – and his most consistent to date.

Passionskirche, 25th October In the early years of Tangerine Dream, the band was often subjected to missiles of rotten fruit and vegetables while on stage....

Sampa The Great’s debut LP, 19-track The Return, will cement her position as one of contemporary hip-hop’s freshest and most intriguing voices.

Floating Points - aka Sam Shepherd - flits between experimental techno, transcendent house and dark ambiance to reach the recesses of the human brain.

Yet even when Frahm is at his most ambitious, you get the sense it comes almost effortlessly to him.

This is (Sandy) Alex G's most progressive work yet, proving he's moved away from being a cult prodigy to one of the industry's most prolific artists.

His bedroom pop sensibilities remain, but this is a vision that feels vastly widescreen this time around.

This new perspective suits him; the mechanical funk of the opening ‘Stepdad’ is among the finest things he’s written, while the irresistible ‘Bad For the Boys’ tackles the #MeToo movement with admirable tact...

Sampa The Great’s debut LP, 19-track The Return, will cement her position as one of contemporary hip-hop’s freshest and most intriguing voices.

There’s not a bum note to be found in these superbly played and recorded nine songs.

The Australian—deep breath—drum teacher-turned-multi-instrumentalist-bedroom producer has since released a host of brilliantly zestful singles.

Norman Fucking Rockwell! is a graceful portrayal of the singer’s new-found strength and stability, marking what is undoubtedly her greatest record to date.

Danny Wright dissects Kano's essential new album with Robin Murray and Caitlin Scott.