The Public Enemy frontman has always been one of rap music’s most articulate advocates, but in 2022 he shifted career from MC to university lecturer. In an exclusive extract from his new book, In The ...

As anyone who has taken the East Coast Main Line between the east of Scotland and England will know, one of the finest parts of the journey is when the train curves around the estuary of the River ...

Brian Coney celebrates the isolationism and destructiveness of the Canadian jazz punk trio Nomeansno's first essential album, Sex Mad.

A decade on from her last album, the influential neo-soul pioneer returns with an album of deft storytelling, rich jazz instrumentation and a cast of collaborators including Tierra Whack, Trombone Sho ...

Scritti Politti’s 1982 debut album, Songs To Remember, is being reissued. A remastered version of the LP, which is currently not available on streaming platforms and has been out of print on vinyl ...

Upsammy and Valentina Magaletti are releasing a collaborative album. Spanning eight tracks, the roots of Seismo lay in a commission by Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, which saw the two artists soundtrack an ...

Sean Kitching speaks to American author, Ronald Malfi, about his unique identity in the crowded field of dark fiction If you’ve read something you love on our site today, please consider becoming a ...

Missy Elliott (along with Timbaland) meets The Quietus’ benchmark for genius, not necessarily via the route of producing three all time great albums in a row but as someone who changed popular music ...

The debut album from the North Carolina-born singer-songwriter-producer, finds the digital age's only medieval princess bursting with ideas and cartoonish intensity. Truly, Hemlocke Springs contains m ...

Former Cecil Taylor side man brings together a band featuring Steve Reid and Earl Cross for a thrilling document of the New ...

With the publication of his new essay collection, Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances, talks to Richard King about blogs, brutalism, and the link between Adam Curtis and Mark Fisher ...