STRAWBERRY GUY
This affecting songwriter’s bathtub melancholia has connected with a swarm of online fans who’ve found solace in his lilting dreamadelica.
Issue 103 Editorial
Live Editor Elliot Ryder sings the praises of the collective as a way of getting through challenging times
LIFE IS REAL WORK
The unheard stories from the gig economy courtesy of new FACT exhibition Real Work
PYLON
A brand-new Future Yard exclusive collaboration between Forest Swords and The Kazimier at Birkenhead Priory.
MARY ANNE HOBBS
Broadcaster and proud Lancastrian Mary Anne Hobbs curates a celebration of avant-garde female musicians at Manchester International Festival.
FUTURE POLITIK
Elliot Ryder looks at some of the solutions being offered by a movement towards the local as our appetite for global politics and activism fades.
CLUBTOGETHER
Looking deep into the visual archaeology of club culture with cultural cartographers Dorothy and SEVENSTORE.
LOYLE CARNER
Festival headliner, and one of the hottest hip hop talents in the UK, Loyle Carner speaks to us about his new album
ISSUE 98 EDITORIAL
Live Editor Elliot Ryder explores the intricacies of society and the problem with bracketing ourselves
XAMVOLO
Exploring the structures of nuance with one of the most finely-tuned minds in British music today.
6 MUSIC FESTIVAL
In March, Liverpool’s musicians and venues take centre stage as the city plays host to three days of live music for the 6 Music Festival
SLEAFORD MODS
The duo return with another LP of biting social commentary that is so vital that it should be on the national curriculum.
INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS OF POP
Sheffield’s latest musical response to the UK’s woes is a trio of Northern Rail-baiting synth obsessives pumping out acidic nerd disco.
OMAR SOULEYMAN
Rhythmic release from the heart of the Middle East. Meet Syria's foremost wedding singer.
CONTAINER
Trance sybaritism in a shipping container – Evian Christ pilots a 50-person party through smoke and strobes that is both communal rave and personal hedonism.
MOLLY BURCH
Captured Tracks’ Americana raconteur on moving to Texas and finding her songwriting voice.
ISSUE 94 EDITORIAL
Live Editor Elliot Ryder ponders the long-lasting effects of 2008's giant footsteps
ACID CORBYNISM
Searching for collective joy in the far-out left: Elliot Ryder pitches up at The World Transformed.
VILLAGERS
Conor O’Brien’s inventive folk-pop outfit deal with faith and in a typically disarming and confessional manner
HALEY HEYNDERICKX
Hidden from the Portland rainfall, Haley Heynderickx has quietly been tending to a delicate collection of folk songs
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