700 Bliss – Nothing to Declare review: A brilliant record suffused with anger, mischief and hope
Moor Mother and DJ Haram’s debut album as 700 Bliss revels in paradox, and is all the more powerful for doing so
Rising: yunè pinku makes dance music for introverted ravers
For this month’s Rising feature, Malaysian-Irish producer and singer yunè pinku talks club culture, skiing and going where the wind takes her
Gaidaa is entering a new chapter
The Dutch-Sudanese singer talks personal growth, style and learning to be comfortable in her own skin. Taken from Issue 131’s Aesthetic feature
Obongjayar: Some Nights I Dream of Doors review
This record is a tender confessional on self-discovery, set to earworming hooks and electronics-grazed production. Here, we witness Umoh’s artist journey on his debut
Binker & Moses are the London trailblazers exploring the boundaries of jazz
We meet London’s friendliest jazz revolutionaries – Binker Golding and Moses Boyd – in a Covent Garden pub. Taken from Issue 131
Nia Archives is at the forefront of the jungle revival
The fast-rising 22-year-old producer talks paying her dues to jungle’s past in order to shape its present – and future. We meet her over Zoom for Issue 131
Warpaint: Radiate Like This review
The band’s fourth album retains their spellbinding, woozy take on psychedelic indie while exploring a brilliant new direction
The Organ’s Grab That Gun was the soundtrack to countless lesbian awakenings
We take a look back at the Vancouver five-piece’s 2004 album, and the impact that their romantic post-punk had on a generation
Scalping: Void review
On debut album Void, the Bristol band marry the muscular physicality of noise rock with the body-surrendering highs of electronic music
William Basinski and Janek Schaefer: …on reflection review
… on reflection is the result of eight years of collaboration between the two ambient auteurs, and is dedicated to the late avant-garde composer Harold Budd
Saoirse: Two Bruised Egos review
Two Bruised Egos sees the producer broaden her skillset, stitching together dizzying breakdowns, euphoric melodies and seductive vocal samples
Syd: Broken Hearts Club review
Broken Hearts Club focuses on the quieter, softer side of the breakup album trope: after the fights have died down and all that’s left is the shell-shocked aftermath
Vince Staples: Ramona Park Broke My Heart review
Staples has always been an accomplished storyteller, and here he leans into his past experience to create something that feels personal, unromanticised