Cosey Fanni Tutti on the musical awakening that catapulted her into another world

The industrial pioneer and author recalls a revelatory period of creativity and experimentation – and it all began at a pub in Hull 

Kylie: Tension review

Blessed with a meme-generating glitter bomb of a lead single, expectations are high for Kylie Minogue’s 16th album. The verdict? A shimmering return to form

BCUC are finding strength in numbers

For spirited South African seven-piece BCUC, music is not just the motor behind their mind-blowing improvisational live shows, but language for communal understanding

Simo Cell is powering up

Known for his unconventional approach to club bangers, the French producer and DJ is swapping the instant hit for the long game as he readies his debut album, ‘Cuspide des Sirènes’

L’Rain is moving closer

After her searingly emotional debut in 2017, and its critically lauded follow-up, L’Rain is striving to bring some fun and self-invention to the po-faced world of experimental music

Rising: Enter the searing soundworlds of Plattenbau

Plattenbau offer a take on contemporary life that’s anything but prefabricated. We meet the spirited post-punk four-piece to discuss their new record, ‘Net Prophet’

Connecting… Oneohtrix Point Never

The music of Oneohtrix Point Never cleaves to a dream logic. For a glowing tenth album, pop’s resident disruptor and the Weeknd collaborator is revisiting past selves. Sasha Geffen learns more for the September cover story

Converge’s Jane Doe triggered the experimental birth of metallic hardcore

Released 22 years ago today, Converge’s brutal, emotionally charged opus not only chronicles a personal disaster, but triggered the experimental birth of metallic hardcore