Production collective Quakers – aka Katalyst (Ashley Anderson), Fuzzface (Geoff Barrow of Portishead & Beak>), and 7-Stu-7 (Invada Studios engineer Stuart Matthews) — came out of eight-year hibernation earlier this month, dropping a 50-track beat tape via Stones Throw. Now, Quakers have announced their second proper studio album, The Next Wave, which will be… Read More
Deep house great Charles Webster is gearing up to release Decision Time, his first major solo release since 2001's Born On The 24th of July, which is out November 20 and features appearances from Shara Nelson, Ingrid Chavez, Terra Deva,… Read More
Teenage Cancer Trust, a UK organization that creates cancer services for young people, have an annual concert series at London's Royal Albert Hall organized by The Who's Roger Daltrey that couldn't happen this year for obvious reasons, but they'll take… Read More
The music of Jonnine Standish is not exactly sunny. As a member of the duo HTRK (pronounced “Hate Rock”), she and Nigel Yang have made a career out of somber, brooding, skeletal rock songs that often deal with grief and… Read More
PopMatters has been following Kino Lorber’s Blu-ray series The Golden Age of Exploitation, a collection of films made outside of Hollywood’s studio system by independent mavericks. These filmmakers defied the Production Code and censor boards by making movies with taboo… Read More
WEIRDO – INSOMNIAC IDEAS [EP] British electropop producer WEIRDO has captured serious BBC radio play with his emotive and tuneful alternative pop, and Annie Mac has been a big supporter of his music. WEIRDO has a stunning collection of new music… Read More
Why have one day when you can have three? That’s right, it’s still the most wonderful time(s) of the year: Record Store Day. The annual celebration of all things 7″, 12″ and beyond – we’re talking about vinyl here, get… Read More
Happy Autumn, everybody. Let's get into it. This week's reviews: Róisín Murphy teaches us to pronounce her name correctly and delivers her most satisfying set of solo songs to date on her new album; Manchester legends A Certain Ratio keep… Read More
We Are The Union, who were one of the bands we highlighted in our new feature on the current DIY ska scene, have been staying pretty productive during these concert-less times. They released a ska-punk cover of the traditional folk… Read More
PC Music founder A. G. Cook settled on Apple as an album title, he says, because the word evokes so many things: the eponymous tech company (which, historically, has been regarded as the opposite of the Windows-based personal computer, or… Read More