Features

Dais Records: the label where Genesis P-Orridge, Iceage, Sasha Grey and Cold Cave meet

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One of America’s finest boutique imprints profiled.

How to… open an independent record store

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Earth on fairy encounters, cunning-folk and music as collective experience

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It’s time for the litigator: plagiarism in music, and 10 recent offenders

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Lost and found: Colin Newman’s Commercial Suicide

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Azealia Banks: “being an artist is like having a penis”

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Belbury Poly on ploughman’s lunches, prog rock and avoiding “Clarkson/Wakeman territory”

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Novella dare to cheer you up with equal parts effete jangle and ferocious riffage

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Model friendships and poison ideas: the month’s 10 most important reissues and archive releases

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MikeQ explains the ballroom scene and sound. “It’s just that c*nt feeling…”

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The Essential… 4AD

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Cocteau Twins, M|A|R|R|S, Dead Can Dance and more feature in a timely celebration of the label’s classic era

The art of… Odd Future

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Goblins, b*stards, rolling papers, clowns: a journey through the visual universe of OFWGKTA

Pete Swanson on dysfunctional techno, mental health and “chasing the next thing”

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Meet the man behind one of last year’s finest albums.

Life according to… Scratcha DVA

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“I ate ostrich and danced to trance.” Scratcha spills the beans ahead of the release of his debut LP on Hyperdub

Tracks of the month: January

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Champion sounds from Grimes, Machinedrum, A$AP Rocky, Julia Holter, Objekt and more

Alva Noto: univrsal sound

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Carsten Nicolai discusses his latest album, Univrs, collaborating with Byetone, and music speaking for itself

Life according to… Ben UFO

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The Hessle Audio selecter on obscure vinyl, toy drumkits and the perils of being a social chameleon

The art of… Mo Wax

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The bold sleeve design of Jame Lavelle’s seminal imprint celebrated, from UNKLE to Urban Tribe

Five minutes with… Lindstrøm

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“I’ve got nothing to hide anymore.”

Keeping up with Wiley

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Grime’s Godfather talks major labels, regrets and cracking the States in one of his most candid interviews yet.

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