Xmal Deutschland had an extraordinary impact on British audiences in the early Eighties, having cast a spell through staccato rhythms, unmediated channels, and mysterious (to most at the time) language, further carried by the unique vision and strength of the women involved.
Commemorating their ‘4AD years’ (1983-1984) forty years on, the mysteriously enchanting group returns now with a brand-new release entitled Gift: The 4AD Years. The limited-edition 3xLP boxset contains 2025 Abbey Road remasters of their two albums released with the label (the feverish Fetsich and titanic Tocsin), as well as tracks off other related releases and EPs including Incubus Succubus II and Qual, creating a package pulsating with power and poise.
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The San Antonio, TX based hardcore freak-punks, Butthole Surfers, were notorious for their live shows and the band’s newest archival release, Live at the Leather Fly, does a good job capturing their mid-career, chaotic noise sound.
Four albums into their career, Reading rockers 
Recorded in 1996, 
“I can’t believe the apocalypse is taking so long,” 
The debut album from cinematic electro-pop duo Ringdown, featuring Danni Lee Parpan and Pulitzer and Grammy winner Caroline Shaw, 
After parting with Warner Bros., their label of nearly a decade, Seattle folk-rock stalwarts the Head and the Heart made a conscious shift to revisit their indie roots. Their breakout success amid the wave of early-2010s indie folk bands led to a sonic transformation when they entered the major-label system. Greater exposure and bigger shows led to a bigger team and an inevitably slicker sound on albums like 
Those unfamiliar with the name 
Artists age differently — it comes through in their work. Some turn contemplative, some opt for acceptance, some even refuse to admit they’re getting older (looking at you, Rolling Stones). On Silver Shade, famed Bauhaus vocalist and post-punk pioneer 
Having disbanded some 20 years ago, 
…featuring two previously unreleased tracks from the original recording session — “Cruisin’ With Mr. Scratch” and “Dominator.”
Laibach announced Alamut to a roomful of music journalists in London back in July of 2022. The album they were aiming to bring to fruition was unusual even by their unorthodox standards. The Slovenians set forth a project on an epic scale: a nine movement symphonic work to be performed in both Ljubljana and Tehran with a full orchestra, written by Iranian composers Idin Samimi Mofakham and Nima A. Rowshan in collaboration with the Slovenian composer Luka Jamni of Laibach.
20 years on from their first appearance on record, the seventh long-player from Canadian indie-art-rock behemoths Arcade Fire comes off the back of four consecutive UK album chart-toppers.
It’s a real decision to do an album of tunes on the alto-violin, an instrument similar to the viola in size but played vertically, like a cello.
“What is techno to you?” This is a question frequently asked of Midlands-born techno producer Anthony Child. One that, by his own admission, he frequently fails to answer with words. Like any genre, techno is many things to many people: a soundtrack to hedonistic good times, a boundary-pushing platform for modernist experimentation, a lifelong obsession. On this, his latest