The other night I was mindlessly scrolling about on my phone through Instagram, as one does when they really ought to go to bed but are stuck being entertained instead of resting, when I came upon …

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Some recent wandering. New Locust, Romare, Moonshake dive, Jim Sullivan, Maddy Prior, Maddie Ashman. Love, Eric Burdon mixing bagpipes and sitar?

Before ambient folk had a name, its materials were already scattered through folk revival, private press, field recording, minimalism and home tape. A history of a genre assembled backwards, from John...

He is due back in the UK next month. The post Werner Herzog to create documentary on Karl Bushby’s 28-year walk from Chile to Hull that began in 1998 first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

At 14, he heard Stravinsky and resolved to be a composer. As Reich approaches his 10th decade, the man revered by the likes of David Bowie reflects on a life that changed the soundtrack of modern livi...

Young Stephen, in the last summer of his boyhood, has a very clear and intense view of the world, but an awakened force in the landscape is trying to communicate some warning, a peril he is in.

Some bits of U.K. psychadelia, new Arab Strap, David Byrne, Tarwater, Nina Simone or the Bee Gees you decide.

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The essential DIY electronic music lowdown: Track Of The Week: Spraycan + Album Of The Week: Loula Yorke + Gilroy Mere + Boddy | Scanner + The Synthesis Co-op + more...

Letters discovered in a suitcase tell the story of Michael "Kick" Murphy's time at sea in the 1890s.

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The maverick former Public Image Ltd bassist takes us on a typically picaresque journey through his ‘Kafka-esque’ days at Transport for London, being named by Sid Vicious and his spiritual learnings

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A short documentary film uncovering Japanese photographer Akihiko Okamura’s extraordinary work in Ireland during the Troubles, and the artistic and emotional impact of its recent rediscovery. After a ...

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At long last, the Eames Pavilion System is available for purchase – bringing Charles and Ray's vision of the home to life.

Wrongtom revisits the febrile weekend in 1981 when 'Ghost Town' by The Specials got to #1 in the UK charts.

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In an extract from his new book, Simon Reynolds reflects on the emergence of a network of bands and attitudes he would eventually term post-rock

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The essential DIY electronic music lowdown: Track Of The Week: Cloud Studies + Album Of The Week: Dohnavùr + Women Of Ambient + Mortality Tables double bill + Dark Fidelity Hi Fi + more...

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The former home of artist Derek Jarman has opened for 2027–2028 residencies, with artists, filmmakers, writers and gardeners invited to apply for a two-week stay on the Kent coast.

Kelly Pribble, whom the Library of Congress calls a "magician," has developed inventive ways to restore the most damaged tape recordings.

To mark 50 years since the punk DIY publishing explosion, we want to compile a map of the UK’s contemporary zine scene