Richard Foster reports from Ljubljana's MENT Festival, where Lankum, Širom, Laura Agnusdei, Tramhaus, Yalla Miku, Use Knife and many more deliver the goods Tramhaus, photo by Matjaž Rušt There are two things you must know about Slovenia: the first is that it is where the oldest known musical instr…
Molko made the remarks about Giorgia Meloni during a 2023 performance at Turin's Sonic Park festival Placebo frontman Brian Molko has been charged with defamation by Italian prosecutors after calling Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a "piece of shit, fascist, racist" during a festival perform…
Jon Buckland talks with Room40 head honcho, Lawrence English, in order to better burrow deep into the label’s back catalogue and present ten landmark releases from across the past 25 years. Main portrait by S Simpson As the 21st century roared into view, so did Room40. What started off as a pre-…
The Residents Doctor Dark Stalwart Californian weirdos create a three-act avant-metal opera inspired by Judas Priest’s notorious 1990 trial for supposedly satanic subliminal messages It’s often said that The Residents are avant-garde, though they’re avant-gardists for herberts. That, of course, ca…
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