#Avant-garde

Band of the week

We're going down, Larry! If you like something a bit disorienting and disconcerting, but that still encourages you to spaz out, seek out London radicalists Down I Go. shels*, architects of one of our favourite records of this year ('Plains...

Album Review

World's End Girlfriend / Seven Idiots

Need an antidote to neatly-packaged beigeness? Over a marathon 80 minutes, World's End Girlfriend aka Katsuhiko Maeda propels us through a joyously unhinged sonic adventure which counterposes symphonic passages and dizzying eclectic modern...

Gig

Yann Tiersen

When a band has two drummers, you know they aint fuckin about and you know it’s going to be heavy and, guess what? Upon entering Manchester’s stunning, medieval cathedral, the stage was set for, not one, but two drummers. Support was...