On the newsletter : How do you remix Sun Ra? And what’s the point? These are the questions asked by When There Is No Sun, a new compilation in which a handful of artists get to grips with the extravagantly cosmic work of one of jazz’s most singular artists. linenoise.substack.com/p/when-there...

Both a Flying Saucer Attack reference and a Beak> joke in the latest @theguardian.com football David Squires cartoon and, really, we are not worthy. www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

On this week’s Line Noise podcast @radioprimavera.bsky.social, I spoke to French producer Malibu ahead of her @primaverasounds.bsky.social gigs in Barcelona and Madrid about the profound impact of ive shows, music as a diary, growing up in a small town + LA loneliness. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Yr book is absolutely brilliant; I’ve learnt loads of things I didn’t know. You’ve practically written a chronological biography focusing on the band’s exceptional body of work. Will the next book be a track/track analysis of every album, Really! Thank you for your passionate and fascinating work!

I reviewed the new Anna Calvi EP for @pitchfork.com. God’s Lonely Man is absolutely excellent; her cover of Computer Love quite a lot less so.... pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

This week, on the Line Noise newsletter, an audience with Jeff Mills. Do you dance? I asked him. You’ll have to read on to find out his response. linenoise.substack.com/p/i-dont-pre...

in the latest @radioprimavera.bsky.social Tier list, Johann and I rank Gorillaz' nine studio albums by order of might, ahead of the group's appearance at @primavera-sound.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=xatZ...

This week, on the Line Noise podcast @radioprimavera.bsky.social, an audience with Jeff Mills. I spoke to the don of techno about Live at the Liquid Rooms, the importance of dancing, making music every day and more. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Lots of love to The Cardigans' sweetly dark heart, for now and forever.

I really enjoyed this interview. It was quite late at night and I had just drunk lots of coffee, so I hope it makes sense!

I was a guest on the excellent Booked on Rock podcast, talking about - what else? - my Stereolab book! Check it out here. open.spotify.com/episode/4B8D...

To mark the release of my Stereolab book, Space Age Batchelor Pad Music, I read 10 minutes from the opening chapter on the Line Noise podcast, which is the closest you're probably going to get to an audiobook. Here, I explain what makes Stereolab so special. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

“From a storm to a haven, a jolt to a caress”. Yup, I reviewed the new Anjimile album for @pitchfork.com and it made me all poetic. Really lovely record, with exquisite songwriting. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

On the Substack this week: Stereolab in Tinseltown - or weirdness at the heart of LA. linenoise.substack.com/p/stereolab-...

On the Line Noise podcast @radioprimavera.bsky.social, I plug my Stereolab book, ahead of publication this Friday. I explain the how, whys and wherefores of the new book, the 20-song structure and talk about trawling the Stereolab back catalogue for themes and oddness. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Should you want more Discovery, I was on All Of It with Alison Stewart @wnyc.org yesterday, talking about the blesséd album's 25th birthday. www.wnyc.org/story/daft-p...

On the Substack today, for paid subscribers: “We contaminate each other” - an interview with Maya Shenfeld and Pedro Maia. linenoise.substack.com/p/we-contami...

I put together a big old tribute to Discovery, with quotes from 21 artists, including some amazing Daft Punk lore from @themicronauts.bsky.social!

Daft Punk's 'Discovery' turns 25 today 🎉 Here, 21 artists, fans and affiliates to share their personal reflections on this electronic masterpiece, from their earliest memories with it, to the myriad ways it influenced their own practice djmag.com/features/daf...

On the Substack today: The Happy Mondays, a couple of remixes and the birth of Madchester. “Anyone who lived in Manchester in the 90s will know that the city belonged not to Oasis, The Stones Roses or New Order but to the Happy Mondays.” open.substack.com/pub/linenois...?

Stereolab's catalogue is strange and endlessly rewarding. Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social picks five deep cuts that prove it thestrangebrew.co.uk/stereolab-fi...

On the Line Noise podcast, @radioprimavera.bsky.social I spoke to Maya Shenfeld and Pedro Maia at the Mira festival about Under The Sun, their stunning audiovisual live show; climate change, deep marble quarries, being friends + what they love about each other’s work. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I’m interviewing @bencardew.bsky.social about his brilliant new book on Stereolab, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

On the Substack today, for paid subscribers, 'I like to be surprised' - an audience with Barker. Stochastic Drift, pushy kick drums and more. linenoise.substack.com/p/i-like-to-...

Ever since I upgraded to Tahoe, Apple Music isn't allowing me to play songs that have already been released in pre-release albums (if you see what I mean). If I add them to a playlist, I can play them. But not within the album itself, even if the song has been released. Any ideas?

On this week’s newsletter, “A musician and a poet” - 20 minutes with Marie Davidson, in which we speak about Clown bangers, Surveillance Capitalism, squaring dystopia with humour and much more. linenoise.substack.com/p/a-musician...

OK I have listened to Mrs. GREEN APPLE @musically.com and suffice to say it's not exactly my thing. But, erm, good luck to them and all.

On the Line Noise podcast @radioprimavera.bsky.social, we welcome Cardedeu's finest, elsas, to speak about her new EP APORIAMOR, love’s contradiction, well-kneaded dough, Medieval music and touring with Sampha. elsas is playing Barcelona’s Caixaforum on March 27. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Fred Again B2B Thomas Bangalter isn’t Alive 2026… but it’s close enough for now. AKA an emergency newsletter inspired by last night’s London gig. linenoise.substack.com/p/fred-again...

Listening to the Thomas Bangalter x Fred Again set. 20 minutes in and we've already had Purcell, One More Time / Aint No Mountain High Enough, Hackney Parrot, Rollin’ and Scratchin’, Spinal Scratch / Renegade Master, Cubik, LFO and Crescendolls. I need a lie down just looking at it.

Today on the Substack, I battle my way between U2, Bruce, Springsteen, the trance revival and the wonders of aging. “I sometimes wonder if the whole process of cultural aging involves getting into music I hated as a teenager…” linenoise.substack.com/p/between-u2...

I reviewed the new Nathan Fake album for @pitchfork.com. "It’s an episode of Friends with a spoonful of vanilla ice cream, a familiar joy that won’t trouble the palate. But the record’s first-thought-best-thought spontaneity comes at the expense of ambition." pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

One of my favourite modern artists has teamed up with an avant-garde legend to cover one of my favourite songs by one of my favourite bands and it totally sucks! Funny how music works some times.

On the Line Noise podcast @radioprimavera.bsky.social this week, Marie Davidson returns, to talk sexy clowns, IT,  Surveillance Capitalism, CAPTCHA and squaring dystopia with humour. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Hello! my new book about Stereolab is out on March 20 and @waterstones.bsky.social’s are running an offer until February 20 so that you can get 25% off with the code FEB26. Worldwide delivery, I believe. Please do go and buy it, as the children need new shoes www.waterstones.com/book/space-a...

On the Substack this week, an interview with the legendary Karl Bartos (for those who don’t like podcasts) in which he definitively answers the question of who is better: The Beatles or Kraftwerk. linenoise.substack.com/p/everybody-...

I reviewed the new Beach Boys box set for @pitchfork.com. "there is enough of the Beach Boys’ singular genius—perhaps the expression in pop of a musical mind pulled to and fro by the heavy weathers of psychological torment—to deliver." pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

My guest this week on the Line Noise podcast @radioprimavera.bsky.social is none other than Karl Bartos. We talk about leaving Kraftwerk, The Beatles, getting away from computers, guitars, Johnny Marr, remixing Planet Rock, the Telephone Call, Esperanto + so much more. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

It's a very happy release day to Danny L Harle and Cerulean. We spoke to him for @radioprimavera.bsky.social ahead of his @nitsaclub.bsky.social date and we talked about everything from Dua Lipa making tea to working with his daughters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rizb...

On the Substack today, Roger Sanchez speaks Egotrip and US Bleep, with the help of the Veep of Bleep himself, Mr. @sellbydave.bsky.social linenoise.substack.com/p/roger-sanc...

On the Line Noise podcast @radioprimavera.bsky.social this week, Maara, a Montreal producer and DJ whose brilliant new album Ultra Villain is out now on NAFF. We talked about being a villain, what “home” means, Madonna, trip hop + more, in an open-hearted interview. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Today on the Substack: The Clockwork Orange soundtrack messed with my childhood. AKA How I found Wendy Carlos’ terrifying soundtrack to Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange in my parents’ record collection and life changed forever linenoise.substack.com/p/the-clockw...

This week on the Substack: if you’ve always wondered about the crossover between Kool & The Gang and Boards of Canada, help is at hand. linenoise.substack.com/p/caledonia-...

Much as I love Telex and Frank De Wulf , Philippe Clement is 100% my favourite ever Belgian.

Guests on Line Noise this week are Busy P and DJ Falcon, recorded backstage at @nitsaclub.bsky.social. We talk about their relationship, Falcon’s first productions, Ed Banger + more, including the background story to that night when Thomas Bangalter returned to DJing.  soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Do you want 6k words of musical wisdom from Matthew Herbert? You bet you do. The full interview is published today on my Substack. Subscribers only but there are free redeems and things. linenoise.substack.com/p/matthew-he...

I spoke to the iconic Tanya Donelly about Belly's King, artistic freedom, her views on Spotify, Belly's possibly forthcoming fourth album and more. @radioprimavera.bsky.social @primavera-sound.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UWm...

What are the best Panda Bear albums? Johann Wald and I rank his records for @radioprimavera.bsky.social ahead of his @primavera-sound.bsky.social gig this summer. Do you agree? www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VP6...

On Line Noise Substack this week, we welcome one of the most brilliant minds in modern music, Matthew Herbert, a man who has sampled a pig from birth to plate; formed a Brexit Big Band; and led the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop. linenoise.substack.com/p/the-pepe-b...

he's right on with the african music atm, i just came across artist after artist, label after label of incredible south african house music, seems like a lot is based out of johannesburg. he might be well familiar with it, but this is one i was really impressed with... staytruesounds.bandcamp.com