Not sure who needs to know this but Dept Q on Netflix is one of the best series of the last year - top 5 maybe - and you should all watch it ASAP. Any other fans out there? @ponkipons.bsky.social maybe???

On the Substack this week, a suitably frosty masterpiece from Massive Attack (with apols. to the Southern Hemisphere). "With 100th Window, 3D jettisoned much of what had made Massive Attack so great - the hip hop, the dub - to make a kind of Anti-Massive... " linenoise.substack.com/p/massive-at...

Who has the best melodies in electronic music? And why do we never talk about this. In my latest Substack I look at nine masters of the overlooked art. Your opinions very much invited. linenoise.substack.com/p/who-has-th...

Mira, me encantan las listas. Y aquí está la lista @radioprimavera.bsky.social del mejor discos del año. Se suponía que duraría 30 minutos. Hicimos 82. ¿Pero de qué otra manera hablar de la vida amorosa de Lily Allen y de la electrónica desquiciada de Barker? www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBV9...

On the Substack today, just for subscribers, the full interview with Basic Unit's Ben England, 5k words of techstep (not techstep), Autechre, progressive house, John Peel, Ed Rush, Morse code, unlistenable music and more. linenoise.substack.com/p/basic-unit...

I spoke to Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith for Line Noise @radioprimavera.bsky.social about loss, love, death + more as she prepared for the release of her new album Thoughts on the Future. Also on the agenda: body music, the most romantic song ever, farming, yoga + silence. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

The Line Noise artist of the year for 2025 is Basic Unit, the mysterious drum & bass duo behind the legendary 1998 album Timeline, who returned this year with Redux. Earlier this year I compared Timeline to Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled.

On the Substack today: Maria Somerville and the never-fulfilled promise of shoegaze electronica. AKA my love for electronic music’s most elusive genre, starring Seefeel, Global Communication, Slowdive and more. linenoise.substack.com/p/maria-some...

on the latest @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social, I spoke to Hungarian wonder producer Gábor Lázár about MaxMSP, random edges, recording live and eureka moments, live at the MIRA festival in Barcelona, November 2025. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Stranger Things crew! David Camilleri y yo nos reunimos para debatir sobre los mejores momentos de la serie 5, comentar los puntos flacos y predecir lo que podrá pasar en los últimos capítulos de la serie. CON SPOILERS. @radioprimavera.bsky.social @netflix.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hEB...

An extra post today: Singles going steady - new music reviews. Featuring new music from Sully, Honeydrip, TVAM, Water From Your Eyes, Nurse With Wound and Verde Prato + news of the Line Noise artist of the year 2025. linenoise.substack.com/p/singles-go...

On the Substack: Jon E Cash - the Sublow don in pictures. Last week Cash released one of the most historically important albums of the year: Sublow. To celebrate the release, I present 13 pictures from Cash’s personal collection, together with commentaries. linenoise.substack.com/p/jon-e-cash...

for the @pitchfork.com best songs of 2025, I wrote about the two real best songs, obviously: Kieran Hebden / William Tyler: “Secret City” and Barker: “Reframing. pitchfork.com/features/lis...

My guests on the @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social this week are Modeselektor. We talked about their recent DJ Kicks album, banging Beirut, changing studios and the curse of phones in clubs. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

I reviewed the essential new Jon E Cash compilation for @djmag.com. “Jon E Cash didn’t invent grime — no one person invented grime — and it’s impossible to say what the first grime record was. But the West London producer and his Black Ops crew were there at the beginning." djmag.com/reviews/jon-...

last year Xylitol's (@bunnyhausen.bsky.social) Anemones was the Line Noise @linenoisepod.bsky.social album of the year. In 2025, we have an Artist of the Year, rather than an album of the year. Just done a fascinating interview with them. All will be revealed in December.

On the Substack today, Tranquil indeed: Why Oneohtrix’s latest album leaves me cold. linenoise.substack.com/p/tranquil-i...

On the Line Noise podcast this week @radioprimavera.bsky.social, I spoke to Bill Brewster about Burn It Up: The Rise Of British Dance Music 1986-1991, which traces a fascinating period in British dance music. Includes Samantha Fox, Steinski; Hans Zimmer + Mel and Kim. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

On the Substack today, The three strangest records in my collection, starring Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's, a very persistent spring and the best enema reference in pop: linenoise.substack.com/p/the-three-...

On the Line Noise podcast @radioprimavera.bsky.social, I spoke to Jim Butler about A Disco Pogo Tribute To LCD Soundsystem. We covered the unique appeal of LCD, Disco Pogo’s history with the band, the godlike Nancy Whang + the importance of dance music history. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Hablé con DJ Fra, leyenda de la música electrónica en Barcelona y booker de Primavera Sound, sobre la importancia de Underground Resistance, antes de su concierto en @primavera-sound.bsky.social 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnE-...

On the Substack today, An ode to Royal Trux - or perfectly imperfect humanity in music. "What does it mean to be human? For me, the answer is Royal Trux." linenoise.substack.com/p/an-ode-to-...

on the @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social this week, an interview with 2025 @primavera-sound.bsky.social Sunday headliner (I think we can call him) Paul Kalkbrenner. We talked about why The Essence is his best album, Depeche Mode, Stromae + more. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Did you know that Hans Zimmer made the first British house record? That Mel & Kim might have made the second? That Rick Astley's debut was a house banger? No? Well may I point you gently in the way of my new Substack piece: Burn It Up (with Bill Brewster). linenoise.substack.com/p/burn-it-up...

On @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social today: I talk to Turbotito and Ragz from Naya Beat Records about Mohinder Kaur Bhamra's Punjabi Disco, cult classics, South Asian dance and electronic music and digging in India. Lots of fascinating stories! soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Subscriber exclusive on the Substack today: My perfect Halloween record: DJ Skull’s The Graveyard Orchestra. Plus a Halloween playlist to disturb the neighbours. linenoise.substack.com/p/my-perfect...

On the Substack today, an interview with Lawrence, the last of the great pop stars. One of my favourite Substack pieces to date. linenoise.substack.com/p/an-intervi...

Olá, adeptos do @primavera-sound.bsky.social Porto. Amanhã, vou entrevistar o Abel, da equipa de booking da Primavera Sound, sobre o Porto 2026 para a @radioprimavera.bsky.social Se tiverem alguma dúvida, por favor publiquem-na abaixo. (e peço desculpa pela péssima tentativa de usar o português.)

Anyone know who does the press for Marie Davidson??? Used to be Ninja, I know. But no more.... Thank you. And apologies for being boring.

one the @linenoisepod.bsky.social podcast today @radioprimavera.bsky.social, a @primavera-sound.bsky.social 2026 line up special, looking at some of the best electronic music on the 2026 bill, including legends, local, weirdness and more. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

This week, on the Substack, the third and final part of my guide to Masters at Work, including the Clyde Stubblefield of the drum machine, jungle repays its debt, the warm, beating heart of house and MAW go global. linenoise.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...

On the @linenoisepod.bsky.social podcast @radioprimavera.bsky.social this week: Emma-Jean Thackray, whose second album Weirdo is a modern classic. We spoke about pitch-dark humour, Jazz Club, reclaiming the word "weirdo" and the saving power of music. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Johann and I fulfilled a dream by speaking to Lawrence, of Felt, Denim and Mozart Estate, when he was in Barcelona for an event celebrating Street Level Superstar, Will Hodgkinson’s genius book about the enigmatic star. @radioprimavera.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4e6t...

what's the best Cure album? it's an eternal question. Johann and I put our ears to the wheel for @radioprimavera.bsky.social in honour of our @primavera-sound.bsky.social 2026 headliners. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gB9...

The wonderful Ben Cardew has just interviewed me for Disco Pogo magazine's autumn issue which will be out soon. Meanwhile here's an excerpt of the Radio Primavera Sound interview he did of me iin 2022. Full interview on my YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T3f... #nicolette #radioprimaverasound

New book incoming! Space Age Batchelor Pad Music: The Story Of Stereolab In 20 Songs Out next year but you can pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social with a 25% discount for the next few days. Get it here: www.waterstones.com/book/space-a...

I spoke to Strictly Kev about Telepathic Fish: Trawling The Early 90s Ambient Underground - a new compilation tracing the history of London’s premier ambient party. We spoke about the dreaded “chill out” term, dancing to ambient + more. @radioprimavera.bsky.social soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Hello everyone. Can you please follow Line Noise on Soundcloud? Please? I’ve been stuck on 999 followers for a week and it is driving me mad. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Emperor TK > Mars Audiac > Transient > Dots > Margerine > Peng! > Cobra > Sound-Dust > Chemical > Instant Holograms > Not Music and I can prove it with diagrams.

On the Substack (for everyone) A guide to Masters at Work - aka the most influential duo in dance music. Pt 1. In which I start off my journey into Kenny + Louie. Are they the most influential duo in dance music? What do you think? What are your MAW classics? linenoise.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...

On the Substack today, for paid subscribers only (for the moment), my 7,000 word guide to Masters At Work AKA he most influential duo in dance music. linenoise.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...

my guest on @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social is Carrier! Expect loads of d&b chat (he was in Commix, you know), Berlin and Antwerp, primal feelings and a lot more. His debut album as Carrier, Rhythm Immortal, is released on October 24. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

I am simultaneously annoyed and vaguely comforted that AI has just totally failed the job I set it to do. There's (boring) work for us all.

Part two of my guide to High Contrast is now available, plus reviews of new music by okdw, Tia Talks, Hekt, femtanyl, Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, Emma-Jean Thackray, Peter Perrett and Nala Sinephro. linenoise.substack.com/p/high-contr...

damn this Devo documentary is SO GOOD. I think I'm going into a major Devo phase.

On the Substack this week I examine the work of D&B wizard High Contrast, a man who brought French House funk (and many other unexpected influences) to D&B. Let me know your High Contrast favourites! linenoise.substack.com/p/high-contr...

I reviewed the Kieran Hebden / William Tyler album for @pitchfork.com. “41 Longfield Street Late ’80s feels like a work of careful reduction ... the record has a time-weathered feel, suggesting music that has been chipped out of the mountain and smoothed off by sand.” pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

🤸 Calienta que sales 🤸 ¡El 25 de septiembre revelaremos el lineup de Primavera Sound 2026! 🎟️ Consigue tu abono a precio actual antes de la salida del cartel en www.primaverasound.com #primaverasoundbcn

on the Line Noise podcast @radioprimavera.bsky.social this week: an interview with Nu-UKG duo YU QT, who recently blew my - and many others' - mind with their devastating take on 2-Unlimited, Y'all Ready For Dis. We spoke about being closet romantics + much more. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

this is me reviewing the new Big Thief album in 120 seconds or less. Do be nice. or not! www.youtube.com/shorts/6IVPl...