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

On Line Noise podcast 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; + led the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop. He plays at La Paloma, Barcelona, tomorrow. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

On the Substack today (for subscribers), the full interview with The Micronauts’ Christophe Monier @themicronauts.bsky.social, including fascinating insight into the Micronauts’ recording process. linenoise.substack.com/p/an-intervi...

ps @sellbydave.bsky.social I know "Sheffield Bleep" is a bit geographically and historically off but people tend to understand it...

Look if you do nothing else today, just indulge me and listen to The Jag and tell me that's not one of the finest pieces of dance music ever made: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxtx...

This week on Substack I go deep on @themicronauts.bsky.social, where Chicago acid met Sheffield Bleep + French Touch groove. The Micronauts were remixed by Daft Punk, inspired The Chemical Brothers + released one of the most twisted albums to grace a major. linenoise.substack.com/p/the-micron...

thanks @resident-music.com! The signing hand is all well, rested and ready for the month ahead.

For @radioprimavera.bsky.social Johann and I rank the eight Massive Attack albums from Bristol Cream to ‘I mean, I wouldn’t start there’. We had fun doing it. And I’m not promising anything but you may enjoy watching it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z14U...

I spoke to Alan Ball, the man behind possibly my favourite series: Six Feet Under, for @radioprimavera.bsky.social when he was in Barcelona for Serializados. We spoke about Six Feet Under + our difficult relationship with death, the perfect ending + binge streaming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O7p...

En el podcast Line Noise de hoy, revisitamos una entrevista con nuestro DJ favorito de Barcelona, ​​Phran, quien nos visitó en 2024 para hablar sobre la música electrónica en Venezuela, pinchando con Arca, raptor house, changa, minitecas, sus sellos y mucho más. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

On the Substack this week: It’s All In The Groove: a guide to Manchester house dons Rainy City Music. “Rainy City Music were the connoisseurs’ choice of Manchester house music in the 90s; the kind of act passed on in reverent whispers by those in the know." linenoise.substack.com/p/its-all-in...

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...