DIY
Michael Kasparis lifts the lid on his new record as Apostille, explaining his aim to make ecstatic trance music as sung by Meatloaf
We Still Feel like Outsiders: Interview with Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey of Skep Wax and Heavenly
Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey pull back the curtain on life running their Skep Wax label, revisiting Heavenly… and plenty more besides
Sweeping Promises blast away the cobwebs of 2023 with an album of thrillingly immediate post-punk subterranean pop
An in bulk round-up of reviewables – both fresh and refreshed – from Lloyd/Bean, Andy Bell & Masal, Ozbolt, The Lemonheads and more
Alongside another bout of retrospective but refreshing Prolapse activity, co-vocalist Mick Derrick lifts the lid on the band’s rich history
Handfuls of new and archival matter from The Loyal Seas, Loner Deluxe, Beneather, Polypores, Prolapse and more go under the spotlight
Gilles Peterson and Jean-Paul Maunick’s STR4TA evoke late 70s to early 80s Brit-funk in true to form DIY style and make it the sound of 2021
Arab Strap explore the darkness of human exploits on the wistful and polished As Days Get Dark, their first album since 2005
Border hopping European exports from Augenwasser, Cyril Cyril and Rats on Rafts arrive with some bracing sonic cross-blending
The Modern Aviation label opens up its 2020 release schedule with a carefully curated mixtape of the familiar and unfamiliar
Stewart Gardiner spoke with Alien Transistor’s Markus Acher about DIY community spirit, working with Tenniscoats and putting on an Alien Disko
Robert Sotelo’s DIY pop comes off like Robert Rental remaking Paul Simon’s Graceland in a Glasgow basement
Hairband’s debut EP is glorious DIY pop straight outta Glasgow, with all the edges, hooks galore and lyrics to defy gravity for
A Happy Return’s family tape recordings use found sounds and distant voices to craft imaginary worlds out of illusory maps