The already brilliant and nerve-shredding cinematic soundscapes of Mike Patton's Fantômas now make much more sense two decades later, says Jeremy Allen Director's Cut by Fantomas What does cinematic mean in the context of music? Used frequently in music writing, it can just as easily refer to the viscerally paralysing orchestral dissonance of Bernard...

This week we celebrate the new Quietus with a compilation released right back when we started, and that inspired a lot of what the site became. Spring-like weather has finally arrived… and so has the new Quietus! Even as launch day was fast approaching last week, John and Luke still found a quiet hour to record the site’s regular podcast – this...

Beth Gibbons gives us the understanding of our mortality that we all need on her most revealing work, finds Puja Nandi https://soundcloud.com/dominorecordco/sets/beth-gibbons-life-outgrown?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing They say good things come in threes. Although not formally broken up, Portishead gifted...

JR Moores surveys the latest psych and noise-rock releases, pines for the CD-R format and wonders what comes after perfection Mahti, photo by Aino Looking back on the peak of the CD-R era, it now seems like a golden age in the history of experimental music distribution. Dinosaurs (like me) claim that young people these days, who've grown up under...

Eamonn Forde argues that despite a recent report glowing with enthusiasm for the major record label bottom line, hubris, greed and fan exploitation suggest it is heading for another catastrophic fall Taylor Swift press photo by Beth Garrabrant History for the music industry repeats itself first as arrogant tragedy, second as arrogant farce. Investment...

The Brighton festival's opening showcase has subsequently been cancelled More than 100 acts have cancelled their scheduled appearances at this week's The Great Escape festival in Brighton as part of a Palestine-supporting campaign against event sponsor Barclays. Bands Boycott Barclays is a protest movement that alleges the bank Barclays has continued...