‘Spend time going down rabbit holes’: how the Avalanches created their wildest album yet
The Aussie trio explain creating their new record sampling kids’ science shows and Tunisian music – and their surreal film with Haley Joel OsmentLast December, Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi, the core members of the Aussie disco-pop collagists the…
Add to playlist: the beautiful, breakneck chaos of Heavensouls and the week’s best new tracks
His hyperactive stylistic shifts and high-speed rhythms have a delirious, head-spinning beauty of their ownFrom Biafra, Nigeria/Texas, USARecommended if you like Los Thuthanaka, Jpegmafia, DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJUp next Album Cantu of the Sower…
‘It’s rational to fear the music industry’: Grouper’s Liz Harris on virality, streaming scammers and her ‘restorative’ dream-pop trio
When a rarity blew up on TikTok, the solitary ambient artist had fraudsters trying to steal her royalties. It reinforced her DIY mentality – until reforming her band Helen reminded her of the beauty of collaborationIn mid-September, I watched as Liz…
Trá Pháidín: Cloch’s Claí review – giddy Galway gang burst the boundaries of folk music
(World of Echo)With musical ideas spanning mariachi and motorik beats, and lyrics with Kneecap-grade rage, this brilliant collective evolve tradition with stinging, joyful songsQuicksilver and giddy in its exploration of Irish music, language and…