A labour of love from Soundway records compiling funky hits from Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and more ...

At the Paul Weller concert, there are surprisingly scant Paul Weller haircuts. Least of all on Paul Weller himself. Walk past ...

Norman Willmore and Corrie Dick speak to Gail Tasker about the unique weirdness of Shetland's folk music, and their debut ...

The Experience of Ecstasy, philiosopher Simon Critchley explains why the only proof of animism he knows is music ...

sofi, one of the figures on the 2024/25 SHAPE+ rosters of artists, has a new album on the way, titled AZE. Set for release ...

It’s getting dark outside, the tonsured creature above is looking at me funny – time to get out these monthly playlists ...

Violent Femmes’ self-titled debut is not the only album by the band you must have in your collection, argues Cal Cashin ...

Forty-five years after it was first released, Joseph Burnett returns to Young's fifth solo record, an album that marked an angered transition from Harvest, bolstered by some of his bleakest and ...

In an exclusive extract from his new book Join The Future, a history of Sheffield bleep techno, Matt Anniss details Cabaret Voltaire's conversion to club sounds and the birth of Sweet Exorcist They ...

It’s hard to shake off a feeling that one of the reasons broken beat hasn’t been given its critical due – certainly in comparison to other sides of the London soundsystem music continuum – is that ...

Universal Music Group (UMG) is increasingly omnivorous and, seemingly, rapacious. The latest course it has wolfed down is the 51 per cent of PIAS it did not already own (having bought 49 per cent in ...

Two classically-trained musicians steeped in free improvisation somehow come up with the offbeat pop record you didn't know you needed ...