The great success of Lankum, and their producer John “Spud” Murphy’s ubiquity across the sonically radicalised new Irish trad scene, can make it seem as if Ye Vagabonds, ØXN, John Francis Flynn and co ...

The distribution of the industry's most prestigious awards always triggers an array of emotions. This year, the competition is fiercer than ever, although that's said almost every year. The Best ...

This week: Wet Leg, Poor Creature, The Pop Group’s Mark Stewart, The Raincoats’ Gina Birch, Gwenno, Allo Darlin’, Robert Pollard side project Rip Van Winkle, and underrated ’00s band Clor.