JR Moores

Toby Driver of experimental-metal project Kayo Dot has made it his mission to circumvent the obvious, even if it means being ignored by whole swathes of the metal community.

Cult indie-punks Mclusky* are back, now with a different bassist, an added asterisk, and T-shirts bearing the slogan "Poundland Shellac".

Psych rock is over! Taking cues from the King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's latest direction, JR Moores decides to join the thrash metal revival (for a bit).

As he releases his most electronic solo album to date, Alexander Tucker discusses sci-fi and horror influences, hating the guitar, and never being "folk" in the first place.

Liner notes for CD/LP reissue of Easy / West by Richard Pinhas on Bureau B

Liner notes for CD/LP reissue of Chronolyse by Richard Pinhas on Bureau B

Liner notes for CD/LP reissue of L’Ethique by Richard Pinhas on Bureau B

THE SPRITE STUFF

Pixies' prehistory - as the band who helped invent grunge and set rock music onto unforeseen paths - is a matter of record. But they're still very much a going concern, with their third album in five years released next month. Black Francis reveals the secret of the band's continued success... and the role of the zodiac. Elf'n'efficiency: JR Moores

JR Moores heads to Digbeth's hotbed of degenerate art where Sly & The Family Drone will nearly have your eye out and minds are blown by The Bug

JR Moores offers suggestions for selecting the next Prime Minister, writes about some psych and noise rock releases, and has a mild breakdown while listening to The Flaming Lips

“The intention was to play music that was shorn of all the things that usually make music sound popular and appealing, and to channel a certain tone of negativity that was present in early punk,”

Following Killdren's banishment from Glastonbury, The Quietus exposes the extent of unsavoury #content at this year's festival... and beyond

The UK is a particularly suitable breeding ground for the morose style of post-metal...

JR Moores travels to South Shields to meet the prolific underground guitarist and witness an immolation for inspiration

Forty years after he first started recording as Merzbow, Masami Akita’s music is no easier to categorize. Though his creations are perennially pigeonholed as noise music, anti-music, and even über-music, the sheer magnitude of his output will always present an obstacle to easy classification...