Lauren Barley

Five Acts To Check Out At Supersonic 2025 | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews Supersonic has quietly (or in fact very loudly at times) been cementing itself as one of the best and most interesting festivals in the UK, its

Here are 5 unmissable acts @supersonicfest.bsky.social according to @clashmusic.com
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"one of the best and most interesting festivals in the UK"

Our good friends @echoesanddust.bsky.social have premiered a new track from the Irish trio Rún who are releasing their self-titled debut later this month @rocketrecordings.bsky.social - details below.

DJ K: Radio Libertadora! review – explosive freedom and skilful cacophony Kaique Vieira’s latest ‘bruxaria’ album is even bolder and louder than his 2023 debut, as he brings revolutionary spirit to the funk sound of São Paolo

Hand To Earth's new album @room40.bsky.social mentioned in @theguardian.com Global albums review by Ammar Kalia www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

Me Lost Me Interview — Woodhouse

Me Lost Me interview on the Woodhouse podcast: www.drwoodhouse.com/melostme
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Adventures in Music with Adrian Goldberg: Supersonic Festival Preview (28/06/2025) Broadcaster Adrian Goldberg hosts his music based radio show: Adventures in Music on Brum Radio. Adrian takes you on a journey through gigs he's attended, tracks that are important to him and talks t...

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Previewing the brilliant @supersonicfest.bsky.social next month in #Birmingham with curator Lisa Meyer.

@sklossduo.bsky.social @backxwash.bsky.social Moin, Poor Creature.

PLUS new music by Line Managers, Joe Peacock

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Cracking new issue of @electronicsound.bsky.social inclu. a review & Q+A with Me Lost Me who's new album is out now @upset-the-rhythm.bsky.social - This Material Moment carves a weirdly wonderful and darkly enticing sound - pick up the mag to learn about Jayne Dent's Best Of moments.

Cult Status and Eternal Worms: An Interview with Have A Nice Life When Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga began crafting “oddly aggressive acoustic songs” as students in early-2000s Massachusetts, they couldn’t have foreseen the legacy they were about to build. But Deathcon...

Have A Nice Life return to Europe this Summer for some festival appearances and a Berlin show. Babystep Magazine caught up with them ahead of their return: www.babystepmagazine.com/single-post/...

Second, by Stephen Vitiello, Brendan Canty, Hahn Rowe 9 track album

One of my favourite albums to come out this year so far: balmat.bandcamp.com/album/second

Fantastic early review + Q+A with SANAM by Tom Pinnock in the latest issue of @uncutmagazine.bsky.social highlighting how their new Constellation release Sametou Sawtan captures the magic in chaos. Also, the band just announced live dates across the UK and mainland Europe later this year.

Faten Kanaan announces new album The composer shares lead track, ‘Afternoon’.

Faten Kanaan announces new album via Fire Records, share leads track, 'Afternoon'

Full details...

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the Song of the Summer in 2024 was "Living Is Easy" by Agriculture

the Song of the Summer in 2025 is "Bodhidharma" by Agriculture

Add to playlist: Sarah Meth’s resplendent, intimate songwriting and the week’s best new tracks The singer-songwriter’s warm laconic voice holds together lounge jazz stylings, dreamy pop and amenable folk, cut through with a self-deprecating wit

About the new Agriculture track "Bodhidharma" @theguardian.com are calling it a "crushing post-metal anthem, with a splendid sky-scorching riff as well as eerie sound design and quiet-loud thrills"

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Argh, I just cannot get enough of this new track, and feel so lucky to be working with this brilliant band!

Me Lost Me - This Material Moment album cover. The artist in blue and red, against a red background.

Backed by clarinets, bass and drums (courtesy of Ewan Mackenzie or Pigsx7), Jayne Dent's latest channels random processes into her most personal material to date

Me Lost Me - This Material Moment

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Me Lost Me – This Material Moment (Album Review) This Material Moment is Me Lost Me’s most personal album yet. Her songwriting has become both more immediate and more accomplished. It’s an alarmingly good album, stormy and intense at one moment, wis...

This Material Moment is Me Lost Me’s most personal album yet. Her songwriting has become both more immediate and more accomplished. It’s an alarmingly good album, stormy and intense at one moment, wise and contemplative the next. klofmag.com/2025/07/me-l...
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Under the Influence with Rylan Gleave from All Men Unto Me

All Men Unto Me is the moniker of musical artist Rylan Gleave, who recently released his second album Requiem. We asked Rylan to list 3 releases that have been very influential to him.

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Crucial Listening #184: Divide and Dissolve Low every night, channelling relaxation, meeting musical geniuses. Takiaya Reed discusses three important albums.

Enjoying this relaxed and lovely conversation on the Crucial Listening podcast between Jack Chuter from ATTN magazine and Takiaya Reed of Divide and Dissolve: www.attnmagazine.co.uk/crucial-list... @bellaunion.bsky.social

"Abrasive, awkward, beautiful and harsh. The contradictions and juxtapositions carry the listener through a unique experience...Requiem is proof of the richness achieved through embracing diversity..." Thank you @echoesanddust.bsky.social

All Men Unto Me - the project of Rylan Gleave (Ashenspire and Paraorchestra) release Requiem this Friday via The Larvarium. AMUM speaks about the beauty of polarities in this latest interview for FIFTEEN QUESTIONS: 15questions.net/interview/al...

Video Premiere from new Irish trio Rún: “Terror Moon” Rocket Recordings introduces the new Irish trio Rún ahead of their self-titled debut on August 22nd. Their lead single and video, “Terror Moon,” is a powerful, cathartic sonic statement.

Video Premiere: Rocket Recordings introduces the new Irish trio Rún ahead of their self-titled debut on August 22nd. Their lead single and video, “Terror Moon,” is a powerful, cathartic sonic statement. klofmag.com/2025/06/vide...
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NEOANCIENTS x WEIRD WALK ROOFTOP TAKEOVER‼

This year, Supersonic teams up with NeoAncients, in association with @weirdwalk.bsky.social, for a special rooftop takeover on Sunday - a celebration of folklore, radical histories, and sonic ritual!💥

Get your tickets here - bit.ly/supersonic20... 🎟

Get to know the Swedish born, Paris based musical maverick Hampus Lindwall via FIFTEEN QUESTIONS who's musical journey is anything but conventional: 15questions.net/interview/ha...
His new album Brace For Impact is out now via ideologic Organ

Caspar Brötzmann Massaker – It’s a Love Song | The Quietus Recorded live earlier earlier this year in Dresden and Vienna, the first album from Brötzmann's power trio in decades is heavy in more ways than one

I loved reading Antonio Poscic's review of Caspar Brötzmann Massaker's latest release @thequietus.com
"The music spasms and recoils, stretches and shivers, making the guitar’s vibrato growl – and I mean growl – with fury, like a caged animal trying to break free." thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

BBC Radio 6 Music - Mary Anne Hobbs, Jeff Mills With an End of Days track chosen by the electronic music pioneer Jeff Mills.

Its so good to have @maryannehobbs.bsky.social back on the airwaves @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social and on her latest Sunday show we hear the arresting and brilliant new track from SANAM who have a new album on Constellation this September. Check it out here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Steve Von Till: The Sunday Interview - Reflections on a Wounded World - Neurosis front man and solo artist Steve Von Till talks to Alan Rider about being scared shitless, forced contradictions and try... Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Steve Von Till: The Sunday Interview - Reflections on a Wounded World

ICYMI here's a comprehensive interview with Steve Von Till and Outside Left magazine reflecting on connecting with nature, stage fright, punk ethics and more:
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Steve Von Till's European tour commences in Berlin this Thursday dates here: www.neurotrecordings.com/tour

The Dwarfs of East Agouza announce new album The Cairo experimentalists sign to Constellation Records, share new track.

The Dwarfs of East Agouza sign to Constellation Records, announce new album.

Full details, including a listen to lead track, 'Neptune Anteater'...

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“Tubes are overrated. And you never know what you’re going to get overseas. I can’t play through a Marshall JCM – they sound like crap”: Sludge titans Thou have never been afraid to tear up the rulebo... Andy Gibbs and Matthew Thudium reflect on abyssal drop tunings, their DIY ethic, silly song nicknames and the value of having a tuning spreadsheet

Bit of dream come true this one, spoke to THOU ahead of their EU tour for Guitar World

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Nina Garcia • Off Shelf We spoke to Nina Garcia about Bye Bye Bird - out now on Ideologic Organ.

Nina Garcia interview with Off Shelf - well worth a read!
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Bye Bye Bird is still on heavy rotation.

BBC Radio 6 Music - Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone, Alexander 'Skip' Spence - Oar Stuart's featured album is Oar, the only solo album by Alexander 'Skip' Spence.

Back from an extremely fulfilling trip to Canada and tuning into some radio shows I've missed. Loved seeing Skip Spence's Oar highlighted on Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - I've loved this album ever since discovering it on Emil Amos' Drifters Sympathy podcast: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Rún, by Rún 7 track album

Featured on Zaph Mann's show - The Beat Goes On - inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2025/05/31/t... Terror Moon (Radio Edit) by Rún @runbandireland - Single - Rocket Recordings @rocketrecordings.bsky.social 2025 run-ireland.bandcamp.com/album/r-n @rarelyunable.bsky.social