Since debuting with 2011's New Brigade, a furious blast of post-punk noise, Danish outfit Iceage have continually changed shape, making dark, oft-uncomfortable music that feels eternally restless. Along the way, that's meant…

Ratboys have a new record. Or, a new recording of old recordings. Happy Birthday, Ratboy does as it suggests: celebrating the Chicago combo's 10th anniversary by re-recording their earliest material.

Formed by Julia…

In the liner notes to Perdona Mamá, the debut LP for noisy Madrid punks Lisasinson, the band wear their hearts on their sleeve, declaring "getting a group together has been one of…

When US outfit Crumb were formed, their beginnings weren't exactly auspicious. Drummer/producer Jonathan Gilad didn't want to make a Facebook page, and was "pretty sceptical" of how far they'd go. The rest of…

In their early days, English trio Kero Kero Bonito were routinely considered cute. Matching the bilingual Japanese/English lyrics of Sarah Midori Perry to bubbly, MIDI-heavy, video-game-ish production from Gus Lobban and Jamie Bulled…

Kalbells, an outfit founded by Kalmia Traver of Rubblebucket, has spent the past year in New York, largely in isolation. But it hasn't been as negative as that might sound.

"It's been, in…

Mischievous, manic Madrid outfit Axolotes Mexicanos began when they were high-schoolers, out to make "music that was very twee and J-pop-ish" but with lyrics that were "very aggressive". Now that they're grown-up 20-somethings…

Lael Neale's first 'proper' LP, Acquainted With Night, is an album whose making and themes percolate with isolation. Which makes it an album that feels in tune to recent pandemic history.

The…

Sibille Attar released her debut album, Sleepyhead, in 2013. It's taken the odd Swedish songwriter eight years to finally follow it up, wiith the release of her second record, A History Of…

The International Pop Underground’s Anthony Carew chats with Catharina Stoltenberg, one half of Norwegian electronic music duo Smerz, to celebrate their very first album, Believer, and to uncover the group’s creative process.

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