From northern Italy’s summits, through clouds and airplanes, a wall of sound spirals downhill as hijss marks its birth.

This box set isn’t just a retrospective, it’s a living document of a band that thrived on the edge of precision and chaos.

In celebration of her forthcoming new album, The Weaving, Emmaleen shares four records that have been a major influence on her unique gothic folk compositions.

A water droplet’s ten-billion-year journey through space, time and transformation. Kilter discusses the influences behind their remarkable new album.

  Wire Worms emerged from the Leeds underground scene in 2023. The six-piece seek to explore European folk music in a manner that “…delves deep into tradition but isn’t shackled by it” (Louder than War). Drawing from black metal, experimental no …

To celebrate the release of Helen Svoboda’s Headwater, Svoboda shares three key influences behind its two-bass, two-voice, electronic tapestry.

In the end, whether every experiment hits you the same way or not, the creative force Belew unleashed during his Atlantic years is undeniable.

In support of Hammock’s new album The Second Coming Was A Moonrise, the duo share the three key influences that guided its sound and themes.

Rooted in jazz tradition yet shaped by a wide range of influences, from flamenco and bossa nova to neo-classical minimalism, funk, soul and 90s hip-hop, Robin Katz has performed widely across the UK, collaborating with artists including Disclosure, Reuben James, Georgia Cecile, Giacomo Smith, Kourosh Kanani, the London Django Collective and Joseph Lawrence.

To celebrate the re-release of Kludde’s Langs Scheld- en Denderland, we asked the band for the 3 key influences behind it.

With their live performances getting you as close to real magic as you can get, Sans Froid are undeniably one of the UK’s most exciting bands. The Froid’s intent is clear, to make you feel like you’re not the only one going crazy.

Formed in 2016 in the aftermath of a fire-damaged practice space, Newcastle-based Dutch Elm have steadily honed a distinctive sonic identity, one that balances the expansive dynamics of post-rock with the precision and complexity of math-rock.

Isabel Pine debuts with Fables, a string-and-field-recorded suite that was released recently on Kranky. We asked Pine break her key musical influences.

Born in Namibia, Emmaleen Tangleweed is a dark folk musician and songwriter whose work blends gothic Americana, traditional folk influences, blues balladry, and dreamlike storytelling. Her music explores themes of memory, displacement, folklore, grief, and human fragility through sparse arrangements and emotionally resonant songwriting.

The Mon returns with Songs of Embrace, a dark, instrumental, ritual-leaning suite that expands on 2025’s Songs of Abandon. Main man Urlo talks through three releases that helped shape the project.