Julian Cope

At the close of a year in which live performance overtook album sales in terms of revenue for the first time in many years, and a decade in which 'indie' has become very much the mainstream, truly alternative artists have continued to look for different ways to write and record, both delving into the past and innovating with new ways to alter the boundaries of their output. Read More

Since weathering the dreaded block to play his part in Portishead's triumphant Third coming last year, there was no such agonising over Geoff Barrow's latest project. Read More

I've spent some of my downtime over this holiday weekend to start recording some of my vinyl onto Buhbee (the pet name for my Macbook), including this amazing, hard-to-find record (pressed on 180 gram!) Read More