This Heat 11
Spiritualized, Art Ensemble of Chicago, This Is Not This Heat to play Big Ears Festival
Plus Lonnie Holley, Yves Tumor, Sons of Kemet and more.
The Top 100 Post-Punk Albums
100 albums that transformed punk into a dark, experimental art form.
Light in the Attic announces more This Heat reissues
Live material, Peel Sessions and an epic archival set.
10 Essential Cold War Albums
“Yeah, everybody’s got a bomb.” In the 1980s, the Cold War was an inescapable aspect of popular music. Nena’s “99 Luftballoons” turned nuclear warfare into an international, multi-lingual hit. Time Zone’s “World Destruction” brought punk and hip-hop together for an anti-war dance party. And Tears for Fears lamented that “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” […]
24 Track Loop: The sound art of This Heat
Unraveling This Heat's discography.
10 Essential UK Post-Punk Albums
A selection of dark and often danceable progressions from the post-punk era in the UK.
The 90 Minute Guide: Losing My Edge
We pay tribute to LCD Soundsystem with our own mixtape.
The Brief History of Amazing Letdowns: A guide to out-of-print music
The frustrating and expensive ongoing saga of the out of print album.
Top Stories
- I’m Listening to Progressive Rock: King Crimson’s ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’
- Album of the Week: Pod Blotz – Transdimensional System
- Andy Shauf : Neon Skyline
- Algiers’ “Chaka” is a masterclass in tension and release
- Mamaleek’s “Eating Unblessed Meat” offers more strange, artful twists on metal