By Thor’s Hammer, It’s FRKTL
Prose Edda is based on a 13th century textbook of Icelandic poetry, but you won’t need a guide to Old Norse to appreciate it. FRKTL’s latest album is a set…
Prose Edda is based on a 13th century textbook of Icelandic poetry, but you won’t need a guide to Old Norse to appreciate it. FRKTL’s latest album is a set…
Wire were always sonic alchemists, turning rock’s basic materials into art-pop with distinctive properties. The band’s mercurial songcraft has transformed the resonance of guitar strings and the knock of wood…
The scene outside of George Michael’s house in North London reflects the love felt for him by music fans. Hundreds of bouquets, messages and pictures have been left by visitors.…
Hélène du Thoury is best known for her work with Minuit Machine. Hante. (with the period) is her solo project, and it’s as dark, moody and sensual as you would…
Lau Nau is an impossibly talented artist from Finland. Her music draws on folk roots, but like the shamanic potions of lore takes listeners to distant dimensions. At times, she…
A cold day in the run-up to Christmas finds Sarah Badr in the newest branch of a Finnish café in London’s Covent Garden. The place has just opened but is…
The Curse of 2016 took a lot of artists from us. The year opened with Lemmy’s passing fresh in everyone’s minds, and the roll call of musicians claimed by the…
If you’re going to call your band Cosmic Overdose, you’re going to have to deal with some preconceptions. The first is that you are a bunch of hippies, sitting in…
The first FRKTL release, Atom, popped up on a Soundcloud stream one day about five years ago and immediately stood out as a work of excruciating beauty. Highly processed electro-acoustic…
Zanias is the latest project from Australasian artist Alison Lewis. Now based in Berlin and performing as Zoe Zanias, Lewis has taken a step sideways from the darktronica of her…