Coil

In spite of being a big fan of the last couple of Arbouretum albums – and also happily aware of Dave Heumann’s jobbing work in the past with Will Oldham and so on – I’ve been inexplicably useless at checking out one or two of his sidelines. Notably, that is, the band Human Bell he steers with one of the guys from Lungfish (not Daniel Higgs, I should say).

Pop hack sounds polished but slack

Hark! The unsettling sound of a Dorset childhood

Flora show: Newcastle bard and Finnish psych-rockers get heavy.

Jim puts the band back together and their name back in lights

Stylish, melancholic moves by the Bergen grandmasters

Lean, stripped back and urgent, the latest from Stuart Staples and co still has the capacity to surprise

Soulful jazz saxophonist steps up

The former Byrd’s expansive masterpiece, remastered and supplemented by numerous early takes

The “clean, glittery melodies” of South African pop inform the post-punk trio’s expansive third