Autechre

A certain grouchy state of mind this morning almost compelled me to break my own if-you-can’t-say-anything-nice-don’t-say-anything-at-all rule for the blog and post a list of disappointing albums of 2011. Instead, though, I figured it’d be much more constructive to round up a few things worth investing in.

Seventh album by Sheffield avant-electro duo, more approachable than their sixth

Electronica veterans take a space odyssey through the past three decades on their 11th album

The 30 best reissues of the year

Experimental quartet’s magnum opus

Hold tight, it's going to be a fast one!

It’s a Top 164 this year…

Radiohead discuss OK Computer and Kid A in this NME feature from 2000

74 strong releases from January-June, 2016

The week's essential sounds, direct from the Uncut stereo