HERO NEW MUSIC PLAYLIST 073

“That riff changed my life” – Kurt Vile on the guitar icons that shaped him

Adele Bertei: the No Wave icon paying tribute to the scene’s radical leading women

“This track really just wanted to move, it wanted to go fast” – Pol’s new video tells a robotic sex story

Cameron Winter has announced his Live at Carnegie Hall album

Chicago trio Lifeguard and Elias Rønnenfelt swap tour tales and chaos theory

Love Spells wants to soundtrack your most intense romantic moments

“A good show is a bit like a fish, hard to grasp” – backstage with New York band, The Thing

Burned-out instruments, uncompromising vision: inside Bande à Part’s debut EP

Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with avant-garde pioneer and Fluxus Japan founding member, Mieko Shiomi

“Horrorcore is probably my biggest influence” – Clara Kimera makes music inspired by visual novels, Creepypasta and medieval folklore

Finneas tells Carey Mulligan about turning country club gloss into ominous beats

How an empty open mic night convinced London four-piece Little Grandad to form the band

Motorcycles on the volcanic desert: BTS on Alewya’s cinematic new music video

“It’s a project about growth, self-discovery, and embracing all the messiness” – Nia Smith on her sophomore record

Harmony Tividad shows us around her ultimate LA hotspots

Stephen Dawes on channelling intimacy through soaring synths

Backstage with Iceage: an evening of devotion through distortion

“A catchy pop song cloaked in lo-fi distortion” – London musician Louis Grace debuts his abstract debut single

“These are pieces that are designed to come alive when worn” – Marco Capaldo on designing Olivia Dean’s stage looks