“There’s quite a good sight,” says Alex Kapranos, but what is it he sees? An arena packed with screaming fans all throwing their soiled underwear at him? “I can see two cops on bikes over the road and they look, em, just a wee bit unfit to be riding their bikes,”

“You don’t have to make techno with an 808, a 909 or a 303 - techno is about your ideas, not the gear you use. ‘Papa Was A Rolling Stone’, to me, was techno; Stevie Wonder’s ‘Too High’ was techno.” Carl Craig, one of electronic music’s true mavericks, is getting into his stride.

Boards of Canada

Keeping the campfires burning

Boards of Canada don’t give many interviews, the vast majority are by e-mail, and to the select few who do get to meet them, their studio, their homes and many key details of their lives and work are strictly out of bounds.

My Morning Jacket

From hay to Z!

With their new album ‘Z’, My Morning Jacket have completely transcended the Americana rock scene and become something very, very special. Main Jacketman Jim James has taken his bulky, Neil Young inspired mournful country rock and bled pretty much every style of music.