Core News — “Forest Swords is in the mix, a tribute to Roland’s Ikutaro Kakehashi, plus plenty of fresh music from Mount Kimbie, Kendrick Lamar, Syd and more.” Check out other Benji B shows in my archive and subscribe to the feed to get good music in the f... more info

XLR8R — Forest Swords, (a.k.a Merseyside-based producer Matthew Barnes) will soon return with a new full-length record on Ninja Tune. Compassion is the follow up to 2013's debut Engravings, and lands after the label announced they had signed a new track, ... more info

Stereogum — As Forest Swords, UK producer Matthew Barnes makes murky, genre-agnostic music that sounds like it would be playing during some mystical ancient ritual. After nearly four years of silence, Barnes returned a few weeks ago with new single "The Highest ... more info

Stereogum — It's been nearly four years since Matthew Barnes, the UK producer who records as Forest Swords, released Engravings , a truly great album of dark, enveloping atmospheric music. Since then, he's been oddly quiet. But today, Barnes returns with a new ... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — UK producer Forest Swords returns with a haunted new single, built on a shadowy, lurching beat and that eerie disembodied choral sample, out today on Ninja Tune. Listen to "The Highest Flood" below. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — You can now get free, legal full-album streams from Balam Acab, Clams Casino, The Haxan Cloak, Forest Swords, Evian Christ, and more. Continue reading… more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Liverpool's Forest Swords drops an "original audio score created for contemporary dance piece Shrine". FS says of scoring the Carmel Koster-choreographed piece: "For me, the past six months has involved watching how bodies can fail and fix... Co... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Drew Gurian / Red Bull Content Pool Bjork / 23 Wall Street / Lotic / crowd / Forest Swords Boutique electronic label Tri Angle Records celebrated its fifth anniversary with a party on Wall Street during the ongoing... more info

Stereogum — Barbadian rapper Haleek Maul is at his best when he works with off-kilter foils. From Supreme Cuts to Forest Swords, Maul constantly enlists fellow unconventional artists to work with. For “Somebody (Feuer),” he’s working with the sharp-voiced ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Evian Christ This summer's Warm Up at MoMA PS1 series goes out with a bang this Saturday (9/6) with a killer lineup of Evian Christ, SOPHIE, Lone, Forest Swords and a special guest (who Evian Christ says "is pretty special... more info