Obscure Sound — Dreamcatcher is a gripping new album from Philadelphia-based band Dramamine, who excel with an atmospheric blend of shoegaze and dream-pop. The project first caught our ears last year, with the gripping album Seasonal Affective Disorder. Mastered by ... more info

Stereogum — body / negative is the ambient project of Los Angeles musician Andy Schiaffino, who has two releases to their name so far, 2019’s Epoche and 2020’s Fragments , and this December, they’ll add a third. everett was supposed to be recorded at... more info

DrownedInSound — Slowdive drummer Simon Scott talks about how their new album came together and what the future holds for the band more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Slowdive have finished recording their new album, according to an interview with drummer Simon Scott in Dutch magazine Undertoner... Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — Drummer Simon Scott says new album will probably be out in 2017. more info

The Telegraph — As Libyans rejoice, Simon Scott Plummer admires The Arab Revolution: Ten Lessons from the Democratic Uprising by Jean-Pierre Filiu, a bold and timely portrait of the complexities of the Arab world. more info

The Telegraph — Simon Scott Plummer on a witty and admirable account of being a hostage, Kidnapped: Life as a Somali Pirate Hostage by Colin Freeman. more info

The Telegraph — Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the Atomic Energy Agency and prospective Egyptian presidential candidate, will be speaking at the Telegraph Hay festival. Simon Scott Plummer reviews his memoir The Age of Deception. more info

The Telegraph — Seen as a moderate by the West, Abdullah II of Jordan has his critics at home and a failure to embrace democracy may make him his country's final monarch, says Simon Scott Plummer reviewing Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peri... more info

The Telegraph — Simon Scott Plummer on Everything is Broken by Emma Larkin, an account of the troubles under Burma's Military Junta more info