Steve Mason

She was 56. Read tributes to Denise from New Order, Johnny Marr, A Certain Ratio, 808 State, Doves, and more.

Tributes have also come in from Jean Michel Jarre, Midge Ure (Ultravox), the Safdie Brothers, Orbital, The Orb, Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Lloyd Cole, Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Kid Congo Powers, Junior Boys, JD Samson, and many more.

Listen to new songs by Gucci Mane/Megan Thee Stallion, Steve Mason (Beta Band), Devon Welsh, Anna Meredith, Arthur Russell, Sufjan Stevens/Timo Andres, Norah Jones/Mavis Staples, and more.

The lineup includes Four Tet (live), Father John Misty, Sharon Van Etten, IDLES, Broken Social Scene, Stereolab, Big Thief, Richard Thompson, and much more.

Listen to new songs by Animal Collective, Iceage, JID, Black Thought, Steve Mason, Night Beats, Yaeji, Le Butcherettes and more.

This week in the Basement: new albums from BEAK> (ft. Portishead's Geoff Barrow) and Berlin's Fenster, plus a 20th anniversary reissue of The Beta Band's ’The Three EPs,’ Zoos of Berlin side project South South Million, and a solo record from Cool Ghouls' Pat Thomas.

Listen to new songs by Little Simz, Smoking Popes, Clark, Advance Base, Steve Mason (The Beta Band), Sneaks, and more.

This week in the basement: a box set of Liverpool post-punk; German shoegazers Jaguwar; two duos featuring members of classic UK indie groups; and more.

Most people go to festivals because of the lineup, but here's one where some might go just because of its location. Festival No. 6 happens September 7-10 in Portmeirion, the Welsh tourist village made famous at "The Village" in trippy'60s spy show The Prisoner. The Flaming Lips, Mogwai, Arab Strap, Kate Tempest, Jarvis Cocker and more...

The very cool animated video is like John Carpenter's They Live remade in The Sims.