Issue 154Summer 2026

On the Cover: “The Expansive Practice of Anju Singh” by Melissa Vincent. Photos by Dani Osborne. Features: “The Ministry of Phonic Services Will Hear you Now” words and photos by Joe Strutt. “Welcome to the [RHEAVERSE]: Kenyan electronic artist [MONRHEA] is leading communities into the techno-future of music” by Juro Kim Feliz. “The Adventitious Musical Adventures of Arthur Bull” by Eric Hill. More stories: “John Hollenbeck Wants to Play Everything” by Kurt Gottschalk. “Mili Hong’s Drumskin Diaries” by Graham Latham. “Panayiotis Kokoras’ Viper Snake” by Jennie Punter. “The Strings of Convivial Practice” by Jennie Punter (editor’s note). Reviews of new music from: Allison Cameron and Scott Thomson, Wendy Eisenberg, Le GGRIL + DDK, Alex Zhang Hungtai, Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and Frédéric D. Oberland, Ryan Scott, Jacques Kuba Séguin, Tanya Tagaq, Toninato and Thiessen, and Witch Prophet. Events: Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville, May 11–17, 2026. Words: Soundtrack to the Revolution: Free Jazz and Leftist Nationalism in Quebec, 1967- 1975. Screen: Nash the Slash Rises Again!