In a post-album rut and struggling for inspiration, singer-songwriter Jonas Alaska decided to to turn his hand to becoming a pop writer. That didn't quite work out, but the end result is his exuberant, slick new album Girl. We caught up with the Norwegian artist to find out more.
Where brutalist architecture meets post-Soviet rock and punk; our editor Natálie Zehnalová investigated the music scene in Belarus. Between battling censorship of the authoritarian president and finding inspiration in the unique city scapes, the bands she introduces are full of surprises.