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Sound & Vision
In a special, British bands-only summer edition of his punk and hardcore round-up, Noel Gardner surveys superb new releases from Chain Of Flowers, Yfory and more, as well as a highly-reccomended new compilation of classic anarcho punk. Homepage photo: Fashion Tips
Brilliant film director Peter Strickland has long flown the flag for psychedelic, eccentric and disconcerting European music but on latest film Flux Gourmet he put his money where his mouth was by including his own very curious group, The Sonic Catering Band. Will Salmon celebrates a singular soundtrack and vision
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was the first musician of colour to become a superstar in 20th century Britain, says Phil Hebblethwaite, and then he all but disappeared from view. Who was he and why is it taking so long for us to recognise what he achieved, against impossible odds?