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Darran Anderson sifts through all of the glorious rubble of German experimental music, psychedelic rock, avant funk and elektronische of the late 1960s onwards to hail an unbeatable trinity. All photographs by Maria Jefferis
Al Jourgensen's latest is a startling proposition – re-recordings of material that he outright despises, with a raging squirrel phallus displayed on the cover. It's also, says JR Moores, the best material the band's put out for years
From hypnagogic pop to the New Weird America, Jon Buckland finds a glimpse of hope in an anthology of music writing by author and critic David Keenan
Twenty years on from her debut, Skye Butchard maps the ways M.I.A.’s art has aligned with and often predicted internet culture - in both the bad and the brilliant
Jeremy Allen considers the special plight of the brilliant album which commits the crime of only refining a sound when the previous album originated it
Genre purism be damned – there is no surer evidence of jazz’s immortality than the enduring influence of Expansions, Lonnie Liston Smith’s ecstatic, eclectic and resolutely non-denominational call to spiritual arms, argues Stevie Chick
Daryl Worthington speaks to Turmeric Acid about telepathic collaborations, and reviews tapes of free-wheeling hardanger and Andean flute improvisations, sat nav fall outs, ecstatic noise and more in March’s dive into the cassette scene
Having failed to secure tickets for the big Black Sabbath farewell this summer, Kez Whelan wonders whether missing out might be for the best. He also reviews the latest from Intensive Care x The Body, The Overmold, Abduction and many more
Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
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Enter Subscriber AreaIn this month's essay, Jeanette Leech seeks to reclaim the legacy of Elastica's vastly underrated second album from prurient mutterings about drug addiction and the collapse of Britpop, celebrating Mark E. Smith collaborations and the birth of M.I.A.
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Twenty years on from her debut, Skye Butchard maps the ways M.I.A.’s art has aligned with and often predicted internet culture - in both the bad and the brilliant
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Explore The PortalWas disco the hated antithesis of all that was punk? Not according to OG punk rocker, Vivienne Westwood collaborator and Sex Pistols DJ Alan Jones. With his new book Discomania recenly published, here he picks his all-time top ten celluloid stompers
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