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This Is A Big Record: An Interview With Spiritualized’s Jason Pierce

Pierce talks to Elizabeth Aubrey about Spiritualized’s forthcoming festival performances, Ladies and Gentlemen at 20 and the next Spiritualized album

Music For Falling Through Life: Peter Broderick’s Favourite LPs

Ahead of his appearance at the Southbank Centre as part of Erased Tapes' tenth birthday celebrations later this year, Peter Broderick speaks to Elizabeth Aubrey about 13 records that inspired him, from Dylan to Arvo Part and Philip Glass

Full Clip: June and July’s Hip Hop Reviewed by Tara Joshi

Looking at Fekky’s debut album, Tara Joshi considers the confluence of grime and British hip hop. Plus, the past two months of releases.

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

War Machine OST

War Machine is not a great film but the soundtrack, from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, is quite possibly a classic.

What The KLF Burning A Million Quid Means In 2017

Ahead of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty's plans to do what ever they're planning to do in Liverpool later this month, Phil Harrison looks back to their infamous money burning incident and argues it has a lot to say about the times we live in now

An Existential Namaste: ADULT. Interviewed

For their most recent album Adult.'s Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus invited the likes of Douglas McCarthy and Shannon Furness into their Detroit home for a uniquely intimate recording process. Ahead of their UK tour this week, they discuss the pre-session hoovering with Luke Turner. Scroll down for an exclusive look at their new video below.

Albums Of The Month: Music We’ve Loved In July

Alan Vega, Kemper Norton, Jana Rush, King Gizzard, Madonnatron: this month, these are a few of our favourite things.

Arcade Fire’s Everything Now Reviewed Track By Track

Anna Wood delves into Arcade Fire's fifth long player in order to bring us a track by track breakdown. But is Everything Now something or nothing

Exploring Melody Through Intuition: Justin Walter Interviewed

Following the release of his second album via Kranky earlier this year, Electronic Valve Instrument player Justin Walter discusses his choice of instrument as well as the power of improvisation

New York, London, Paris, Munich: Artists Talk About Pop Music

Now, Today, Tomorrow, and Always, a new exhibition at Eastbourne's Towner Art Gallery explores artists approaches to popular culture, with works by Mark Leckey, Jeremy Deller, Phil Collins, and others

In Which Mr Agreeable Casts Rheumy Eyes Over The Mercury Prize

Could it be Mr Agreeable's piles that have given him an existential sense of discomfort and rage this week or is it yet another arse-crimpingly boring list of Mercury Music Prize nominees?

Mick Jagger: A Warning From History

So you think 'England Lost' featuring Skepta is an appalling single and you'd sooner push your own head into a food processor than listen to it again? Well, John Doran has got bad news for you - it doesn’t even feature in the top five worst cultural things the Rolling Stones frontman has ever done

International Territory: An Extract From Studio: Remembering Chris Marker

Studio: Remembering Chris Marker is a new book collecting images of the legendary film maker's workspace by photographer Adam Bartos, along with reminiscences by Marker's friend Colin MacCabe. The below is an extract from Ben Lerner's introduction to the book.

Stop, Look, & Don’t Think: Why Adults Need Picture Books In 2017

From retro-kid parody to colouring books, Sarah Bee explains why the simple visual is vital in times of intense stress – and why the dismissive should put a dummy in it

Immigrant Is Not A Dirty Word: An Interview With Nadine Shah

Nadine Shah explains to John Freeman why her career-high third album, Holiday Destination, was inspired by the Syrian refugee crisis and why we should all be proud about being immigrants

Mollie Zhang On Pan Daijing’s Lack惊蛰

Delicate, visceral and grossly intimate, Pan Daijing's debut full-length is an unsettling triumph, says Mollie Zhang.

Performance & Authenticity: Devendra Banhart Live At Hackney Empire

Veronica Irwin watches Devendra Banhart charm the crowd, and realises that what she thought was hipster appropriation might instead be something rather wonderful.

Fangs For The Memories: The Lost Boys And The Infantilization Of The Vampire

Jeremy Allen looks back at the history of the vampire film and analyses one of the genre's most influential entries, Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys. And, no, we haven't used that headline already.

In Pursuit Of Restless Beauty: Max Richter’s 13 Favourite LPs

With the release of his deep dive Behind The Counter compilation, composer Max Richter talks to Ed Power about the albums that shaped his musical philosophies and encouraged him to escape the humdrum of suburbia

Spool’s Out: Tape Reviews For July With Tristan Bath

Tristan Bath returns with July’s best new music released on tape, including the latest compilation from Gazelle Twin’s imprint, Northern Noise from Bridget Hayden, Tasmanian avant garde, tape-hop, and more...

But You’re Not Really Here: Lana Del Rey Live At Brixton Academy

Lana Del Rey is a modern-day Karen Carpenter, reckons Jeremy Allen at her Brixton show - tragic and kitsch, familiar and unknowable, a simple complex pop star.

Power, Corruption And Sighs – Ewan Pearson Interviewed

Ewan Pearson was the academic who became a remixer, the remixer who became a DJ, and the DJ who became a producer of some of the best-sounding records of recent years. But if it hadn't been for a ZX Spectrum he might still be listening to Rory Gallagher, says Michael Hann

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal Album Reviews For July

Mistress of metal Louise Brown - with some help from Angela Davey - reviews this month's major releases including LPs from Prong, Accept, Melvins and Dead Cross

Brötzmann/Leigh

Sex Tape

A brutal sax-and-pedal-steel duel from Heather Leigh and Peter Brötzmann

Chastity Belt

I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone

Chastity Belt's third album - still disappointed, still stoned, still brilliant

Oddfellow’s Casino

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Dancing & Defiance – Paul Flynn’s Soundtrack To 30 Years Of Gay Culture

To mark the anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, Paul Flynn (author of Good as You: From Prejudice to Pride, 30 Years of Gay Britain) chooses 13 records that soundtracked his life, from ACR to Elton and Lil Kim to Sleaford Mods.

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The Illustrated Man: On John Minton’s Centenary

Chichester's Pallant House Gallery celebrates the centenary of English painter and illustrator John Minton

Remembering The Future: An Interview with Monira Al Qadiri

With a new solo show just opened at Gasworks, London, Kuwaiti artist and member of the Gulf artists collective GCC, Monira Al Qadiri discusses science fiction dreams and her life as a chicken nugget,

Rockfort: French Music For July With David McKenna

As well as providing a new mix, David McKenna explains why he prefers Fishbach to Foxygen and hails the return of the mighty France. Main picture by Jerome Favre

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