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While there's nothing wrong with a Prince hits anthology or two, this doesn't even begin to tell the story. Petra Davis, Joe Stannard, Al Denney, Wyndham Wallace, David Moats and John Tatlock choose their favourite non-single tracks... (republished 21st April 2016 - RIP Prince)
In this latest set of rum-inations Russell Cuzner hears that music need not exist, while finding it almost everywhere - in the movements between notes to a chorale of insects – including releases by Thomas Koner, Catherine Christer Hennix and Chris Watson. Mix by Russell Cuzner
Recorded in sessions open to the public as part of an art installation at Somerset House and released tomorrow as her ninth studio album, The Hope Six Demolition Project is an "abrasively straightforward" follow up to Let England Shake, writes Ed Power.
Having overcome drug habits, label interference and the death of their bassist, Deftones have certainly grown up in 21 years of releasing albums. But Gore shows that they’ve not lost any of their electric energy. Mike Diver gets the full story from Chino Moreno