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The Biggest Listicle Ever: A Ride On The Electronic Superhighway

At the Whitechapel Gallery’s Electronic Superhighway exhibition, Craft/Work looks beyond post-internet art to find wonder in clunky old interfaces

Some Kind Of Abstraction: Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho 25 Years On

25 years after Bret Easton Ellis' notorious novel was first published, Lee Arizuno considers its place in literature and, as both mirror and projector, in the culture of its time and ours

We Can Build You: Assemble And The Legacy Of Walter Segal

With a new exhibition at the Architectural Association, Christo Hall re-examines the story of Walter Segal’s self-build revolution of the 1980s and its influence on Assemble and others today

ABlocalypse Now: Bloc 2016 Reviewed

With Bloc retiring from hosting annual weekenders at Butlins, Christian Eede visits the last ever edition for a weekend packed with one-of-a-kind experiences. It's just a shame that co-founder George Hull doesn't seem to feel the same way. All photos courtesy of Jake Davis

Development Hell: High-Rise Reviewed

John Grindrod surveys Ben Wheatley's adaptation of JG Ballard's classic dystopian novel

All Reality Is Virtual: Waking Life Reassessed

A Blu-Ray reissue of Richard Linklater's colourful masterwork is a timely reminder of animation's poetic power

Lust For Youth

Compassion

Paul Bowles

Music Of Morocco

The Lead Review: Mat Colegate On The Body’s No One Deserves Happiness

With their self-proclaimed "the grossest pop record of all time" out on Thrill Jockey tomorrow, Mat Colegate explores The Body's latest offering of epic nihilism

Rising To The Occasion: Ben Wheatley’s Cinematic Baker’s Dozen

Ahead of the release of his JG Ballard adaptation High-Rise, director Ben Wheatley talks Ian Schultz through his 13 all-time favourite films

Various Artists

So Low

Th1rt3en Best: Dave Mustaine Of Megadeth’s Favourite Albums

Continuing our celebration of three decades since 1986 marked a pivotal moment for thrash, the co-founder, singer and guitarist of one of the "Big Four" gives Mark Eglinton a rundown of his most formative records

Poacher Turned Gamekeeper: The Critic’s Guide To Being In A Band

Andrew Mueller is a travel writer, foreign correspondent, columnist, pundit and author. He has also been a rock critic for donkey's and has been in a country rock band The Blazing Zoo for nigh on a decade. We asked him if the former had given him any insights into the latter...

Columnus Metallicus: March In Heavy Metal By Louise Brown

Louise Brown is both the Iron Fist and the velvet glove of heavy metal. Bow down and quiver before her album selections for this month

Spectres

Dead

Record Store Day: The Documents They Didn’t Want You To See…

We've got an exclusive look at the full list of RSD16 releases as well as some sensitive behind the scenes documents...

Being Celestial: Blown Out Interviewed

The power trio with a particularly fine pedigree are about to take their saturating sonics to Europe. Their guitarist Mike Vest tells Matt Ridout about vintage Japanese noise influences and the benefits of a short attention span

Ash Koosha

I AKA I

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down

A Man Alive

The KVB

Of Desire

At The Drive-In: Joe R. Lansdale Interviewed

Straddling genres, making the martial arts hall of fame and witnessing social inequality in the American South are the order of the day as Sean Kitching speaks to author Joe R. Lansdale

Listening to Someone Listening: James Richards at Bergen Kunsthall

Before it travels to London later in the year, Craft/Work catches James Richards’s new installation at Bergen Kunsthall in Norway, Crumb Mahogany

A Work Of A Work: Sturtevant’s Warhol Marilyn

When is a Warhol not a Warhol? When it’s a Sturtevant. With a new book dedicated to her Warhol Marilyn from Afterall’s One Work series, Craft/Work looks at the work of Elaine Sturtevant

Anna Högberg Attack

Anna Högberg Attack

The Lead Review: Tristan Bath On Billy Bao’s The Lagos Sessions

Released on Michael Kasparis' Night School Records this week, Tristan Bath explores the mysterious world of Billy Bao and his experimental sonic portrait of modern Lagos

Kaufman-nequin: Anomalisa Reviewed

Patrick Gamble reviews writer and director Charlie Kaufman's latest film, his first attempt at animation

A Question Of Lust: Depeche Mode’s Black Celebration Revisited

John Freeman looks back at the album which saw Martin Gore find his voice against a backdrop of inter-band tension.

Kendrick Lamar

Untitled Unmastered

Serious Vibe: Dave Okumu Of The Invisible’s Favourite Albums

Before he plays Convergence festival, the prolific singer and guitarist speaks to Danny Riley about the albums that have shaped his musical life, including D'Angelo, Aphex Twin and "diminutive funk goblin" Prince

Eschewing Pop Ideology: An Interview With Grimes

Karl Smith talks to Grimes' Claire Boucher about collaboration, isolation, creation out of necessity and why listening to Art Angels should feel like watching The Godfather

Welcome To The New World Order: Reflections On CTM 2016

Last month in Berlin, the annual CTM Festival threw together artists from across the world in a programme that reinforced the fact that the old boundaries between east, west, developed and developing countries are being overthrown at a thrilling and fast rate. Luke Turner reports.

Writing Yourself Into Existence: Tunde Adebimpe And Doseone Discuss Nevermen

The TV On The Radio singer and Anticon rapper tell Kiran Acharya about recording Nevermen, their project with Faith No More's Mike Patton, the role of the frontman and Boards Of Canada's love of stuffed animals