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Complete Communion: Stewart Smith On The Best Jazz Of 2015

Stewart Smith casts his eye over a rich year for jazz releases both new and archival

Prawy do lewego: Our New Polish Music Column Interviews Merkabah

Our man in Warsaw Filip Kalinowski spoke to the avant sax metal trio Merkabah for our new monthly look at the Polish underground

Fleetwood Mac

Tusk (Deluxe Edition)

The Near-Death Of Raves: The Fate Of Independent Music Venues In 2015

One of the biggest stories of 2015 was the continuing disappearance of music venues under a pincer assault of noise complaints and gentrification. Ed Gillett argues that the pop-up 'experience' guff that comes in their wake is no replacement, and looks at possible solutions to the crisis

Dr. Manhattan: Jeffrey Lewis’ Favourite Comics

Aug Stone talks to the NYC musician and comic book creator about bizarre autobiographies, superheroes and (SPOILER) a whole lot of Alan Moore, as he finishes his UK tour in support of new album, Manhattan

To Chop And Change: Pavement’s Wowee Zowee 25 Years On

Lesley Chow dissects the (semi-) serious intent behind Stephen Malkmus' nonsensical rhymes on Pavement's 3rd album which was positioned as the "logical end-point of rock"

25 Years On: Goodie Mob’s Soul Food Revisited

Angus Batey looks back 25 years to the birth of "dirty south" and the bizarre influence of a far right, survivalist tract on hip hop

A Peculiar Kind of Music: Ennio Morricone Interviewed

Ahead of his first full-length score for Quentin Tarantino, the Maestro talks to Cian Traynor about overcoming anxiety, adding value to film and his musical experiments for Dario Argento

Fear In The Faceburbs: Comfort, Dread & Digital Fortresses In 2015

Tim Burrows peers up from his smartphone to find a world made up of digital fortresses and social-media generals.

Mind The Doors: Onboard Katrina Palmer’s Necropolitan Line

Mysterious spaces and limbo-like states, Laura Snoad takes a ride on the death line with sculptor Katrina Palmer

Richard Dawson

The Magic Bridge/The Glass Trunk (Reissues)

CTM

Suite For A Young Girl

Performing Sculpture: Rose English & Florian Roithmayr

With new shows opening this weekend at the Camden Arts Centre, Robert Barry examines the work of Florian Roithmayr and Rose English

Maddin-ing: The Forbidden Room Reviewed

Cormac O'Brien takes a look at Guy Maddin's brilliant and barking new film

Death Of A Party: Blur – New World Towers Reviewed

Tom Duggins reviews a new documentary based around the recording sessions of Blur's latest album, The Magic Whip

The Panpopticon With Amy Pettifer: The Year In Pop

Amy Pettifer recaps 2015 in pop by concentrating on stars, rather than tracks or albums...

EMA

#HORROR Original Score

Księżyc

Rabbit Eclipse

Harder, Better, Faster, Fonda: Philippa Snow On Klute

Philippa Snow unravels the strands of Alan J. Pakula's 1971 classic and finds a film with a lot to say about our notions of authenticity and belonging

A Wild Composer: Morton Subotnick Interviewed

The synthesiser pioneer talks to Robert Barry about his career, from the San Francisco Tape Music Center and the landmark Silver Apples Of The Moon to evolving his live set, which he'll be performing at LCMF on Saturday

The Rammellzee: From Beat Bop To Cosmic Flush

As the UK's Gamma Proforma label releases The Rammellzee's final album and launches an exhibition of inspired artwork by his peers, Kevin Foakes - aka Strictly Kev - takes us on a rollercoaster ride through 30 years of the maverick's complex recording career

tQ’s Reissues Etc Of 2015, In Association With Norman Records

Tuxedomoon

The Vinyl Box

Sparks

The Island Years

2015: The Year We All Became C*nts

Bobby Barry looks back at 2015, the year of Uber-ubiquity, "shy Tories" and virtue signalling, and asks if we've finally crossed the rubicon and are no longer worth rescuing from our appalling human selves

Spool’s Out with Tristan Bath: The Top 20 Tapes Of 2015

Tristan Bath rounds up his top 20 cassette tapes and favourite tape label of 2015 in his annual assessment of the state of music on tape. Illustration by Wedhar Riyadi

Baroness

Purple

Feu! Chatterton

Ici Le Jour (A Tout Enseveli)

Songs Of Disruption: An Interview With MONEY

John Freeman sits in a van on an industrial estate with Manchester’s MONEY and finds out how their magical second album, Suicide Songs, was created from the ashes of a destructive alcohol addiction

Monumental Simplicity: Anna Von Hausswolff’s Favourite Albums

The Swedish musician talks to John Freeman about the 13 records that "opened doors" and helped create the blueprint for the mighty organ drone of her new album, The Miraculous, before she plays two UK shows

Dreaming Of A Telekinetic Connection: Henry Rollins Interviewed

Henry Rollins talks to Harry Sword about listening to The Stooges in Antarctica, his love for Joy Division and why he'd never appear in a reformed Black Flag

Brian Eno’s Another Green World, Revisited By William Doyle

William Doyle, fka East India Youth, uses his pack of oblique strategies cards to come to terms with Another Green World as it turns 45 this year