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Dan Richards speaks to Radiohead and Thom Yorke artworker, Holloway collaborator, friend and fellow hedge enthusiast Stanley Donwood about the blurred lines between sleeping and waking life, keeping demons out of his house and the big red non-spiders on the front of his new book, Humor
Sean Kitching speaks to horror novelist Adam Nevill about victim misogyny in horror films, picking apart the myths of history's notorious psychopaths in his latest book, No One Gets Out Alive, the literary brilliance of True Detective and not being the British Stephen King
Nick Reed returns to Genesis' hefty 1974 double album opus, and finds, in-between the near-incomprehensible narrative and patchy second disc, a record that offers many fine moments and stakes a good claim to being the pinnacle of prog excess
Following the release of her final album Heartleap last month, the folk singer-songwriter delves into her favourite records to pick particular moments of music that have stuck with her, from Beethoven to Brandy & Monica stopping by JJ Cale, Talking Heads and Bill Callahan on the way
It's a full month for Complete Communion as Stewart Smith previews the EFG London Jazz Festival and Glasgow's GIOfest VII, and reviews some excellent records wherein jazzheads team up with purveyors of racket and noise Dead Neanderthals and Kid Millions
British Sea Power tome Do It For Your Mum is one of the best books about rock and family you'll read. Its author Roy Wilkinson gives an update on the group and their parents, and attempts to put right some of the many misconceptions about the group