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Saturated Energy: Mbongwana Star Interviewed

From Kinshasa, the debut album by the Central African band, is one of the year's finest. Richie Troughton finds out about capturing the sound of the Congolese capital on record through two generations of street musicians

I’m One Of 1000 UK Artists Boycotting Israel. Here’s Why

As Thurston Moore, Miss Lauryn Hill and Primus become the latest to cancel shows in Tel Aviv, British-Palestinian musician Samir Eskanda makes the case for the boycott, with contributions from Moore and Jean-Hervé Peron of Faust. Photos by Valerio Berdini

Mai Mai Mai

Πέτρα (Petra) EP

The Orb

Moonbuilding 2703 AD

The Dying Of The Light: Gordon Moakes On Solar Race

Gordon Moakes pens a personal tribute to Eilidh Bradley and the rage of Solar Race

On Feminism & The Female Body In Kim Kardashian’s Selfish

Aimee Cliff considers the valuable and radical nature of Kim Kardashian's Selfish, the reclaiming of herself (and her Self) from the media, what it means to be a perfect feminist and whether that matters

Poisoned Intoxicant: Two Cinematic Portrayals Of The Female Monster

Philippa Snow examines the differing portrayals of female monsters in 'A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night' and 'Under The Skin'

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June

Pekka Airaksinen

Buddhas Of Golden Light (Reissue)

Ick’s Alive! Brian Yuzna’s Society Revisited

Sean Kitching has another look at Brian Yuzna's enduringly disgusting Society, recently reissued by Arrow films

Och Aye The Noo Wave: Big Gold Dream – Scottish Punk 1977-82

Neil Cooper goes behind the scenes of a new documentary exploring Edinburgh's place in the post-punk ferment. Photos from the Fire Engines Archives

Sauna Youth

Distractions

Guapo

Obscure Knowledge

Heading For The Sure: Jim Jones And The Righteous Mind Interviewed

After The Jim Jones Revue called time on proceedings last year, their main man decided he was ready for a new project, located somewhere between his old band's barnstorming rock & roll and dreamier territory. He tells Julian Marszalek about their "heavy lounge" before they make their UK debut

Close To The Etch: 3.45RPM’s Cottage Industry Lathe Cutting

Stuart Huggett digs into the cottage industry flipside of the vinyl revival with Phil Macy’s lathe cutting operation 3.45RPM. Photos by James Kendall

The Shape of Punk To Come? On Reforming Bands & Politics

Alex Robert Ross looks at the contrasting political attitudes of the recently returned Sleater-Kinney and Refused, and finds the latter have rather lost their radical edge

Hudson Mohawke

Lantern

Sonic Onslaughts: Sunday At Field Day Reviewed

Bryan Brussee, Ben Graham, Julian Marszalek and Luke Turner round up some of the highlights from the sun-baked and rock-leaning second half of this year's festival. Photographs by Valerio Berdini

Tape Adapter: June’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Gary Suarez reviews this June's hottest hip hop mixtapes, from Zaytoven, Young Scooter, Chubby Jag, Lil Silk, Lucki Eck$, Manolo Rose

Tempel

The Moon Lit Our Path

Terakaft

Alone

At Breaking Point: Black Sabbath’s Sabotage Revisited

Joe Banks examines the point at which everything started to go wrong for Black Sabbath... even though they were still getting it right

Deeper Shadows: An Interview With Jaakko Eino Kalevi

The prolific Finnish multi-instrumentalist has left behind his job as a part-time tram driver to produce one of the best pop albums of the year. With the record out this week and a London gig imminent, he talks to Laurie Tuffrey

Rubber Rings: Johnny Marr’s Favourite Albums

As he embarks on a world tour, Johnny Marr talks to John Freeman about how his 13 favourite albums have provided career-spanning inspiration for everything from The Smiths to his latest solo record, Playland

Surgeon

Tresor 97-99

Various Artists

Soul Jazz Records Presents: Sounds Of The Universe: Art + Sound 2012-15 Vol. 1

Derelicte: Ricki Hall, Fashion, Homelessness & The Language Of Privilege

In a Sunday Times Magazine interview this weekend model Ricki Hall told a journalist that he takes his fashion cues from children and the homeless. Karl Smith considers why it might actually not be okay to transfer the aesthetics of necessity and marginalisation to a position of extreme privilege

Growing Through The Cracks: Gagarin Interviewed

Graham Dowdall, aka Gagarin, talks to Bobby Barry about his new album, plus working with Ludus, Nico, John Cale, Pere Ubu and getting his tea made by Morrissey. Portrait by Brian David Stevens

Polar Inertia

Kinematic Optics EP

Cold Cave

Full Cold Moon

Heroes Of A Parallel Present: British Sea Power Live

As British Sea Power revisit their debut album at a series of concerts up and down the land, Simon Price argues that this is no exercise in nostalgia but, as ever with this magnificent group, proof of their continuing significance. Photography by Valerio Berdini

The Four-Dimensional Human: In Conversation With Laurence Scott

Michael John sits down to talk with Laurence Scott — author of The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of living in the digital world — about the erosion and universality of celebrity culture, economic claustrophobia, the nature of an ever-present digital past and the prophetic powers of The Simpsons. (Photograph: Jean Baudrillard — Saint Clement, 1987)