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Having A Bawl: Why Does Music Make People Cry?

Robert Barry investigates the biology behind music's capacity to make us cry, and explains how emotional responses to music might have influenced our social evolution

Essence Over Style: An Interview With Carla Bozulich

With Carla Bozulich's latest album Boy just released, she speaks to Phil Harrison about her musical history to date, exploring ambiguities and the challenges of confrontation

Neneh Cherry

Blank Project

Bushman’s Revenge

Thou Shalt Boogie!

Progress Versus Destruction: Jupiter-C Interviewed

Jupiter-C make brooding, minimalist pop odes to surveillance, technology and the anxiety of contemporary urban life.

Lust For Music: Irvine Welsh’s Favourite Albums

With Filth recently released on DVD and a new novel due later this year, the Edinburgh author places a long-distance call from Miami to give Joe Clay the rundown of his top albums

Mr Dojo Rising: JJ Burnel Of The Stranglers Interviewed

Julian Marszalek looks beyond the ugliness, violence and 'intellectual thuggery' to find punk's genuine outsiders. Portraits by David Boni

Martin Creed

Mind Trap

Beck

Morning Phase

Pop, Fragility & Dissolution: A Marc Bolan Reappraisal

As he reviews new reissues of A Beard Of Stars, T.Rex, Tanx, Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow, Neil Kulkarni puts forward a new view of the prime moments of T.Rex and Tyrannosaurus Rex

A Nail In The Coffin: Soundgarden’s Superunknown Revisited

Val Siebert looks back 20 years to a band's attempts to shrug off the grunge tag

Lorelle Meets The Obsolete

The Obsolete Chambers

‘The Gentle Revolutionary’: Peter Tatchell Remembers Derek Jarman

With the BFI's Derek Jarman season currently marking the twentieth anniversary of the artist and filmmaker's death, Joseph Burnett speaks to gay rights activist Peter Tatchell about Jarman's work towards LGBT equality and raising awareness of HIV

Two Poems By: Luna Miguel

In its first trip to Continental Europe, this week's new writing comes from Barcelona via two poems by Luna Miguel - from the unpublished book The Stomachs - translated into English by Kevin Cole

Laibach

Spectre

“One Last Midnight”: Why You Should Be Watching True Detective

Sean Kitching urges those currently in the dark to immerse themselves in the even darker and check out True Detective, currently showing in the UK on Sky Atlantic. Contains mild spoilers

Cycles, Returns & Rebirth: Alexander Tucker On Derek Jarman

With the BFI's Derek Jarman season currently underway, musician and artist Alexander Tucker recalls his first trip to Jarman's garden, his time spent immersed in the alien beauty of Dungeness, and the filmmaker's huge influence on his own work

Poemss

Poemss

Matthew Barlow

Sun Showers

Hipster Jackboots: Sam Herlihy On Restaurants And Gentrification

In his latest Come On Fry Young food column, Sam Herlihy ties himself in knots while battling the twin spectres of inner city gentrification and artisanal fusion cooking

Trent Reznor On Coil & Nine Inch Nails, Plus Recoiled Review

Trent Reznor tells John Doran about his love of Coil and relationship with Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson and Jhon Balance, and Harry Sword reviews Cold Spring's new issue of once-lost Coil NIN remixes.

Sonic Cinematography: Neneh Cherry’s Favourite Albums

Following the release of her new album Blank Project and ahead of shows at Field Day and Sonar Barcelona, Neneh Cherry talks Helen King through her all-time top LPs

Marc Almond

Tasmanian Tiger EP

Phase Shift: An Interview With Beck

With his twelfth album Morning Phase hailed as a return to form, Beck Hansen talks to Joseph Stannard about loss, internalised expression and the awkward art of songwriting

Naughty Boy Rock & Roll, With Fat White Family Live

As everyone starts having yet another ponder about the absence (or otherwise) of rock & roll, Luke Turner enjoys another sweaty encounter with Fat White Family

Acts Of Faith: An Interview With Thalia Zedek

With her latest record Six just released through Thrill Jockey, Thalia Zedek speaks to Nick Hutchings about immersing herself totally in music in recent years, last year's acclaimed album Via, and reanimating her Come project with Chris Brokaw

Sun Kil Moon

Benji

Planningtorock

All Love's Legal

A Flash Of Brightness: Mark Morriss’ Favourite Albums

Following the release of his new solo album, the ex-Bluetone talks Wesley Doyle through his top 13 records

Dirty Enough, But Not Too Dirty: Casual Sex Interviewed

Around a current UK tour and an upcoming trip to SXSW, Casual Sex's Sam Smith, Ed Wood and Chris McCrory meet Adrian Lobb to talk about the new Glasgow scene and the importance of keeping sounds stripped-back

St. Vincent

St. Vincent

Death Comet Crew

Ghost Among The Crew