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Channelling From Some Other Place: Richard Thompson Interviewed

Following the release of his 21st album, Electric, earlier this year, Richard Thompson talks to Tariq Goddard about why he prefers living in the suburbs, sidestepping 60s excess and his relationship with his back catalogue

Crayola Lectern

The Fall And Rise Of…

Various Artists

Way To Blue - The Songs Of Nick Drake

Pollinating Possibility: An Interview With Gum Takes Tooth

London firebrands Gum Takes Tooth create a joyous, twitchy, electrified racket. Ahead of their support slot with White Hills tomorrow night, Jessica Crowe speaks to them to untangle the chaos, plus watch a brand new video

The Sounds Of Planet Earth: Nick Rhodes Of Duran Duran’s Favourite Albums

As his long-standing side-project TV Mania finally releases an album, Bored With Prozac And The Internet?, Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes reveals the 13 albums that changed his perceptions about music

A Past Gone Rad: The Fall’s Infotainment Scan 25 Years On

Neil Macdonald was in school when he was first exposed to The Fall via a murky tenth generation cassette recording of their 16th album. 25 years on, we take a look back

Deeper Underground: An Interview With The Haxan Cloak

Bobby Krlic's second album as The Haxan Cloak takes the spirit of his self-titled debut into synthetic and ethereal space, sending shivers up the spine in the process. He speaks to Maya Kalev about the pleasure of fear and unease

Mudhoney

Vanishing Point

Beccy Owen

Drink

Escape From Reality: Ashley Paul Interviewed By Holly Herndon

Brooklyn-based composer/performer Ashley Paul's work ranges from texturally exploratory songwriting to jarring improvisation. Fellow US musician Holly Herndon speaks with Paul about musical dualities and the coexistence of different approaches

Sloy, 69, Françoise Hardy & French Music BDP (Before Daft Punk)

In this month's Rockfort, David McKenna ponders the imminent arrival of Daft Punk's new LP, and what that means for French music. He also takes a look at 69, featuring former members of Albini-produced Sly... and some Françoise Hardy

Kurt Vile

Wakin On A Pretty Daze

Queercore U Kno The Score: She Said Boom – The Story Of Fifth Column

Melissa Steiner reviews She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column, a documentary on Toronto's legendary Queercore innovators

Old Man Diode & Rick Holland

The King Krill

The Drones

I See Seaweed

Coastal Reflections: An Interview With Chris Petit

Extraordinary, uncompromising filmmaker and novelist Chris Petit recently released his first LP. Kiran Sande sits down for an extended chat with Petit and album collaborator Baron Mordant to discuss the Museum of Loneliness, Petit's classic novel Robinson and the relationship between film and sound

An Endless Kiss Of Uninhibited Love: Swans Live At KOKO

Swans return to KOKO with some friends in tow for the Michael Gira-curated Mouth To Mouth Festival. Under the joyous onslaught, Maya Kalev forgets to inhale. Photos thanks to Katja Ogrin

Merzbow/Mats Gustafsson/Balázs Pándi

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“Feared & Respected”: The English National Character In Sightseers

Ashley Clark positions Ben Wheatley's Sightseers - available now on DVD - in a rich tradition of entertainment that represents the very worst of the English national character. Contains spoilers

Tape Adapter: April’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed

In the first of a new ongoing column covering each month's most interesting (for both positive and negative reasons) hip hop mixtapes, Gary Suarez takes you on a whistlestop tour from echo-chamber halfstep to baseless swagger blather

Sonic Communication: Stephen O’Malley Talks Ensemble Pearl & Gravetemple

As ever, Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley is busy at work on a host of concurrent projects. In advance of his group Gravetemple's shows at Cafe Oto this weekend, he speaks with Joseph Burnett about the marvelous debut Ensemble Pearl album, a collaboration with members of Ghost and Boris

Horns Up Ya Shitters! Best New Metal LPs Reviewed By Toby Cook

Toby Cook is back to wail at a McDonald's ad and review new LPs from Darkthrone, Humanfly, Baptists, Pombagira, From The Bogs Of Aughiska, Phil Anselmo & Warbeast, Blood Tsunami, Rotting Christ, Intronaut and Holly Hunt

Karl Bartos

Off The Record

Empowerment Of The Negative: NoNoNo Interviewed

John Freeman catches up with Stockholm trio NoNoNo to find out how saying 'no' became their gateway to making near-perfect pop

Far From Useless, Far From Good: Marillion’s Script For A Jester’s Tear

In among the pomposity and the queuing cumbers of the 80s prog-rockers' debut album, Taylor Parkes tries to pinpoint exactly why it captivated his adolescent self

Margaret Thatcher: Still More Alive Than She Herself Dared To Dream

Your celebrations at Margaret Thatcher's death are misplaced, says David Stubbs, for "Thatcherism never died, was never truly even un-elected" (originally published April 8th 2013)

Souvenirs: Andy McCluskey Of OMD’s Favourite Albums

Andy McCluskey, one half of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, gives us the low down on his top 13 LPs

Tyler The Creator

Wolf

Mick Philpott: A Right Wing Weapon Of Class Destruction

"What Mick Philpott did is beyond comprehension. What the government is doing is beyond belief." The cynical exploitation of a sad crime is part of an ongoing assault against the working class, writes Josh Hall

Bleached

Ride Your Heart

Grey’s Anatomy: Dark Skies Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan checks out Scott Stewart's Dark Skies, the latest chiller from Blumhouse Productions. Contains spoilers.

A Spy In The House Of Rumour: Jake Arnott Interviewed

In an in-depth interview with Kiran Sande author Jake Arnott discusses his most recent novel, The House of Rumour, the merits of literary infidelity and the sartorial choices of the cosmonauts