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Burnt Up On Re-Entry

Riot Grrrl: A 20 Year Retrospective By Petra Davis

Petra Davis looks back across two decades at the liberating musical and political movement and assesses what its legacy is today

The Royal Noble Overlord Of Amazing Phrasing: Ian Dury’s Lyrical Legacy

Music writer and biographer Zoë Howe discusses the bittersweet nature of Jemima Dury's Hallo Sausages!, a selection of her father's lyrics and his final, posthumous, contribution to a celebrated career

Clampdown: Britpop Culture Wars, Kenickie & Shampoo

In an extract from her new book, Rhian E Jones discusses the relationship between Britpop culture - via Shampoo and Kenickie - social class and gender

This Is What Defeat Looks Like: Zero Dark Thirty Reviewed

Jason Ward reviews Kathryn Bigelow's dramatisation of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden

Behold! January’s Quietus Comics Round Up Column

Reggie Chamberlain-King, Mat Colegate, and Aug Stone discuss the comics kicking off their New Year

Esben & The Witch

Wash The Sins Not Only The Face

We Are Fucked & Going To Die: Everything Everything Interviewed

Everything Everything are back with a new album that explores depression and a new found seriousness. Laura Snapes is impressed

Alasdair Roberts & Friends

Wonder Working Stone

Strange Navigations: The Story Of Southern Records’ Latitudes Label

Alison Schnackenberg and Tony Sylvester talk John Doran through the history of Southern's Latitudes Sessions. Chelsea Wolfe in session pictured by Tony Sylvester.

Chris Watson On Recording The Music Of The Natural World

In Cabaret Voltaire, Chris Watson used tape loops and field recordings as a pioneer of industrial music. Now, he is a sound recordist for BBC nature programmes who also works on installations, films and his own albums. He speaks to Luke Turner about trying to capture the sound of the world in a very noisy modern age

Serafina Steer

The Moths Are Real

Joe Gideon & The Shark

Freakish

Bottled Lightning: Kendrick Lamar Live In London By John Calvert

John Calvert heads to a cold Hammersmith to be blown away by Kendrick Lamar - "A private epiphany, the rest is history"

The Great Emancipator: Lincoln Reviewed

Jeremy Meserve reviews Steven Spielberg's biopic of the United States' 16th president

Alternating Currents: An Interview With Mika Vainio

Using a stripped-back arsenal of hardware, former Pan Sonic man Mika Vainio opens up chasmic sound worlds that bridge noise, techno and the early electronic avant garde. In a rare interview, he speaks to Russell Cuzner about new album Kilo and the importance of emotion in music

Foxygen

We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic

DJ Stingray

F.T.N.W.O

Arbouretum

Coming Out Of The Fog

Picturing the Land Beyond: The Films of Penny Woolcock

To mark the release of Penny Woolcock's documentary From the Sea to the Land Beyond on DVD, Anthony Nield gives an overview the director's work

The 30th Anniversary Of MIDI: A Protocol Three Decades On

As MIDI celebrates its 30th anniversary, Ryan Diduck explores, celebrates and critiques the persistence of a revolutionary and ubiquitous piece of music technology

A$AP Rocky

Long.Live.A$AP

Pere Ubu

Lady From Shanghai

Cut, Paste & Jam: An Interview With Gallops

John Freeman finds out how Gallops’ debut album Yours Sincerely, Dr Hardcore was inspired by both Vangelis and Sonic the Hedgehog and forged by Wrexham pride

Time To Get Illustrious: Vince Clarke And Martyn Ware Interviewed

Synth pop dream team The Clarke And Ware Experiment talk to John Doran about 15 years of sonic experimentation and 3D soundscaping

Nicholas Royle: From First Novel To First Novel

The highly praised author and editor talks to Carol Huston about how his literary life panned out, how his latest novel came to pass and answers thirteen simple questions

Apollo 13: Adam Ant’s Favourite Albums

Adam Ant is back after years in the creative wilderness. Here he discusses his all-time favourite LPs with Joe Clay

Powell

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Veterans Of The Trenches: A Look Back At Battle Comic

Steve Earles reviews the best of Battle and talks to creator Pat Mills

The Falco Has Landed: Tav Falco Interviewed

Richie Troughton talks with the Panther Burns frontman about his life in music, his new book and the majestic legacy of Memphis

Taping A Slave: Django Unchained Reviewed

David Stubbs is impressed by a career best performance from Samuel L. Jackson in Quentin Tarantino's latest, Django Unchained. Contains moderate spoilers

Dutch Uncles

Out Of Touch In The Wild