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Earthy & Complicated: The xx’s Coexist Track By Track

Next month, London trio The xx release their much-anticipated second album Coexist. Luke Turner takes you on a track-by-track guide through its eleven "far more earthy, sticky, complicated" songs

Listen, Move, Dance: An Interview With October

Bristol's DJ October plays in Fabric's Room 1 this Saturday. With a number of excellent records released in recent months, he sat down with Rory Gibb to discuss minimalism, punk rock and digital music's "crazy circus"

Stealing Sheep

Into The Diamond Sun

Filmmaking As Therapy: The Singular Vision Of Jane Arden

Anthony Nield explores the work of late British cinema maverick Jane Arden, whose three features with partner Jack Bond are reissued on DVD and Blu-ray this month. Still from The Other Side Of The Underneath

Forwards Not Forgetting: Owen Hatherley Interviewed

Jamie Sutcliffe talks to the firebrand of architechtural criticism Owen Hatherley about his recent book A New Kind Of Bleak. Main photo by Agata Pyzik

The Bug

Acid Ragga 7"

Alive & Wriggling: Animal Collective’s Centipede Hz Track-By-Track

John Calvert gives us a track-by-track run-through of Centipede Hz and finds that amidst all the familiar Animal Collective hippy tropes, there's much new - and exciting - to be found

Accidents Of Evocation: COI + Mordant Music = MisinforMation Explored

Kevin Mccaighy revisits this disquieting DVD featuring audio by Baron Mordant set to visuals from the Central Office of Information, originally available through specialist outlets and now reissued by the BFI

Metal Vicar Rachel Mann: Why Jesus Would Have Been A Pussy Riot Fan

As Pussy Riot begin their two year prison sentence, lady of both the cloth and the rock the Rev. Rachel Mann gives a Christian critique of the actions of the Russian Orthodox Church

Who’s Your Man? Take This Waltz Reviewed

Named after the Leonard Cohen song, Canadian actress turned writer-director Sarah Polley's second feature is about a woman torn between her husband and a new suitor. Daniel A Nixon finds that three's a crowd

Multiple Nightmares: The Haunted Legacy Of Lynch’s Eraserhead Soundtrack

Following its Sacred Bones vinyl reissue, Charlie Fox re-evalutates the terror of the Eraserhead soundtrack, and its influence on a vast array of musicians over the years since the film's initial release

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

Mature Themes

A Family Affair: Natasha Soobramanien’s Genie And Paul

We review and publish an extract from Natasha Soobramanien's debut novel, a tale of brother and sisterly love. Plus a Q&A with the author, who discusses ideas of "cultural cannibalism" Photo by Dominik Rippl. Words by Josh Warren

Wooderson

Let The Man Speak

50 States Of Mind: Ride Discuss Going Blank Again, 30 Years On

In 1992, Ride released Going Blank Again, the record that saw them emerge from Nowhere's swirls into more pop territory. Joe Clay speaks to Andy Bell, Loz Colbert, Mark Gardner and Steve Queralt about the lost classic

Like A Whirlwind: Rodriguez And The Search For Sugarman

Rob Hughes speaks to Sixto Rodriguez and the makers of the Searching For Sugarman documentary which charts his unique and uplifting story

‘We Are Part Of This World’: Gojira Interviewed

Toby Cook meets French metal troupe Gojira, whose new album L'Enfant Sauvage adds to a back catalogue impressive enough to earn them their very own adjective

Some Country For Old Men: The Expendables 2 Reviewed

Our resident action hero Stuart Wright catches up with the returning mature mercenaries, whose latest adventure opens in UK cinemas tomorrow

The Strange World Of Trans Am…

We continue our celebration of Thrill Jockey's 20th birthday with a look at one of their most enduring acts, as Trans Am's very own Nathan Means guides us through ten notable events in the history of Trans Am

Smashing Pumpkins

Pisces Iscariot (reissue)

For Those About To Mope: How Rock Learned To Love The Smiths & Morrissey

The battle lines were clear in the 1980s: you either loved Iron Maiden or you loved The Smiths, you couldn’t love both. So how did it come to pass that Morrissey would release a pop punk album and become one of the most dropped names in metal and heavy rock? John Doran investigates

Page 33 1/3: Sam Fox’s 13 Favourite Albums

As 80s pop heroine Sam Fox prepares to reissue her first four albums via Cherry Red, we sit down to discuss her favourite 13 LPs

Stellar Systems: Antony Hegarty’s Meltdown Festival Reviewed

This year, the Southbank Centre invited Antony Hegarty to curate their annual Meltdown Festival. We assembled a crack team of reviewers to cover a selection of its highlights. Words: Rory Gibb, Russell Cuzner, Joseph Burnett, Chris Roberts, Lee Arizuno

Uneasy Alliance: An Interview & Mix From El Kid

Bristol's Sam Kidel battles with his computer to create constantly evolving club tracks with a hand-played sensibility. He speaks to Rory Gibb about the "strange abstraction" of producing music on a screen, and has recorded us a mix

The Haxan Cloak

The Men Parted The Sea To Devour The Water

‘Different Atmospheres, New Locations’: Jeff Mills Interviewed

Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills celebrates 20 years of his Axis label this autumn with a book of artwork, photos and essays about its history. While in London, he sat down with David Stubbs to envisage possible futures

“You Don’t Have To Show Everything” – Sean Hogan Talks The Devil’s Business

Writer and director Sean Hogan chats to Stuart Wright about his dark new drama The Devil's Business, ahead of its UK theatrical release this week

5% Inspiration 95% Exaggeration: The Overuse Of The G Word

Ain't nothing but a 'G' thing... Johnny Sharp (né Cigarettes) explains why the G-word has become overused to the point of meaninglessness

An Olympic Cynic On Why Britain Won More Than Medals

Olympic cynic Luke Turner was largely won over by the achievements of the London Games. Here he argues that, despite all the still-extant reservations about how the Olympics are run, the true legacy ought not be Team GB's bling, but a Coalition-proof sense of our National identity

Young Limbs And Numb Hymns: The History Of The Batcave Club

Val Siebert speaks to members of Alien Sex Fiend, Bauhaus, Specimen and Foetus about Soho's original gothic haunt

The Distractions

The End of the Pier