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A New Nineties US Edition Part Three: Codeine, A New Kind Of Stillness

Neil Kulkarni continues his secret history of US cult groups of the 1990s, this time speaking to Steven Immerwahr and Chris Brokaw of Codeine

Oren Ambarchi

Sagittarian Domain

An Electrical Storm: Erol Alkan’s 13 Favourite Albums

DJ and producer Erol Alkan has dug deeper than most when it comes to turning up gems for his genre-spanning club sets. He talks us through a suitably eclectic 13 favourite albums selection

Return To Earth: An Interview With Mala

Dubstep pioneer Mala, one half of Digital Mystikz, is about to release Mala In Cuba, a collaborative album recorded with musicians in Havana then transplanted to London's bassbins. He speaks to Angus Finlayson about the human spirit and the importance of process in music-making

Bowiefest Preview: Absolute Beginners Revisited

This weekend London's ICA is hosting a retrospective of David Bowie the movie and TV star. Anthony Nield buys a bargain bin US import DVD to take another look at the Dame's 1986 folly, directed by Julien Temple

Four Tet

Pink

Yeasayer

Fragrant World

A Little Drop Of Blood: Michael Gira Of Swans Interviewed

The Seer is a gargantuan colossus of a record towering over 2012. Luke Turner spoke to Michael Gira about its genesis, evolution, and the commitment required to make it

100% Shock & Awe: Skrillex Blasts Tiny Venue

At Skrillex's tiny London show for Eat Your Own Ears this weekend, dancers and moshers alike were flattened by sonic junk and wave upon wave of bass, "the pitiless God that reigns supreme in the EDM universe". Words John Calvert Pictures: Pete Fallan

Conservation Of Momentum: An Interview With Blanck Mass

As Blanck Mass, Fuck Buttons' Benjamin John Power evokes sprawling images of an Earth reclaimed by nature. He speaks to Charlie Fox about soundtracking the Olympic Opening Ceremony and Werner Herzog

Ride

Going Blank Again (Reissue)

Things I Have Learned: Jarkko Aaltonen Of Korpiklaani On Drinking

Finland's answer to the Pogues are lords of the grape and the grain, Toby Cook takes notes...

Happy Songs? Stuart Braithwaite Of Mogwai’s Favourite Albums

Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite takes us through his favourite albums, and explains why it's Margaret Thatcher's fault that everyone in Scotland is a goth and how John Peel funded the Scottish music scene

Maus In The House! Oslo’s Oya Festival Reviewed

Tim Burrows (words) and Hayley Hatton (pics) head to Oslo for the Oya Festival, where they see a John Maus stunner, a Stone Roses groaner, and proclaim Savages the new Dr Feelgood

The Darkness

Hot Cakes

Damn The Torpedoes! The Quietus Comics Round Up Column For August!

Mat Colegate and Aug Stone get to grips with comic releases for August

Hex & The City: Eccentronic Research Council & Maxine Peake Live

Christophe Riesco watches the Eccentronic Research Council and Maxine Peake perform 1612 Underture and finds relaxation in short supply. If you want a flavour of the ERC, watch their short film below

JJ DOOM

Key to the Kuffs

“We Were Engulfed By Acid Vapour” – Samsara’s Mark Magidson Interviewed

Erin Lyndal Martin chats to producer Mark Magidson about the final instalment in the wordless, non-narrative movie trilogy he created with director Ron Fricke, ahead of its theatrical release next week

Spector

Enjoy It While It Lasts

Synthesizer Soul: Yazoo’s Upstairs At Eric’s 30 Years On

On the 30th anniversary of its release, Vince Clarke tells John Freeman how Yazoo’s groundbreaking debut album was all about "the singing and the tunes"

The Big Eyes Family Players & Friends

Folk Songs II

Music From The Dolls House: Amanda Palmer’s Favourite Albums

Theatrical, glamorous, a glory of synths, saucy, dark... and Neutral Milk Hotel. Amanda Palmer talks Matt Evans through her favourite 13 albums

Voodoo Rams: An Interview With Goat

John Freeman chats to shadowy Swedish collective Goat, about how ancient voodoo rituals influenced their extraordinary debut album World Music

The Eccentronic Research Council And Maxine Peake

1612 Underture

‘Yeah, Rock & Roll!’: Metallic Taste Of Blood’s Eraldo Bernocchi Interviewed

Quietus metal correspondent Toby Cook sits down with Eraldo Bernocchi, of the mighty Obake and more recently Metallic Taste Of Blood, and valiantly attempts to match him espresso-for-espresso

Truths And Lies: F For Fake Revisited

Yasmeen Khan has fun getting lost in Orson Welles' mid-'70s maze of 'factual' misdirection, which has been digitally restored for a nationwide theatrical re-release this week. Stills courtesy of the BFI

Herbert Goes ‘Banana’: Germany’s Biggest Star Takes On England

Virtually unknown in Britain, Herbert Grönemeyer is a huge star in his native Germany, having sold 18 million albums. Now his sights are set on the country he called home for over a decade. Wyndham Wallace meets him at Berlin’s Hansa Studios…

Minotaur Shock

Orchard

Girlfriend In A Comedy: Amy Lame’s Morrissey Show Unhappy Birthday

With her hit show about being a Morrisey fan running at the Edinburgh Fringe, Amy Lame tells David Peschek about her childhood as a chubby, closeted kid in suburban New Jersey, her fabulous permanent adolescence and why Morrissey is for life

Bloc Party

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