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Bruce Almighty! The Lacey Rituals Explored

Anthony Nield celebrates veteran polymath Bruce Lacey, subject of a new British Film Institute DVD compilation. Stills courtesy of the BFI

Killer Mike

R.A.P Music

Memory Pain: The Original Total Recall Revisited

Pre-empting next month's remake, Paul Verhoeven's 1990 sci-fi is being released on Blu-ray. Andrew Stimpson can remember it for you wholesale

Vatican Shadow

September Cell / Operation Neptune Spear

“Nijinsky Meets Woolworths”: Ziggy Stardust, 40 Years On

As David Bowie's classic hits its fifth decade and gets a deluxe reissue, Matthew Lindsay takes an in-depth look at the significance of the wonderful creation that was Mr Ziggy Stardust

Czech It Out: Karlovy Vary Film Festival Explored

Graphic sex, punk rock and teenagers in trouble - pretty much the perfect formula for a film festival. Throw in giant bloodsucking alien squid and you have the full package, as Stephen Dalton reports

11 Things You Might Not Have Noticed In The Shining

John Fell Ryan has screened Stanley Kubrick's 1980 masterpiece forwards and backwards, simultaneously, superimposed. He shares a few findings

Twin Shadow

Confess

Milk Maid

Mostly No

A World Unto Itself: An Interview With Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors' sixth album, Swing Lo Magellan, marks a shift from the meticulous structures of their previous albums towards a more direct and heartfelt approach to songwriting. Chad Parkhill discussed this transition with lead Projector David Longstreth

The First Quietus Comics Reviews Column!

Mat Colegate squints at some notable recent comics releases and tries to block out the trauma sustained watching the Dredd 3D trailer

Pulse LAX: An Interview With Nguzunguzu

LA duo Nguzunguzu's thoughtful and playful party music draws for global sounds and the mechanics of the UK dancefloor. With new EP Warm Pulse just released, Angus Finlayson met them to discuss throwing DJ curveballs and the life of grime

“There’s No Prescribed Reaction”: Consumer Electronics’ Philip Best Interviewed

For 30 years, Philip Best has been absorbed in the creation of some of the most extreme music on the planet, as Consumer Electronics, as half of Whitehouse and in collaboration with other artists. Ahead of a show tomorrow in Islington, he speaks to Mat Colegate about the essence of his approach and "creative misreading"

Darling Farah

Body

Star Tissue: Nostalgia For The Light Reviewed

Opening on Friday in UK cinemas, Patricio Guzmán's dual-stranded doc about astronomy in the Atacama Desert and searching for the remains of Chile's disappeared is powerful viewing. Colm McAuliffe explains why

Mira Calix Interviewed: Stones Are Where The Heart Is

Jude Rogers speaks to Mira Calix about her rockin' new sound piece, Nothing Is Set In Stone, prejudices facing sound artists and that hoary old label, "women in electronic music"

Dust & Deadpan Humour: An Interview With Bushwalking

Australian interstate three-piece Bushwalking root their dreamy, folk-leaning songs in the realities of everyday life, keeping their debut album First Time an enticingly earthy proposition. Steph Kretowicz chats to them about how their home country is expressed in their music

The Favourite Albums Of Cornershop’s Tjinder Singh

Celebrate Cornershop's appearance in our mid-year compilations chart with Tjinder Singh's Baker's Dozen

NotBloc: How The Dance Community Rescued The Rave

The pragmatic and positive responses to Bloc's closure this weekend are reminders of the solidarity and community values that beat at the heart of dance music, argues Rory Gibb

Turbonegro

Sexual Harassment

Ty Segall

Band Slaughterhouse

PLVS VLTRA

Parthenon

Horns Up Ya Shitters! June’s Best Metal Reviewed

Unsheath your broadswords and prepare to pillage the realm of riffs as Toby Cook reviews this month's metal releases

MoMA Mia! Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present Reviewed

Val Phoenix watches this feature profile of the Belgrade-born, New York-based performance artist, which opens in UK cinemas today

The Chefs

Records & Tea

Smashing Pumpkins

Oceania

Love & Language: An Interview With Cate Le Bon

Cate Le Bon's second album CYRK came out this year, and found the Welsh singer exploring increasingly playful territory. Jim Keoghan met up with her to discuss how it came together and the appeal of the Welsh language

Music For Umpteen Musicians: Steve Reich Interviewed

Ahead of Steve Reich's appearance at Bloc in the afternoon tomorrow, Leo Chadburn called up the composer for a second conversation about how he interacts with other musicians and musics. Radiohead revelations!

White Manna

White Manna

It’s A Sin? Frank Ocean & Prejudice Against Male Bisexuality

As Frank Ocean writes a beautiful statement about his first love, Luke Turner argues that the reaction to it suggests a society and culture that still finds it difficult to comprehend male bisexuality

Patriot Funny Games: God Bless America’s Bobcat Goldthwait Interviewed

Our esteemed Boston, MA correspondent Craig Terlino celebrates the Fourth of July by chatting to US comedian turned filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait, whose murderous new satire is unleashed in the UK today

Natural Rhythm: Chris Packham’s Favourite Albums

Broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham talks Luke Turner through his favourite albums... includes punk rock riot, hitchhiking, and singing poodles