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Poles Vaulting: The Quietus Salutes Katowice’s OFF Festival

Joseph Burnett and Julian Marszalek were blown away by the brilliant OFF Festival in Katowice, Poland. All hail SWANS! Photos by Nick Helderman and Gaga Mucko

R Stevie Moore

Lo Fi Hi Fives

Ronde The Houses: 360 Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan watches Brazilian City Of God director Fernando Meirelles' modern, globetrotting take on the venerable linked lovers play La Ronde

Mechanical Intensity: An Interview With Necro Deathmort

As well as having one of the more evocative names we've heard for a while, Necro Deathmort run a neat line in sludgy electronic bleakness. They speak to Jack Pudwell about great new record The Colonial Script

Charles Douglas

Not Your Kind of Music: The Basement Tapes 1995-1999

Horns Up Ya Shitters! July’s Best Metal Reviewed

Toby Cook has run out of things to say about drugs! Luckily it's a bumper month of releases from Om, Testament, Bestial Holocaust and more...

Men As Machines: An Interview With Officers

Having collaborated with artist Start Semple, and recently worked and toured with Gary Numan, Leeds-based four piece Officers have been finding ways to bridge the physical and electronic worlds. Dom Smith caught up with the band's Jamie Baker to discuss the importance of blurring those lines

Rainbow Ambiguity: Defying Conservatism In Mainstream LGBT Culture

Joseph Burnett rails against the growing commodification and conservatism of queer culture from Big Brother/X Factor love-ins to The Iron Lady

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album Reissues

The Art Of Dissent: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Reviewed

Kiran Acharya gets fired up by first-time director Alison Klayman's illuminating portrait of the iconic Chinese artist

Psychedelic Brilliance: The Marvelous Origin Of The Teardrop Explodes

Seldom has a band name been quite so evocative as that of Liverpool's The Teardrop Explodes. Here, band members and associates recall how that name's "psychedelic brilliance" was first unearthed from the pages of an old Marvel comic book

I Feel Lang: Giorgio Moroder’s Metropolis Reassessed

Giorgio Moroder's MTV-era version of the 1927 sci-fi landmark is finally available on DVD in the UK. Stephen Dalton takes another look

Baroness

Yellow/Green

Rush

Clockwork Angels

I Think That Someone’s Trying To Thrill Me: Happy Birthday Herman Melville

Had he not been taken from us so cruelly, Herman Melville would have celebrated his 193rd birthday this week. Steve Earles waits and he listens to Mastodon because that's what he does

‘I Have Magical Experiences Every Day’: Sir Richard Bishop Interviewed

Solo and as part of Sun City Girls, Sir Richard Bishop has spent three decades refining a singular style of guitar playing that draws inspiration from across the globe. With several of new releases arriving this year, he speaks to Richie Troughton about filmmaking, Freemasonry and secret manuscripts

Jurassic Lark: The Land That Time Forgot Remembered

Andrew Stimpson time warps to the fantasy realms of British studio Amicus and its all-American hero Doug McClure, star of three new DVD releases

Sharks Took The Rest

Too Late For Logic

From A Charred Corpse: The Strange Passion Of Irish Post Punk

Ian Maleney speaks to Andy Votel and numerous musicians about the "locked down" sound of protest emerging from the Irish Underground in the early 80s

Aesop Rock

Skelethon

Art In A Different Place: Withered Hand Interviewed

Edinburgh DIY-pop idol Withered Hand writes songs as an alternative form of self-expression to visual art. He spoke with Nicola Meighan about being raised as a Jehovah's Witness, going to a girl's school, and stumbling upon songwriting. Plus, watch the brand new video for 'No Cigarettes'

Clash of the Titans: The Cure vs Radiohead Live

The Cure and Radiohead are the twin titans of UK alternative rock but which group is better? Kevin E G Perry travels to Bilbao BBK to find out

Om

Advaitic Songs

The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends

Heavy Enough To Wake The Gods: Bong Interviewed

"I think we spend a lot of time in other places, rather than where we actually are" - Bong frontman Dave Terry speaks to Toby Cook about the warped geography of his band's new album Mana-Yood-Sushai

Diamanda Galás Discusses Her 13 Favourite Albums

Diamanda Galás plays the one of the opening concerts of Antony Hegarty's Meltdown Festival at London's Southbank Centre tonight. In advance of the performance, she tells us about 13 albums that have been influential on her life and work

Chris Marker Obituary

Anthony Nield pays tribute to the French cinema pioneer Chris Marker, who died on Monday at the age of 91

A Baker’s Dozen: Steve Vai’s 13 Favourite Albums Revealed

Porridge powered super Scot Mark Eglinton talks to compositional guitar virtuoso about his favourite albums of all time

‘A Hauntological Last Hurrah’: Robin The Fog Interviewed

In response to massive cuts to the BBC World Service, studio manager Robin The Fog took to the corridors and studios of its now-former home, Bush House, with recording equipment in hand. He speaks to Laurie Tuffrey about the resulting album, and the importance of the World Service

Blur

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The Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage

Live At The Grimm Museum Vol. One

‘Expanding That Basic Hip-Hop Shit’: Jeremiah Jae Interviewed

On his Raw Money Raps LP, released through Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder label, LAs's Jeremiah Jae channels dreamstates and hip-hop swagger to express the many facets of his personality. Oli Marlow caught up with him to discuss experimentation and connecting with the "inner voice"