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Sweet Lights

Sweet Lights

Caught By The River: A New Fanzine Extract By Jeff Barrett

Before Caught By The River there was, and is, Heavenly Records. Before that, Jeff Barrett ran record Plymouth shop Meat Whiplash. Here's his story

The Month In Electronic Music: Electro-Shocked Blues

In his latest electronic music column, Rory Gibb gets battered senseless by bolshy synthlines, fat handclaps and modern twists on the classic grime template, c/o Swindle [pictured], Kuedo, Logos, Slackk, Heatsick and more

25 Years On: The Young Gods’ Debut Revisited

David Stubbs writes about how the Swiss violence of The Young Gods debut album arrived in time to save him from fey C86 indie and "Bono's big white hat"

Saint Etienne

Words And Music By Saint Etienne

Shit & Shine

Jream Baby Jream

Sounds & The City: An Interview With Julia Holter

Following the release of her recent album Ekstasis and in advance of her appearance at Field Day on 2nd June, Adam Bychawski catches Julia Holter out-and-about on the phone in LA, and talks capturing the essence of environment

Brötzmann / Edwards / Noble

...The Worse The Better

“Absolutely No Interviews”: Human Don’t Be Angry Interviewed

Former Arab Strap man Malcolm Middleton plays under his Human Don't Be Angry alias tonight in London. Over the course of three interviews with Nicola Meighan, he delves deep into pop music, teenage metal phases and checking your head

King Of The Beats: Slayer’s Dave Lombardo Picks His Favourite Albums

Ahead of Slayer's Reign In Blood ATP IBYM show and the release of PHILM's debut album Harmonic, Dave Lombardo tells Toby Cook about his 13 favourite albums

The Devils’ Double: Mother Joan Of The Angels Exhumed

Continuing the saga of the Loudun possessions made famous by The Devils, Jerzy Kawalerowicz's picture actually predates Ken Russell's masterpiece by a decade. Anthony Nield watches a landmark of Polish cinema, newly restored for DVD release later this month

Robin Gibb Obituary

Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb passed away on May 20th, aged 62, after a long battle with cancer. Mic Wright remembers the career of a man whose achievements stretched far beyond his band's associations with disco

Fringe Benefits: Hal Hartley’s Meanwhile And Web-Driven Return

Long Island's singular independent film auteur used Kickstarter to fund the distribution of his first feature in six years. Declan Tan finds out more

Mohn

Mohn

Discussing Uganda: John Robb Visits East Africa

John Robb recently spent time working with young musicians and rappers in Uganda. Here's his account of the country's under-regarded music scene

Off!

Off!

From Rock’s Backpages: Donna Summer & The Story Of ‘Love To Love You Baby’

The Quietus and Rock's Backpages remembering Donna Summer with an extract from Jim Esposito's 1976 feature on the sexing up of AM radio

Only Connect: Mission To Lars Reviewed

Wyndham Wallace watches a touching documentary about two siblings' attempts to unite their disabled brother with his hero, Metallica's Lars Ulrich

Sworded Tales: Tim Burgess On What The Wu-Tang Clan Did For Me

Tomorrow night Luke Turner is doing a Q&A with Tim Burgess at Rough Trade East. Ahead of that, we print the missing chapter of his Telling Stories autobiography, where he discusses how the Wu-Tang Clan inspired The Charlatans

The Enemy

Streets In The Sky

Simian Mobile Disco

Unpatterns

Regaining Control: An Interview With Stalking Horse

Neil Widdop, formerly of Leeds post-punk crew This Et Al, returned this year as Stalking Horse with debut album Specters. Simon Jay Catling caught up with him to talk the risks and myths of the music industry

“Shit, That Sounds Tremendous!” Tom Jones On His 13 Favourite Albums

With his new album, Spirit In The Room, on the way, Sir Tom Jones reflects on his favourite LPs and tells Laurie Tuffrey about his friends Elvis, Aretha and Stevie

Shackleton

Music For The Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs

Best Coast

The Only Place

The Thirteenth Step: Soulsavers Interviewed

The Depeche Mode front man Dave Gahan his partner in spiritual agnostics Soulsavers Rich Martin talk to Sam Spokony about their new album

Cloud And Proud: Even The Rain Reviewed

Declan Tan hails this sharp drama starring Gael García Bernal as a fictional director attempting to recreate the Columbus legend on celluloid, juxtaposed against the real-life protests which rocked Bolivia in the early 2000s

The Man Don’t Give A Funk: Venetian Snares Interviewed

Aaron Funk, the sonic terrorist best known for his work as Venetian Snares, has just released a new album under his Last Step alias, entitled Sleep. In a rare and insightful interview, he speaks to Angus Finlayson about delving into the void, sleep states and never compromising

PiL

This Is PiL

John Peel’s Record Collection: ‘C’ Reviewed By Everett True

Following the noble feat of endurance of David Stubbs in covering the letter "A", Collapseboard editor Everett True sticks his cans on and reviews the "C" bit of John Peel's Record Collection

Arts & Crafts: She Makes War Interviewed

Musician, filmmaker, blogger and distance runner: She Makes War packs a lot of pursuits into her time. She spoke to Val Phoenix about her new album Little Battles

Beach House

Bloom