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“Not Doing Things Is Soul Destroying” – Kevin Shields Of MBV Interviewed

Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine pulls up a chair with Taylor Parkes and gives one of his lengthiest and most revealing interviews to date

UFOmammut

ORO: Opus Primum

Natural Balance: An Interview With Zammuto

Nick Zammuto, former member of The Books, contrasts a grounded lifestyle in the mountains with the intricate electronic compositions of his new album Zammuto. He speaks to Steph Kretowicz about the album, symmetry and quantum physics

An Army Of Faffinettes And The Carmine Vault: Fafi Interviewed

Aug Stone talks to the French graffiti artist and comic book author, Fafi. Some light spoilers

Two Wings

Love's Spring

Richard Hawley

Standing At The Sky's Edge

Allo Darlin’

Europe

Black Moth

The Killing Jar

20 Years On: Alien 3 Reassessed

Vilified, disregarded and worshipped in equal measure, Alien 3 is one of the most divisive franchise movies of all time. On its 20th anniversary Andrew Stimpson revaluates David Fincher's troubled directorial debut

Extreme Language: An Interview With Justin K. Broadrick

Under the alias JK Flesh, long-running industrial/metal pioneer Justin Broadrick returns to the electronic crucible, fortifying blazing walls of distortion with iron wrecking-ball beats. He speaks to Joseph Burnett about his remarkable history, "hateful and fucked" music, and future plans

A New Nineties US Edition: Part One – An Introduction

Neil Kulkarni revives his excellent A New Nineties Series, this time to look at the now barely remembered bands of the US

Cherry Ice Cream Smiles: Duran Duran’s Rio Revisited

Rio was released thirty years ago this week. John Freeman looks back at an archetypal 80s pop album which became Duran Duran's defining moment.

My Bloody Valentine

Isn't Anything, Loveless reissues

KTL

Things I Have Learned About Sci Fi By Neil McAdams Of Black Breath

Just stop dicking about and get into sci-fi, says Neil McAdams to Toby Cook. Some of it is about the survival of the human race, and some of it is about humanoid-ant hybrid detective stories

Cherchez La Femme: New French New Wavers Hop The Channel

Enigmatic French indie-pop crew La Femme are set to play at London's Jazz Cafe tonight. Last time they touched down in the UK, Eleanor Griggs met up with them to discuss their mother tongue, touring and crepes. Pics thanks to Jenna Foxton

Here We Go Magic

A Different Ship

Damon Albarn

Dr Dee

I Feel So Extraordinary: The Odd Charm Of New Order Live

They're now without Peter Hook, but New Order triumph at Brixton thanks to their unusual, at times shambolic, charm

Tortured Language: Rockfort Interviews EDH

In this month's Rockfort column, our French music correspondent David McKenna speaks to Emanuelle de Héricourt, aka EDH, about the experiences that weave into her strange and beautiful music of opposites

Redford Focus: Sundance London Explored

Overseen by Robert Redford, the Sundance Festival in Utah has showcased independent cinema for three decades. The inaugural UK edition, mixing film and music events, took place at London's O2 last weekend, as Stephen Dalton reports. Photo by Gareth Cattermole, courtesy of Getty Images

Various Artists

Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984

Mystery Jets

Radlands

Horns Up Ya Shitters! The Best Metal Of April Reviewed

John Peel’s Record Collection: ‘A’ Reviewed By David Stubbs

David Stubbs undertakes the Herculean task of listening to the first 100 records of John Peel's collection... so you don't have to

Totally Wired: An Interview With Spoek Mathambo

We speak to the multi-talented South African, whose new album Father Creeper is out on Sub Pop, about fear, flamboyance and funky house

Keep Those Dreams Burning Forever: Neneh Cherry Interviewed

Neneh Cherry speaks to John Doran about literally unplugged performance, the spirit of the Bristol scene and her father Don

The Magnetic North

Orkney Symphony Of The Magnetic North

Psychological Filler: Silent House Reviewed

This shrewdly marketed remake of a low-budget 2010 Uruguayan picture has the tagline 'Experience 88 Minutes Of Real Fear Captured In Real Time'. At least it's short, says Declan Tan

Distal

Civilization

A Double-Headed Secret: An Interview With Cyclobe

Cyclobe, the ex-Coil duo of Stephen Thrower and Ossian Brown, have spent over a decade honing a beguiling blend of electro-acoustics and folk instrumentation. Ahead of their show at this year's Meltdown festival, they speak about current projects, the occult and their friendship with Coil

Drokk

Music Inspired By Mega City One