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Happenstance & Glue: New Transmissions From The Outer Reaches

Scott McKeating finds what he's looking for out at the perimeter - cassettes and CD-Rs of noise sweet noise

Horns Up Ya Shitters! The Best Metal Of March Reviewed

Toby Cook once more utters his Columnus Metallicus AIIIEEEEEE as he reviews new albums from Meshuggah, Black Breath, Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse, Angel Witch, Christian Mistress, Soulfly, MAKE, Drudkh and Mike Armine

Lee Ranaldo

Between The Times And The Tides

“There’s More To Us Than Shouting”: Hawk Eyes Interviewed

John Freeman meets up with three quarters of noise-rock outfit Hawk Eyes to discover just how their mighty new album Ideas ably demonstrates that less can sometimes be more

It’s A Family Affair: Rufus Wainwright Interviewed

Rufus Wainwright talks to Joseph Burnett about bereavement, engaging with pop music and Mark Ronson's fine, fine hair

Vatican Shadow

Kneel Before Religious Icons

Nicki Minaj

Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded

Listening To The Listeners: Low Interviewed

Dale Berning talks to Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker about their career - both quiet and loud

Bad Weather California

Sunkissed

The Wedding Present

Valentina

30 Years On: Christ The Album By Crass Revisited

Christ The Album is too good for the TV punk documentaries, that's why it's still relevant and dangerous now, argues Harry Sword

“Like Playing Death Metal At A Wedding” – Doug Stanhope Interviewed

David Bennun chats to outspoken US comedian Doug Stanhope, touring the UK in support of his new DVD Before Turning The Gun On Himself

Teen Apocalypse: Gregg Araki’s Doom Generation

David Moats reappraises Gregg Araki's bisexual horror-comedy on wheels The Doom Generation, now out on DVD in the UK

Disco On Demand: Al Kent Digs In The Crates

Disco don Al Kent talks us through some dynamite rarities from his epic set, The Best of Disco Demands

Various Artists

Fame: Jon Savage’s Secret History of Post-Punk 78-81

Weird Dreams

Choreography

Means & Ends: A Homeland Half-Term Report

Political conspiracy potboiler _Homeland_ is supposedly Barack Obama’s favourite TV show. Midway through its UK run, Simon Garner examines why it’s got the presidential seal of approval

Into The Abyss: A Tale Of Death, A Tale Of Life Reviewed

Siobhan McKeown attends a Human Rights Watch Film Festival preview of Werner Herzog's new documentary feature, now on nationwide release

Le Super Borgou De Parakou

The Bariba Sound

Ministry

Relapse

Meshuggah

Koloss

Queens Of The Stoned Age: THEESatisfaction Interviewed

Seattle-based "Empresses of Time" THEESatisfaction have just followed up a string of remarkable self-released records with their debut for Sub Pop. The duo tell Stevie Chick about bonding over music and embracing their weirdness

Nothing But Heart: Alan Sparhawk of Low’s Favourite Albums

Low and Retribution Gospel Choir play in the UK next week. In advance of a full interview on the Quietus next week, frontman Alan Sparhawk spoke to Dale Berning about his thirteen favourite albums

Colour Me Peach & Black: Prince’s Sign O’ The Times, 25 Years On

Twenty-five years after its release, John Freeman looks back at the magnum opus that would ultimately be the undoing of Prince

THEESatisfaction

awE naturalE

Ebbing Tides: An Interview With Lee Ranaldo

With his new album, Lee Ranaldo has abandoned the harsher, more freeform aspects of his earlier solo work in favour of streamlined songwriting. Chris Woolfrey caught up with him to discuss how it came together, and life after Sonic Youth

Daniel Rossen

Silent Hour/Golden Mile EP

The Horror! Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Interviewed

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats' Blood Lust lumbered into our top albums of 2011 like a low-slung, lo-fidelity, Hammer Horror-decked groove mammoth. Harry Sword catches up with the mysterious Uncle to find out more about the band's shadowy selves...

There Will Be Flood: The Island President Director Interviewed

Styled like a drama and soundtracked by Radiohead, US filmmaker Jon Shenk's new doc highlights the parlous state of Indian Ocean 'paradise' the Maldives. He chatted to Anna Coatman ahead of its UK theatrical release

Various Artists

Grinderman 2 RMX

Death Grips’ The Money Store: Track-By-Track

Slot machines in hell. 2-Live Crew meets Tetsuo: Body Hammer. A grenade at a debutante's ball. An upside down sermon on the mount. John Calvert gets to grips with The Money Store

Unidentified Flying Oscillator: Space Dimension Controller Interviewed

R&S' resident purveyor of super-smooth cosmic funk sits down with Rory Gibb for a rare in-person interview, and talks soundtracks, space operas and sci-fi