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Hive Mind

All The Saints

Intro To Fractions

Voguing And The House Ballroom Scene Of New York City 1989-92

Andy Thomas takes a look at the latest excellent coffee table book produced by Soul Jazz, this time on the House Ballroom scene of New York as documented by Chantal Regnault

‘Humanity Is Doomed’: The Botanist Interviewed

Crafting post-apocalyptic black metal suites with drums and hammered dulcimer, The Botanist's music imagines a future where the remnants of humanity have once again been swallowed up by primordial flora. Louis Pattison digs a little deeper

Admirably Crude: The Manics’ Generation Terrorists, 20 Years On

Looking back on the twentieth anniversary of the Manic Street Preachers' debut album, Emily Mackay celebrates its "uncomfortable mix of braggadocio, melancholy, anger and ludicrousness"

The Water’s Lovely: Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains Interviewed

Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains released their first album for Domino, E Volo Love, last month in the UK. Stuart Huggett met up with the Anglo-French pop band to talk singing and swimming.

Blondes

Blondes

Finding The French Gothic: The Monk Reviewed

Robert Barry takes a look at the current state of French horror in a review of Dominik Moll's The Monk, which is playing this weekend at the Glasgow Film Festival.

Leila

U&I

Half Baked: The Trouble With Cupcake Feminism

Cupcakes! You can't escape them these days. Meryl Trussler examines the at times pernicious influence the baked goods have had on contemporary feminism

Sharon Van Etten

Tramp

Some Major Rock & Roll Problems: Craig Finn’s Favourite Albums

Will Parkhouse speaks to the Hold Steady frontman about his thirteen most played LPs

The Twilight Sad

No One Can Ever Know

Craig Finn

Clear Heart Full Eyes

Soft Hills

The Bird Is Coming Down To Earth

Melting Watches: Time Locked At Club Transmediale

Last week, Rory Gibb traveled to Berlin for the thirteenth edition of the city's Club Transmediale (CTM) festival, to find a host of musicians and artists playing tricks with time and space

All Cops Are Bastards: A.C.A.B. Reviewed

Based on Carlo Bonini's book, A.C.A.B. is a fictional film about Italian riot police. Rome resident Terry Daley assesses the veracity of this controversial portrait of a force mired in accusations of brutality and corruption

Jajouka Or Joujouka? The Conflicted Legacy Of The Master Musicians

For decades, the music from one small village in Morocco has rung out internationally. But a long-running dispute between two separate factions of the Master Musicians of Jajouka/Joujouka has threatened to overshadow the success of both. Richie Troughton explores the legacy of the two groups and their current projects

Prinzhorn Dance School

Clay Class

Cloud Nothings

Attack On Memory

Labyrinths: An Interview With Fairewell

Johnny White, the man behind Fairewell's translucent bedroom pop, takes Simon Jay Catling on a pleasingly roundabout tour through his recent album Poor, Poor Grendel

Talking About The Talking Cure: A Dangerous Method Reviewed

David Cronenberg's latest picture dramatises the relationship between Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Sabina Spielrein. But is it a case of too much analysis, not enough psycho? Robert Barry finds out

Her Version Of Events: Emeli Sandé Interviewed

Emeli Sandé discusses human brains, Virginia Woolf and Cher Lloyd with John Doran

From Another World: Acid Mothers Temple Interviewed

In the wake of Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO's first full UK tour in over five years, Kevin Mccaighy caught up with the band's lynchpin, Makoto Kawabata, to speak about their current projects

Leonard Cohen

Old Ideas

Doug Jerebine

Is Jesse Harper

Mark Lanegan

Blues Funeral

Heaven Sent: The Wonderful Live Return Of D’Angelo

D'Angelo has made a return to the live fray this year. Melissa Bradshaw headed to his Brixton Academy show, brimming with anticipation, and was met with a visceral performance, all sex, swagger and soul

Kompakt (various artists)

Pop Ambient 12

Don’t Think: The Chemical Brothers Film Director Interviewed

Adam Smith has worked on The Chemical Brothers' live show for 18 years, so was ideally placed to direct their eye-popping concert film Don't Think. He talks to Val Siebert about the art of just letting it flow

Pause For Thought: Lamb Of God Interviewed

Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton tells Toby Cook about the important advice he received from Dave Mustaine and their new album Resolution

Forget The Knitwear: Borgen Is Dressed To Impress

Danish political drama Borgen is The Killing for grown-ups, claims a box set-phobic Stephen Dalton