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“Don’t Question Everything” – Levitation’s Need For Not Revisited

“They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.” Wyndham Wallace celebrates a forgotten classic twenty years on from its ill-starred release

Traxman

The Mind Of Traxman

Apocalypse Nearly: Farewell To The King Revisited

Andrew Stimpson takes another look at Hollywood veteran John Milius's other jungle war epic, reissued on DVD this week

Whale Bone Clues: Nick Talbot Of Gravenhurst Interviewed

Pavel Godfrey talks to Nick Talbot about serial killing, Englishness and the Milgram Experiments in this fascinating interview

Bass Clef

Reeling Skullways

The Power Of Doubt: Liars’ Guide To New LP WIXIW

After all those weird and abstract hints on the Amateur Gore tumblr, here's the information from the horse's mouth: Angus Andrew tells Luke Turner about the themes and making of new album WIXIW, their increasing use of electronics, and relationship with producer Daniel Miller

Rowland’s Return: Dexys Live At Shepherd’s Bush

As Dexys prepare to release One Day I'm Going To Soar, Tariq Goddard witnesses its live debut at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire

Strange Resonance: Rockfort Interviews L’Ocelle Mare

In the second half of this month's missive on French music, David McKenna speaks to Thomas Bonvalet of L'Ocelle Mare, whose new album finds him working with the resonance of a protestant temple in Bergerac

Dead Wood: Dark Shadows Reviewed

Tim Burton's latest big screen outing is a comedic revival of Dan Curtis' wobbly but sincere gothic soap opera. Josh Saco asks if the once-beloved director has finally stopped trying

The Cribs

In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull

I Like Trains

The Shallows

Gallon Drunk

The Road Gets Darker From Here

Trainwreckin’ Crew? Philip Glass’ Einstein On The Beach At The Barbican

Philip Glass' opera Einstein On The Beach is having its first UK performance at the Barbican Centre. Leo Chadburn attends a potential trainwreck

The Time And Space Machine

Taste The Lazer

Respect My Sociopathy! An Extract And Reviews Of Recent Zero Publications

Siobhan McKeown reviews two new Zero titles and we share an extract from _Why We Love Sociopaths_

Vive La France! Lessons The UK Can Learn From Hollande’s Election Victory

Hollande's victory for the French Socialist Party in the weekend's Presidential Elections provoked outpourings of emotion and solidarity of the sort rarely seen in the UK, says Joe Kennedy. Photograph thanks to Valerio Berdini

“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