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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

Hidden Life Force: An Interview With LHF

Over the course of several EPs and now a debut album through Keysound, LHF have plotted a course through dubstep's rhythmic framework that draws from London's dance music history, sci-fi and cosmic sounds from further afield. Rory Gibb opens up channels of communication

Wilko Johnson: Things I Have Learned About Canvey Island

Zoë Howe co-wrote Looking Back At Me with rock renaissance man Wilko Johnson, so who better to talk to him about fires, floods, time machines and other things Canvey Island related

Marina & The Diamonds

Electra Heart

The Magickal Mysteriis Tour: Matt Pike Of High On Fire Interviewed

Toby Cook talks to one of the Quietus' favourite rock stars, Matt Pike, about the new High On Fire album and a new reissue of Sleep's mighty Dopesmoker

The Art Of Soundtracking: Steven Severin Interviewed

Shunning the rock reunion circuit, Siouxsie And The Banshees co-founder Steven Severin now explores a fertile seam composing film scores. Resuming next week, his current UK tour pairs fresh electronic sounds with Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1932 classic Vampyr. Ben Graham learns more

Gravenhurst

The Ghost In Daylight

Celebrating The 30th Anniversary Of Glassworks By Philip Glass

Erin Lyndal Martin looks back at a bizarre but successful attempt to combine classical and pop... for the Walkman

The Nightingales

No Love Lost

40 Years On: We Return To The Birthday Party’s Junkyard

Julian Marszalek talks to Mick Harvey about Australian post punk's high watermark statement

Heart Felt: Being Elmo Reviewed

This big screen profile of the Jim Henson Productions veteran Kevin Clash spotlights a highly skilled art form that's been eclipsed by technological advances. Chris Bell offers a personal perspective in praise of puppetry

Swans

We Rose From Your Bed With The Sun In Our Head

Positivity In Pop: An Interview With Kwes


His status as a producer is assured, but with the Meantime EP Kwes is stepping into the spotlight. In advance of his London show with Micachu on Saturday, Kiran Acharya meets him to talk Warp Records, visual art, and cabbages



30 Years On: Revisiting Pavement’s Slanted And Enchanted

Jim Keoghan slips back three decades to listen to Pavement's debut and finds it, thankfully, just as messy as it used to be

Countdown To Hero: Avengers Assemble Reviewed

Kiran Acharya catches the latest Marvel Comics adaptation, written and directed by cult fantasy favourite Joss Whedon

Caught In Your Undertow: The Romance Of Ane Brun

Wyndham Wallace goes Dutch with Ane Brun, the Norwegian singer songwriter who has matured into Scandinavia's own Kate Bush: winningly inventive, determined and unique. Live Photograph by Wyndham Wallace