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A World Unto Itself: An Interview With Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors' sixth album, Swing Lo Magellan, marks a shift from the meticulous structures of their previous albums towards a more direct and heartfelt approach to songwriting. Chad Parkhill discussed this transition with lead Projector David Longstreth

The First Quietus Comics Reviews Column!

Mat Colegate squints at some notable recent comics releases and tries to block out the trauma sustained watching the Dredd 3D trailer

Pulse LAX: An Interview With Nguzunguzu

LA duo Nguzunguzu's thoughtful and playful party music draws for global sounds and the mechanics of the UK dancefloor. With new EP Warm Pulse just released, Angus Finlayson met them to discuss throwing DJ curveballs and the life of grime

“There’s No Prescribed Reaction”: Consumer Electronics’ Philip Best Interviewed

For 30 years, Philip Best has been absorbed in the creation of some of the most extreme music on the planet, as Consumer Electronics, as half of Whitehouse and in collaboration with other artists. Ahead of a show tomorrow in Islington, he speaks to Mat Colegate about the essence of his approach and "creative misreading"

Darling Farah

Body

Star Tissue: Nostalgia For The Light Reviewed

Opening on Friday in UK cinemas, Patricio Guzmán's dual-stranded doc about astronomy in the Atacama Desert and searching for the remains of Chile's disappeared is powerful viewing. Colm McAuliffe explains why

Mira Calix Interviewed: Stones Are Where The Heart Is

Jude Rogers speaks to Mira Calix about her rockin' new sound piece, Nothing Is Set In Stone, prejudices facing sound artists and that hoary old label, "women in electronic music"

Dust & Deadpan Humour: An Interview With Bushwalking

Australian interstate three-piece Bushwalking root their dreamy, folk-leaning songs in the realities of everyday life, keeping their debut album First Time an enticingly earthy proposition. Steph Kretowicz chats to them about how their home country is expressed in their music

The Favourite Albums Of Cornershop’s Tjinder Singh

Celebrate Cornershop's appearance in our mid-year compilations chart with Tjinder Singh's Baker's Dozen

NotBloc: How The Dance Community Rescued The Rave

The pragmatic and positive responses to Bloc's closure this weekend are reminders of the solidarity and community values that beat at the heart of dance music, argues Rory Gibb

Turbonegro

Sexual Harassment

Ty Segall

Band Slaughterhouse

PLVS VLTRA

Parthenon

Horns Up Ya Shitters! June’s Best Metal Reviewed

Unsheath your broadswords and prepare to pillage the realm of riffs as Toby Cook reviews this month's metal releases

MoMA Mia! Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present Reviewed

Val Phoenix watches this feature profile of the Belgrade-born, New York-based performance artist, which opens in UK cinemas today

The Chefs

Records & Tea

Smashing Pumpkins

Oceania

Love & Language: An Interview With Cate Le Bon

Cate Le Bon's second album CYRK came out this year, and found the Welsh singer exploring increasingly playful territory. Jim Keoghan met up with her to discuss how it came together and the appeal of the Welsh language

Music For Umpteen Musicians: Steve Reich Interviewed

Ahead of Steve Reich's appearance at Bloc in the afternoon tomorrow, Leo Chadburn called up the composer for a second conversation about how he interacts with other musicians and musics. Radiohead revelations!

White Manna

White Manna

It’s A Sin? Frank Ocean & Prejudice Against Male Bisexuality

As Frank Ocean writes a beautiful statement about his first love, Luke Turner argues that the reaction to it suggests a society and culture that still finds it difficult to comprehend male bisexuality

Patriot Funny Games: God Bless America’s Bobcat Goldthwait Interviewed

Our esteemed Boston, MA correspondent Craig Terlino celebrates the Fourth of July by chatting to US comedian turned filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait, whose murderous new satire is unleashed in the UK today

Natural Rhythm: Chris Packham’s Favourite Albums

Broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham talks Luke Turner through his favourite albums... includes punk rock riot, hitchhiking, and singing poodles

Dirty Projectors

Swing Lo Magellan

Gavin Osborn

Come On Folks, Settle Down

The Future’s Bright: Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange Track-by-Track

John Calvert heads along to a London studio for a first listen to the forthcoming album (much anticipated round these parts) from Frank Ocean

F***ing Legends, Mate: The Stone Roses At Heaton Park

Tens of thousands of you traipsed through the drizzle to Heaton Park for The Stone Roses reunion this past weekend. Joe Kennedy explains why this was more significant than a mere nostalgia exercise

Acid Shampoo & Flower Punk: The Hypnotic Eye Interviewed

Despite having not yet released their debut album, London five-piece The Hypnotic Eye are cutting a swathe through the capital with bullets of psychedelic garage rock. Julian Marszalek met the band to find out about the origins of their name and why they're already recording their second album

There Is No Rock In Morocco: Beyond The Festival Of Sacred Music

Denied access to the Festival Of Sacred Music where Björk plays for the Moroccan Royal Family, Joost Heijthuijsen (words) and Nick Helderman (photos) try to find the true local music

Slut Rock? Louise Brown On Using Sexuality & Gender In Metal

The former editor of Terrorizer, Louise Brown, on why female metal stars who bare flesh aren't letting the side down... just their plunging neck lines

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Fee Fi Dafoe Fum: The Hunter Reviewed

Opening on Friday, this Aussie wilderness drama stars Willem Dafoe as a mercenary hired to track the last Tasmanian tiger. Declan Tan takes a look