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Weather Changes Moods: An Interview With Lone

Producer Lone, aka Matt Cutler, talks to Lev Harris about his latest EP Echolocations, explains why he loves The Shining and how he refuses to be pigeonholed

An Unnerving & Profound Beauty: Bjork’s Biophilia Live

John Tatlock is wowed by the debut of Bjork's Biophilia in Manchester, deeming it "a joyful trumpet blast for rationalism"

Perc

Wicker & Steel

Towards The Sepulchral City: The Urbanisation Of Black Metal

Black Metal is a genre traditionally associated with the dark woods and fjords of the Norse peninsula. But, argues Brad Sanders, a new breed of groups are looking to urban grit for inspiration

Beyond The Pleasuredome: Frankie’s Liverpool 25 Years On

Wyndham Wallace follows last year’s celebration of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s landmark album, Welcome To The Pleasuredome, with a look at its neglected follow-up, Liverpool, 25 years after its release

John Maus

We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves

Just Not The Same Band Any More: Battles Live

Isaac Newton & Mind-Altering Loops: Standard Planets Interviewed

Standard Planets tell us about science, krautrock and their debut album Providers Of Utopian Energy

White Hills

H-P1

Beyonce

Chad Valley

Equatorial Ultravox

Working Nine To Five: An Interview With White Denim

White Denim’s James Petralli talks to John Freeman about why new album D is their attempt to connect with the masses, despite unwelcome interference from their record company

My Disco

Little Joy

Welcome To The Dollhouse: Looking Back At The Films Of Todd Solondz

Last week's Book Club screening of Welcome To The Dollhouse prompted Yasmeen Khan to reflect on Todd Solondz's compelling body of work

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Music Industry? In Search Of The Beast

In a follow-up musing to Wyndham Wallace's piece on the music business killing music and blaming the fans, Robert Barry asks exactly who, or what, this monster really is

La Big Vic

Actually

Dixie Dave Of Weedeater On Guns & Shooting Off His Own Toe

Despite the fact that he shot off his own toe, Weedeater's 'Dixie' Dave says, controversially, that he's against American gun controls. Interview by Toby Cook. Photograph courtesy of Markus Shaffer

Towards A New Language: John Maus Interviewed

As John Maus releases his brilliant new LP We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves, Emily Bick engages him in a fascinating discussion on why we need a new language for punk rock, nostalgia, and agreeing with the sentiments of Ice T's 'Cop Killer'

“It’s Like Being Naked”: An Interview With Husband

Italian duo Husband tell Simon Jay Catling about musical freedom, inexperience and not being swayed by clamour

GusGus

Arabian Horse

Wu Lyf

Go Tell Fire To The Mountain

Leaving it to Chance: Maverick Director Nicolas Roeg On Don’t Look Now

Maverick British director Nicolas Roeg talks about classic horror film Don't Look Now, available next week on Blu-Ray, and the role of chance in film projects, while Colm McAuliffe discusses Roeg's signature visual style.

Why In With The New Is The Best Policy: Sonar Festival 2011 Review

Melissa Bradshaw heads back to Sonar in search of fresh experiences - and finds that it's the newer sounds, rather than familiar faces, that are the festival's lifeblood. Photos by Pere Masramon for Red Bull Music Academy

Metal Confection & Computer Love: An Interview With Laurel Halo

Rory Gibb talks to Laurel Halo about her new EP Hour Logic, modern science and the influence of Detroit's musical heritage

Vetiver

The Errant Charm

Interview with Djo Munga, Director of Congolese Film Viva Riva!

The Quietus talks to director Djo Munga about his new thriller Viva Riva! which captures the sights and sounds, as well as the danger of his native city Kinshasa.

Plus La France! Orval Carlos Sibelius & Holden Interviewed

David McKenna chats with Orval Carlos Sibelius and Holden in the latest installment of his monthly column rounding up the finest music from over the Channel

A Track-By-Track Guide & Stream Of Memory Tapes’ Player Piano

LISTEN to a UK exclusive stream of the new LP from Memory Tapes, Player Piano - and read a track-by-track guide to the record from Dayve Hawk himself

Atari Teenage Riot

Is This Hyperreal?

“A Watershed Moment” Patrick Wolf Discusses Lupercalia

In a frank interview with Luke Turner, Patrick Wolf discusses leaving his past behind, a surprising return to a major label, and why might leave England for Florida and country music to become "a male KD Lang"

Palehorse

Soft As Butter, Hard As Ice

Caught By The River Extract: Bill Drummond On The Damson Fruit

Caught By The River have a new book out, and we're very pleased to present to you an extract where Bill Drummond ponders Nazi uniforms, jam and Peter Cook as he muses on the damson, his favourite fruit