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Black Lips

Arabia Mountain

We Dream On Cardboard: Staff Benda Bilili’s Rise From The Streets

Wyndham Wallace salutes Benda Bilili!, a documentary about the decade’s most unlikely but courageous stars, now available on DVD.

Woods

Sun and Shade

A Taste Of Divine: Remembering The Legendary Glasgow Club

David Peschek remembers recently-deceased Glasgow club Divine as he speaks to the likes of founder Andrew Divine, JD Twitch from Optimo, Stephen Pastel and Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian, who recalls the time he wore a dress... Oh, and there's a mix too.

Antennae Up & Receiving: Steve Reich Interviewed

As the documentary Phase to Face screens in London, Leo Chadburn speaks to composer Steve Reich about his work, the strength of American musicians, Radiohead, and his evolving dialogue with pop and rock

Arctic Monkeys

Suck It And See

Matias Aguayo

I Don't Smoke EP

Filming The Unfilmable: Joseph Strick’s Adaptation of Joyce’s Ulysses

In honour of Bloomsday, the day on which the fictional events of James Joyce's Ulysses take place, Colm McAuliffe celebrates Joseph Strick's often marginalised film adaptation of this supposedly unfilmable novel.

Frank Turner

England Keep My Bones

William D Drake

The Rising of the Lights

McCartney II: Paul McCartney Interviewed By Other Artists

We asked the likes of Chris Carter, Gruff Rhys, Alexis Taylor, Ty Bulmer and Erol Alkan to ask Paul McCartney about some of the techniques and influences used on McCartney II. Questions asked by Stephen Dalton.

A Songwriter Who Works At Home Depot: An East River Pipe Interview

Cult singer songwriter Fred Cornog of East River Pipe talks to Wyndham Wallace about “scratching out a living, and trying to survive with a little dignity”…

Family Strife: The Trouble With The Kennedys

As The Kennedys comes to the BBC, Terry Staunton looks at the Stateside flop and finds a "scattergun mosaic of hearsay and half-truths with all the gravitas of a mid-market soap"

Sons & Daughters

Mirror Mirror

Queen’s Back Catalogue – The Authorised King James Version

Biblical scholar John Doran looks at the Authorised King James Version of the Good Book for clues to the genesis of Queen's back catalogue

Boris

Heavy Rocks / Attention Please

Time For A Spring Clean: An Interview With Ghosting Season

Simon Jay Catling talks to the duo formerly known as worriedaboutsatan about their new project Ghosting Season

Check His Machine: Paul McCartney Interviewed On McCartney II

As Paul McCartney reissues McCartney II, Stephen Dalton asks him about the creation of his most forward-thinking record, Delia Derbyshire, potentially collaborating with Gorillaz... and suggests that Macca's next LP should be death metal

Paul McCartney

McCartney, McCartney II (reissues)

Knack For An Earworm: Ford & Lopatin Live

Ford & Lopatin head to the Shacklewell Arms in East London, where Charlie Frame sees the formerly-known-as-Games duo deliver a fantastic set of electronic pop. Photo thanks to Nickie Divine

Oneida

Absolute II

The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Chooses His 13 Favourite Albums

Wayne Coyne tells Stewart Smith about his 13 favourite albums, including The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Yo La Tengo, Miles Davis... and the Wizard Of Oz soundtrack

The Weight Of All This Melody: An Interview With Dan Bejar Of Destroyer

As Destroyer release Kaputt in the UK, Dave Peschek talks to Dan Bejar about the making of the record, and his lifelong love affair with British music, Momus and why "I can no longer afford to be held under Dylan or Lou Reed's sway."

Gnod

INGNODWETRUST

Coming Full Circle: An Interview With Band Of Holy Joy

jonny mugwump tales to the inimitable Band of Holy Joy enjoying their renaissance, the perks of chaos, and the rural and city divide

Still So Young? A Personal Exploration Of The Suede Reissues

Luke Turner sat down to review the five Suede album reissues, and 2000 words, a bottle of red, and a story about a disappointing young man called Russell later, this is what he came up with

All Loud on the Eastern Front: Peckinpah’s Cross of Iron Revisited

Optimum have granted Sam Peckinpah’s Eastern Front opus Cross of Iron a long overdue HD facelift. Andrew Stimpson examines this overlooked masterpiece from the troubled and controversial rabble-rouser.

Empire Of Sound: An Interview With Anodyne

Our man Angus Finlayson talks to Colin Cloughley - aka Anodyne - about his new EP's Empires and Destruction 808, and his 90s output

Battles

Gloss Drop

It’s Alive! Fucked Up Discuss Their Punk Opera David Comes To Life

Brad Sanders talks to Fucked Up's Sandy Miranda about their new 78 minute opus, challenging pretensions and why concept albums are unfairly dismissed. Photo by Daniel Boud

O’Death

Outside

F.O. Computer, By Ian Rankin: Why Radiohead Are Radiodead To Me

Music lover and bestselling author Ian Rankin seems to be just one of many Radiohead fans who have yet to receive their deluxe edition of King Of Limbs. Here he explains why a Kafkaesque palava has left him disillusioned with the band.