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Colin Stetson

New History Warfare Vol 2: Judges

Through The Looking Glass: An Interview With Mirrors

Nix Lowrey talks to Mirrors singer James New about disillusionment, and finds out why they aren't mere synth-pop copy-cats...

Bakers Dozen: Liam Gallagher and Andy Bell’s 13 Favourite Albums

Speaking on behalf of Beady Eye, Messrs Liam Gallagher and Andy Bell tell us their favourite records

Essential Killing: Polish Film Legend Jerzy Skolimowski Interviewed

Simon Jablonski talks to director Jerzy Skolimowski about politics, painting, Polanski and working with Vincent Gallo on his latest film Essential Killing

Satirical Concerns: Looking Back At Channel 4’s 10 O’Clock Live

As the supposed answer to the Daily Show approaches the end of its run, Toby Cook takes an in-depth look at the strengths and weaknesses of this new wave of British satire

Katy B

On A Mission

When Crunk Met Classical: Micachu & The Shapes Interviewed

Mica Levi tells John Freeman how a collaboration with the London Sinfonietta created Chopped & Screwed – her homage to the Houston hip-hop scene

John Foxx & The Maths

Interplay

Tha Callahan IV – Bill Talks Apocalypse

Bill Callahan has become even harder to pin down since putting Smog to bed. Laura Snapes gets to grips with the lauded singer songwriter

Micachu & The Shapes

Chopped & Screwed

An Eastern Spring: Memoir Of A Second Generation Immigrant. Part Two

Neil Kulkarni compiles more transmissions from Planet Cov for your entertainment and illumination

Patrick Wolf Live: Moving Out Of The Twilight

After witnessing Patrick Wolf's live show at Thekla, Nick Southall wonders why the singer still hasn't been able to escape the shadow of his persona. Photo by Rachel Lipsitz

Destroyer

Kaputt

Neil Tennant On Pet Shop Boys Ballet The Most Incredible Thing

The Pet Shop Boys ballet The Most Incredible Thing was a resounding success for Sadler's Wells Theatre. Luke Turner talks to Neil Tennant about ballet, theatrical pop, and why you can't dance to Bob Dylan

The Human League

Credo

More Feelings, More Sludge: The Oscillation Interviewed

Samuel Breen talks to Demian Castellanos about The Oscillation's new album Veils and studio misery

Where The Screens Have No Shame: Killing Bono Reviewed

The story of bad wannabe rock stars becomes an equally bad film. Terry Staunton finds himself stuck in a movie he can’t wait to get out of

Lessons Through Funky Time: Tony Cook Interviewed

Tony Cook knows the first hand meaning of funk and digs up this side of the 80s with his new anthology, Back To Reality. He talks to Marisa Aveling about working with James Brown, and why he's honoured by his own legacy

Cold Cave

Cherish The Light Years

Fife’s What You Make It: Jon Hopkins & King Creosote On Diamond Mine

King Creosote and Jon Hopkins' new collaboration Diamond Mine is steeped in the landscape of Fife. Here, they tell Nicola Meighan about why that part of Scotland so resonates with them, how it found its way into song, and the enduring influence of Talk Talk

Wiz Khalifa

Rolling Papers

Kontakte

We Move Through Negative Spaces

Killing Joke’s Youth On His 13 Favourite Records

In our latest Baker's Dozen feature, Youth tells us about his 13 favourite albums

Young Knives On Growing Up In The East Midlands

Neither north nor south, the English Midlands are a confusing place bisected by railways and the M1 and A1. Some would say the Midlands are hard to love. Today, local boys House Of Lords and Henry Dartnall of Young Knives give us a guide. Pic by Cat Stevens.

Vessels

Helioscope

Josh T Pearson

Last of the Country Gentlemen

A Scorched Earth Policy: Kode9 And Spaceape Interviewed

The dread-heads Kode9 and Spaceape are back with a new album Black Sun. Frances Morgan talks to them about the future imperfect

Lars Of The International Playboys: Mr Horntveth Of Jaga Jazzist Interviewed

Our very own intrepid aristocratic explorer Wyndham Wallace braves treacherous Arctic waters to track down Lars Horntveth, lynchpin of Jaga Jazzist, to discuss the Music of the Norse. Oceanic photography: Wallace of the North

Werner’s Originals: Herr Herzog Discusses His Cave Of Dreams

Simon Jablonski sits down with Werner Herzog to talk about new film Cave of Forgotten Dreams, his work, and divining the character of the outsider

New York Dolls

Dancing Backward In High Heels

Jonny

Jonny

An Eastern Spring: Memoir Of A Second Generation Immigrant. Part One

In a new column, Eastern Spring, Neil Kulkarni looks at his life as a second generation immigrant via music and memory and experience of "Planet Cov"