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A Rave Institution: James St Acid Of Bang Face Interviewed

Angus Finlayson - The Quietus's very own slave to the rave - talks to James St Acid about the legacy and lineage of Bang Face

My Left Shin: Kristin Hersh On Art, Inspiration & Vic Chestnutt

Petra Davis talks to Kristin Hersh about her solo record _Crooked_, a new Throwing Muses album and the death of the music industry. All photographs by Maria Jefferis of Shot2Bits.net

Skream

Outside The Box

Travelling To The Future By Hover Car: Tweak Bird Interviewed

Ben Hewitt discusses the past, the future, the Wright brothers and the hover car with sibling duo Ashton and Caleb Bird

Alasdair Roberts

Too Long In This Condition

Why President Wyclef Jean Is The Last Thing Haiti Needs

Wyclef Jean's bid to be President of Haiti looks to have fallen at the first hurdle. This is no bad thing for the people of the Island, argues Lewis G Parker

The Human Centipede & Cinema’s Finest Mad Scientists

Simon Jablonski steadies his stomach for digestion shock-fest _The Human Centipede_, and looks at the greatest deranged men of science in film history

Rose Elinor Dougall

Without Why

A Trip To Oya In Oslo Via Pavement, Munch & MIA

Chris Roberts

Boris & Ian Astbury

BXI

The Continuous Battle Of Order

Pattern Seekers

Mystics Of The Near Future: Klaxons Interviewed

As Klaxons prepare for _Surfing The Void_, Luke Turner speaks to Jamie Reynolds about the joys of enlightenment in a cynical age, and why the band feel they've "a job on"

Women At Work: Greie Gut Fraktion Interviewed

Val Phoenix downs tools to speak with Antye Greie and Gudrun Gut of the Greie Gut Fraktion about their collaboration, _Baustelle (Construction Site)_

The Heart Of The Narcissus Myth: Sun Araw Interviewed

Richard MacFarlane talks to Sun Araw's Cameron Stallone about new album _On Patrol_, shamanistic art-making and sludge

Wildbirds & Peacedrums

Rivers

Healing Crazy Minds: Master Musicians Of Joujouka & Morocco’s Boujeloud Festival

Following in the footsteps of Brian Jones and Timothy Leary, Richie Troughton heads to Morocco to experience the magical sounds of the Master Musicians of Joujouka

The Eyes Have It: Exploring The Cosmic With Drum Eyes

DJ Scotch Egg - also known as Shige - has left his day job behind to focus on his wonderfully warped Drum Eyes project. He talks to Simon Jay Catling and Luke Turner about his new album _Gira Gira_

A Q&A With Bill Callahan & Extract From Letters To Emma Bowlcut

Laura Snapes talks to Bill Callahan (aka Smog) about his new tome _Letters To Emma Bowlcut_, as well as serving up a juicy extract

Kemialliset Ystavat

Ullakkopalo

Bauer Failure: Why Stuart Williams Is Wrong To Blame Music For Mag Decline

Publishing exec Stuart Williams reckons that a dearth of good music is to blame for the decline in magazine sales. Luke Turner counters by arguing its the like of Williams himself who are responsible.

A Dime In The Hot Slot: Heaven 17 Interviewed

Later this year Heaven 17 are taking their classic Penthouse And Pavement album out on the road for its 30th birthday. John Doran chats to Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory

Hustling For Fame And Fortune: Dominique Young Unique Interviewed

After meeting Dominique Young Unique, Petra Davis decides that she isn't worried about her one little bit - she has all the tools required for total domination

Queens Of The Stone Age

Rated Rx (reissue)

The Crypts Of 35 Years: Tom Araya On The Anniversary Of Slayer’s Hell Awaits

More influential than _Reign In Blood_? Mark Eglinton talks to Slayer's Tom Araya about the legacy of their brutal and nasty second album _Hell Awaits_. All live photos courtesy of Shot2Bits.net

Morrissey Reveals His Favourite LPs Of All Time

For Friday 13th, Morrissey has scanned in the sleeves of his favourite 13 albums, emailed them to us, and requested that we put them online. Here are the results:

Drum Eyes

Gira Gira

Sam Herlihy Of The Northwestern: The Age Of Austerity

"I know they look like Skeletor's fingers but give 'em some time and they taste like real chicken, not like breast implants and doom". Sam Herlihy brings you a guide to bargain shopping. Photograph by Barney Britton www.photoinsensitive.com

Jaz Coleman’s Guide To Killing Joke’s Absolute Dissent

Killing Joke make an emphatic return this autumn with new album Absolute Dissent. Jaz Coleman guides Rob Haynes through the LP, discussing the apocalypse, geopolitics, population, societal control and why "random acts of kindness" are the only things that matter. Plus an exclusive stream of new track 'Endgame'

The Books

The Way Out

Kung-Fool Fighting: Wu-Tang Clan Wobble In Brixton

With most of the original members present, the stage was set for the Wu to bring the ruckus to Brixton. But, says Dayal Patterson, a lazy and chaotic performance risks making the pioneers a mere nostalgia act.

Locate Your Innerspeaker: Tame Impala Interviewed

Glen McLeod talks to Tame Impala singer Kevin Parker about solitude, nostalgia and being pelted with money

Iron Maiden

The Final Frontier