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Peter Broderick

How They Are

The Curious Case Of Edgar Allan Poe & The Rapper Eminem

They might by separated by craft, years and the grave but Eminem and Edgar Allan Poe have more in common than you might think, argues Lewis G. Parker

In The Batcave With Mr & Mrs Fiend: Alien Sex Fiend On Goth & Marriage

Nix Lowrey talks to Nik and Christine Wade, aka Mr and Mrs Fiend, about the history of Alien Sex Fiend and their new album _Death Trip_

Rough Trade Book Extract: From Shop To The Egos Of The Smiths

An extract from _Document and Eyewitness - An Intimate History of Rough Trade_, the new tome by Neil Taylor

Oval

Zola Jesus

Stridulum II

Beyond The Mirror: Mark Stewart Of The Pop Group Interviewed

Mark Stewart, dub revolutionary and motor mouth tells John Doran how The Pop Group reformation is going to clash together Om, Sleep, DJ Assault, Joker and Appleblim, smash the mirror and put them up on the big screen...

Camus, Coke & Hookers: Meursault Interviewed

Thomas A. Ward talks to Meursault's Neil Pennycook about recording in living rooms, major labels and the exaggerated demise of the local music scene

Dead Confederate

Sugar

The Sword

Warp Riders

A Game Of Chess: Akira The Don Takes On Gonzales & Talks Ivory Tower

Fennesz Daniell Buck

Knoxville

Brandon Flowers

Flamingo

Klaxons

Surfing The Void

Out Of My Cave: Wyndham Wallace On Ut Av Vår Hule Festival In Norway

Wyndham Wallace stumbles upon a lovely Norwegian festival. Join him as takes in the sights and sounds of Ut Av Vår Hule

Smut At The Bus Stop & Career Revivals: The Vaselines Interviewed

Ash Dosanjh talks to Eugene Kelly about _Sex With An X_, the first album from Scottish cult heroes The Vaselines in 20 years. Plus: bus stop romances, smutty songs and Kurt Cobain

Phantom

Smoke And Mirrors

Janelle Monáe: A New Pioneer Of Afrofuturism

Against a pop climate beset by fraudulent marketing plans on two shiny legs, John Calvert argues that Janelle Monáe brandishes the acetylene torch for radical Afrofuturism

Little Pips Starting To Grow: Al Tourettes Interviewed

Angus Finlayson talks to the jack of all trades - electro, dubstep and techno - about his moniker, musical ambitions and growing up in Norfolk

The Rockin’ Vicar: Rev Mann Speaks About Stryper, Slayer And Satan

Son of metal Joel McIver meets Lady Of The Cloth Rachel Mann who has decreed: listen to metal! Amen, say we... Photographs of Rev. Mann by KatyBPhotography.co.uk

Women

Public Strain

Awaiting The Resurrection Of The Pedal Steel Guitar: Susan Alcorn Interviewed

Spencer Grady talks to pioneering composer and free improviser Susan Alcorn about Muddy Waters, Messiaen and the art of “deep listening”. Photo by Andy Newcombe

The Last Grouch On The Left: Josh Saco On The End Of FrightFest

Our tattoed man of horror throws himself into another weekend of guts and gore at the Film4 FrightFest

Chilly Gonzales

Ivory Tower

Building From The Ground Up: Lorn Interviewed

Angus Finlayson talks to the man born Marcos Ortega about his relationship with Flying Lotus and being a natural performer

Antony and the Johnsons: Swanlights Track-By-Track Review

Frances Morgan gives the track-by-track treatment to _Swanlights_, the latest offering from Antony and the Johnsons

Jimmy Edgar

XXX

The Men Who Would Be Kings: The Myth Of The Libertines At The Forum

The Libertines reunion: the last chapter in a great romantic rock & roll tale, or a cynical cash-making ploy? Lewis G. Parker finds it impossible to separate myth from reality after taking in their set at The Forum. Picture courtesy of Alice Wagstaffe

PVT

Church With No Magic

S Carey

All We Grow

One More Song: James Murphy Of LCD Soundsystem Interviewed

"We might even make another album," says James Murphy, as The Quietus rejoices. Plus - studio nightmares, death threats and working with Arcade Fire. Murphy image by Maria Jefferis of Shot2Bits

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Man Alive