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Louise Wener’s Different for Girls Reviewed By A Fellow Britpop Survivor

"Her real transgression against the unwritten rock-hack rulebook was far more serious: she did not have a penis," says Stephen Dalton, as he reviews _Different For Girls: My True-Life Adventures In Pop_ by Sleeper singer Louise Wener

Why George Formby Was The First Modern Pop Star, By John Robb

Forget Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard - it's our homegrown legend, the banjolele-wielding George Formby, who was the world's first King Of Pop

The Soundcarriers

Celeste

Treats On Display: Sleigh Bells Interviewed

Valerie Siebert talks to Alexis Krauss of American noise duo Sleigh Bells about teaching, secret machines and The Ting Tings...

Sonic Router 014: Talking Claptrap With The Average Joe

This month, our man Oli Marlow interviews the shadowy figure known simply as Joe responsible for cuts including 'Claptrap', 'Watermelon Dub' &c

Manic Street Preachers: Soulboys In Hammersmith. Plus Photos From The Band

Manic Street Preachers last week launched new album _Postcards From A Young Man_ at the Hammersmith Working Men's Club. Al Denney explains why they're as relevant now as in his days of teenage fandom. PLUS the Manics have given us a gallery of photographs taken during the day.

Godflesh

Streetcleaner (reissue)

Les Savy Fav

Root For Ruin

Walking On The Moon: The Story Of The Police – An Extract & Q&A

An extract from Chris Campion's _Walking On The Moon: The Untold Story Of The Police And The Rise Of New Wave Rock_ as well as an interview with the author. Photographs courtesy David Arnoff.

The History Of Trojan Records: Laurence Cane-Honeysett Interviewed & Mix

Angus Finlayson chats to Laurence Cane-Honeysett, author of new Trojan tome _Young, Gifted and Black: The Story Of Trojan Records_, about the label's history and influence.

Field Day 2010 In Words & Pictures

The Quietus presents a written and pictoral remembrance of a fantastic Field Day 2010

Smudge

Manilow & Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra (Reissues)

John Moore Is Cheered By Port Eliot & Luke Haines Being Nice

After a spell in the doldrums, our man Moore heads to the West Country for the fruity extravaganza of the Port Eliot Literary Festival, where he plays some songs and Mr Haines does a reading

Gruff Rhys & Tony Da Gatorra

The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness

K-X-P

K-X-P

The Power Of Propaganda: A Secret Wish 35 Years On…

Celebrating 35 years since its release, Wyndham Wallace confronts the Sturm und Drang of Propaganda’s _A Secret Wish_

Straight Edge & Confusing Pig Heads: Purified In Blood Interviewed

Norway's Purified In Blood talk to Toby Cook about splitting up, getting back together and having people threaten to piss on their graves

The Knife’s Tomorrow, In A Year Live & The Trouble With The Pop Opera

Using the Barbican performance of The Knife's Tomorrow In A Year as a starting point, Hazel Sheffield looks at those who have tried to bring Opera into a contemporary setting. Photography by Lucy Johnston.

Richard Ashcroft

United Nations Of Sound

Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Present…

Dark Night Of The Soul

Don Your Rose-Tinted Glasses: Oliver Stone’s South Of The Border

A documentary maker doesn't always make a good journalist, finds Valerie Siebert, as she views the unbalanced story offered by Oliver Stone's latest

Still Uniting, Still Fighting: The Prodigy Live At Warriors Dance

Dayal Patterson looks at the strange 20 year career of The Prodigy and, seeing them at the Milton Keynes Bowl, finds a group who still have the power to flatten the boundaries between dance and rock.

Where The Slime Lives Volume Two: Extrreeeeme Depression!

It's the second metal column from our Jenn Selby, who interviews Pombagira and pays tribute to the late Daniel Krauss of Admiral Angry. Live photos by Al Overdrive

The Teardrop Explodes

Kilimanjaro (reissue)

Department of Eagles

Archive 2003 - 2006

Critical Stargazing: An Interview with Laurie Anderson

In a fascinating chat, Robert Barry speaks to Laurie Anderson about life and work with husband Lou Reed, and why the political has become personal on new album _Homeland_

It’s Not The Drugs Anymore: UNKLE & The Heritage Orchestra Live

Now generally retired from chemical capers, Ben Graham takes in UNKLE & the Heritage Orchestra's live show at De La Warr Pavilion and is transported back to a different time.

I Nearly Just Got Run Over: Crocodiles Interviewed

Sophie Parkes talks to Chuck Rowell of Crocodiles about lazy comparisons, San Diego and the Dum Dum Girls

Actress

Splazsh

The Inevitable Rise And Fall Of The UK Film Council

Last week's decision by the Coalition Government to close the UK Film Council offended many. But, argues Austin Collings, it was an organisation that represented the worst side of London-centric English culture under New Labour

Rock’s Backpages: Blondie In Conversation With William S. Burroughs

This month's feature from Rock's Backpages sees Victor Bockris' getting Blondie and William S. Burroughs around the dinner table for a chat about Concord, UFOs and why the English are the worst people in the world

Iron Maiden The Final Frontier Track By Track Review

John Doran has only listened to _The Final Frontier_ once, but that's enough for him to herald its brilliance. He explains why the Irons aren't like most normal bands...