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Blonde Redhead

Penny Sparkle

The End Of History: Taking The Plunge With I Like Trains

With their history songs of old consigned to dusty shelves in favour of songs about humanity disappearing beneath the waves in a watery apocalypse, Luke Turner speaks to I Like Trains before their concert at The Deep in Hull

Anika On Why Bristol’s Stokes Croft Offers A Vision Of A Better Future

Invada Records artist Anika is also a political journalist who divides her time between Berlin and Bristol. Here she writes about how community action in Bristol gives the lie to ideas of an apathetic Britain

John Foxx

DNA

Good Music For A Hangover: Twin Sister Interviewed

Emily Bick talks to Twin Sister's guitarist Eric Cardona about tape decks, Long Island and mean dance moves

End Of Play 2010: A Hip-Hop State Of The Art Report

Neil Kulkarni rages about mainstream hip-hop and cowardly criticism in his end-of-year report, as well as telling you what you should be listening to

Dodge The Bullets: An Interview With Killing Joke

"This whimpering little nation - what’s become of us?" An old school style encounter with Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman, as Alex Ogg feels the fury of the jester of the apocalypse. Live photo by Alex Ogg

Confessions Of A Blagger: Carl Barat’s Threepenny Memoir Reviewed

Carl Barat's new tome doesn't shrink away from embracing ugly self-truth - and according to Ben Myers, is subsequently far worthier of praise than the the tortured scribblings of Pete Doherty

Squarepusher Presents: Shobaleader One

d’Demonstrator

“She Was A Force Of Nature”: Zoe Street Howe’s Tribute To Ari Up Of The Slits

Zoe Street Howe, author of _Typical Girls? The Story Of The Slits_, explains why the fantastic Ari Up packed more living into 48 years than most people would do in a 100

Marnie Stern

Marnie Stern

Syriana

The Road To Damascus

“An Amazing Drug Like Quietus”: Jack Dangers Of Meat Beat Manifesto Interviewed

Nix Lowrey talks to Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto about dub, disaffection and railways

Supersonic 2010: In Gnod We Trust

Salford’s psych metal renegades break radio silence, just before their show at this weekend's Supersonic Festival in Birmingham. Simon Catling has his third eye cleansed

Prepare For The Worst: Facing The Apocalypse With The Body

The Body's And All The Waters Of The Earth Shall Turn To Blood an outrock highlight of 2010. Here they tell Luke Turner that their guns were bought for hunting men as much as critters

All Of This And Nothing: The Psychedelic Furs On Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs return to the UK in late October to play their second album, _Talk Talk Talk_, in its entirety. Alex Ogg spoke to founding brothers Tim (bass) and Richard (vocals) Butler.

Belle & Sebastian

Write About Love

Flow Interrupted: DOOM Cracks Live

Whether it's the perennial issue of hip hop gigs sounding weird in venues tuned for bands, Oli Marlow struggles with Doom's set at Brixton Academy. Photo Matt Cheetham

Hurling Expletives, Dropping Rhymes: A Classic Interview With The Wu-Tang Clan

In this month's Rock's Backpages, Angus Batey of _HHC_ magazine talks to the Wu-Tang Clan about their classic debut _36 Chambers_ and turning the hip-hop tide from the West to the East... PLUS! Method Man's guide to the WU

Darkstar

North

Libraries, Latin & Horoscopes: Ex Libras Interviewed

Toby Cook talks to Ex Libras about their new EP _Cut(s)_, being compared to Radiohead and their famous shed

The Friends Experiment: The Social Network Reviewed

The film dream team of David Fincher, Aaron Sorkin (and Trent Reznor!?) expose the very messy origins of facebook. Val Siebert thinks there's much to 'like' in this critical and well crafted drama.

Automelodi

Automelodi

British Sea Power: Heroics In Hebden Bridge

At a tiny British Sea Power concert in Hebden Bridge, Ben Myers reflects on the impact the band had on his decision to move to the West Yorkshire town. Picture by Dave Scully

Memories Of Genius: 40 Years On Prince’s Dirty Mind Revisited

John Freeman is not a fan of post-Witness rebirth Prince. Here he recalls happier days with Dirty Mind

Megadef: DJ Shadow Interviewed

Josh Davis aka DJ Shadow has had enough of collaborating and wants to get back to solo way of work that made him famous on Endtroducing, he tells John Doran

Sufjan Stevens

The Age Of Adz

Where Terror, Awe And Rapture Fuse: Dario Argento’s Suspiria

On the eve of Cigarette Burns' screening of Suspiria, Jimmy Martin explains why Dario Argento's masterpiece is the cream of occult horror

Incubate Festival: A Radical Weekend In Holland

Petra Davis, Mr Mugwump and Stu Green (photos for Shots2Bits) head to the Incubate Festival in Holland and find an inspiring weekend of music and much, much more

Stig Of The Dump

Mood Swings

The “Chessence” Of Chilly Gonzales’ Ivory Tower

With cameos from Peaches and Feist, Chilly Gonzale's first foray into filmmaking is an inspired surrealist tale of two chess-playing brothers. The Quietus' resident chess expert, Mr. Seacrudge explains how the film missed a few "moves" and fills us in on real life "Jazz Chess"

People Don’t Have Convictions Any More: Marnie Stern interviewed

All hail Marnie Stern! Laura Snapes talks to the finger tapping rocker about music coming in phases and being misconstrued over comments about Best Coast