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Missing Pieces: Connie Converse & The Age Of The Great Lost Artist

Howard Fishman’s book about a long-forgotten early 50s singer-songwriter, *To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music and Mystery of Connie Converse* is all the more beguiling for what it doesn’t tell us, finds Darren Hayman

Double Take: Kim Gordon & Bill Nace On The Art That Inspired Body/Head

From Twin Peaks and Circuit des Yeux to Atlanta and Pink Floyd, Kim Gordon and Bill Nace reveal the records, films, TV shows and books that made an imprint on the writing and recording of their new album



Wilco

The Whole Love

[Ahmed]

Giant Beauty

The music of late American bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik provide a jumping off point for the improvising group on this five CD boxset of live material recorded at 2022’s Edition Festival in Stockholm

LISTEN: New Wild Beasts Song

Listen to 'Thankless Thing', from the 'Reach A Bit Further' single

A World Where Everything Is Cool: Joel Gion’s Baker’s Dozen

From carrying a Marvin Gaye cassette in his pocket to reciting the entirety of Easy Rider, and the glory of Psychedelic Brazil to the real Beatles, Joel Gion of the Brian Jonestown Massacre talks to Harry Sword about the 13 records that mean the most to him.

As Good As It Gets: How To Dress Well’s Favourite Albums

With his fourth album, Care, released earlier this year and a UK tour imminent, Tom Krell picks his top 13 LPs and tells Lottie Brazier why "the true value of bubbly pop music consists in its relationship with desperation"

Xiu Xiu Detail New LP, ’13” Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips’

The nine-track release is out in September

Rum Music For March Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Jennifer Lucy Allan digs a big hole and flits around new releases that take in short locked grooves and extended multiphonic drones in this month’s letter from The Zone

LISTEN! New Coldplay

'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' online now

Nonpareils

Scented Pictures

Aaron Hemphill has some fun after he left Liars, and the result is compelling and rewarding

All In It: British Sea Power’s Scott Wilkinson On His Favourite LPs

Ahead of British Sea Power's soundtracking of Polish animation at the Barbican as part of Kinoteka Film Festival and the release of new album Let The Dancers Inherit The Party, vocalist Scott Wilkinson guides Richard Foster through his favourite albums, from War Of The Worlds to Mighty Sparrow, Pavement and more. Photo by Mayumi Hirata

Driving Circles: Hips And Makers By Kristin Hersh 25 Years On

25 years after falling for its translucent charm, John Freeman looks back at the career-defining debut solo album from the Throwing Muses’ frontwoman

BBC Radio 6 Music Festival Announced

Wild Beasts, The Horrors, Kelis and more on line-up for Manchester two-dayer