Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs

Black Midi Reveal Covers EP, ‘Cavalcovers’

Out today, the EP features the band's take on tracks by Taylor Swift, King Crimson and Captain Beefheart

Bon Appétit: James Acaster’s Favourite Albums

From the tiny emo scene of noughties Kettering to a love of underground hip-hop and the undying appeal of a cult classic, comedian James Acaster takes Emma Garland through the albums that have defined his life

I Blame The Music: Lias Saoudi’s Baker’s Dozen

Lead singer of Fat White Family, Lias Saoudi, self-pens a Baker’s Dozen of thirteen musical choices that map his early life to the present day, from Ireland to Scotland, Cambodia to Algeria, via dark country and the howling void. With thanks to Adelle Stripe

Elements Of Confusion: Nick McCabe Of Black Submarine’s Favourite LPs

With New Shores, the long-awaited debut by Black Submarine, out this week, the former Verve guitarist goes from teenage mainstays to recently-heard favourites in his top 13 albums

Joel Oppenheimer / Hans Plomp / Piero Heliczer

On Occasion / Intrepid Traveller / The Autumn Feast

Three new tapes from the Netherlands' Counter Culture Chronicles, featuring the voices of poets Joel Oppenheimer, Hans Plomp, and Piero Heliczer, respectively, offer a set of intimate portraits, finds Nick Roseblade

13 Reasons Why I Can’t Pick My 13 Favourite Records, By Drew Daniel

When we asked Drew Daniel of Matmos and The Soft Pink Truth for his Baker's Dozen, he refused - and with good reasons. Thirteen of them, to be precise. Here Daniel presents them in an essay titled A Rant Against The Quantification Of Aesthetics. All photographs courtesy of Drew Daniel

Saint Etienne

Words And Music By Saint Etienne

LISTEN: New Tinariwen

Band unveil second track from forthcoming new album; listen below

LISTEN: East India Youth – TURN AWAY

Second track taken from CULTURE OF VOLUME, and it's a pop banger

We Dream On Cardboard: Staff Benda Bilili’s Rise From The Streets

Wyndham Wallace salutes Benda Bilili!, a documentary about the decade’s most unlikely but courageous stars, now available on DVD.