Howie Reeve & Kumio Kurachi

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

Áine O’Dwyer

Gallarais

Ghosts haunt this extraordinary album, blurring the line between this life and whatever comes next.

Sonic Debris: Tony Njoku’s Favourite Music

The British-Nigerian experimental classical composer speaks to Alex Rigotti about his new EP, 'Last Bloom', and how encounters with the music of ANOHNI, Young Fathers, Curtis Mayfield and more changed the trajectory of his life

It Burns! It Burns!: 20 Greatest Turkish Psych Tracks

With his new book, The Turkish Psychedelic Music Explosion: Anadolu Psych (1965-1980), out this week from Repeater Books, Daniel Spicer curates an exclusive playlist of the very finest Turkish psychedelic rock

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

Second Helpings: Neil Arthur Of Blancmange’s Favourite Albums

Following his revisit to the synth pop duo's debut album Happy Families last year, Neil Arthur looks back over 13 other top albums from his past

Paws For Thought: Tara Joshi On Disney’s A Goofy Movie

In this month's Low Culture essay, Tara Joshi goes back to 1995 and Disney outlier A Goofy Movie, a surprisingly deep examination of the trials of adolescence and fitting in

The Homesick

Youth Hunt

Melody’s Echo Chamber

Bon Voyage

Melody Prochet returns to music with a collection of widescreen, windswept psychedelia

Peculiar Relationships: Neil Gaiman’s Favourite Albums

Following this week's release of his live collaborative album with Amanda Palmer, the fantasy and science fiction author picks out the records that have most inspired and informed his writing

The Unstageable Staged: Stockhausen’s Mittwoch Aus Licht Reviewed

Karlheinz Stockhausen's Mittwoch aus Licht was supposedly too grandiose to stage, and has been used as a 'pretentious' stick to beat him for years. Leo Chadburn witnesses that refuted in a very human performance in Birmingham. Pictures by Katja Ogrin

Worker’s Playtime: Billy Bragg’s Favourite Albums

To celebrate the release of his notably personal new album Tooth & Nail today, the outspoken, political singer-songwriter talks Colm McAuliffe through his top records

Aspirational Music: Hiro Kone’s Favourite Tracks

From the duduk to spiritual jazz, Hiro Kone's Nicky Mao guides Bernie Brooks through a selection of thirteen tracks that informed and inspired her latest LP, Silvercoat The Throng

LISTEN: Pet Shop Boys – Leaving

Listen to and, erm, watch, the new track from the Pet Shop Boys' forthcoming album Elysium

Sound City Launches ‘Apply To Play’

Liverpool new music showcase launches programme allowing under-the-radar musicians to apply to play at next year's event

Select Few: Kim Wilde’s Favourite Albums

Singer-songwriter, broadcaster and award winning horticulturalist, pop icon Kim Wilde is a true connoisseur of vocal arrangements as Alex Burrows discovers from a Baker's Dozen that ranges from The Beach Boys to Prefab Sprout