As British Sea Power revisit their debut album at a series of concerts up and down the land, Simon Price argues that this is no exercise in nostalgia but, as ever with this magnificent group, proof of their continuing significance. Photography by Valerio Berdini
Stewart Smith takes over the reigns of our Complete Communion jazz column and interviews London-based group The Grip (who also give us an excellent mix), reviews new LPs by IIIn, Nicole Mitchell's Sonic Projections and Rodrigo Amado, and appraises reissues from Sun Ra and the Jone Takamäki Trio
We set crate digger extraordinaire, Bill Brewster another challenge. This week, make us a set culled from the less fashionable - mainly white, blue collar and European - backwaters of funk rock… he came up with some beauties