Mike Taylor

Embracing Reality: Iceland Airwaves 2016

Love Approval Thirteen: Ian Astbury Of The Cult’s Favourite Albums

Julian Marszalek speaks to the Wolf Child about esoteric drone doom, witch house, krautrock and, of course, The Doors

Terror In The Terroir: Resisting The Rebranding Of The Countryside

Resisting ideological efforts to brand the countryside as a place of safe, reassuring conservativism, argues Joe Kennedy, a host of art and music in 2013 powerfully emphasised the uncanny and traumatic aspects of rural Britain. Photograph by Luke Turner.

Transgressive & Alien: ADULT.’s Favourite Albums

As ADULT. prepare to tour Europe, Nicola Kuperus and Adam Miller tell Daniel Dylan Wray about their 13 favourite albums drawn from the tough and leather side of life, from Throbbing Gristle to Nitzer Ebb, Einstürzende Neubauten to Drexciya

Party Pieces: Andy Burnham’s Favourite Albums

The Mayor of Greater Manchester takes Fergal Kinney through 13 records that shaped him, via his days as a Hacienda regular and his children introducing him to Big Thief

Marilyn Manson Hits Back At Music Journalists

Singer to start paying home visits to music hacks

Pin Ups: A David Bowie Baker’s Dozen Compilation

In the wake of the great man's passing, we bring together all the times his albums have been featured in our favourite 13 LPs feature, including contributions from Paul Weller, Gary Numan, Brett Anderson and more

Shields Against The World: Mat Osman’s Baker’s Dozen

From growing up on The Carpenters to reconnecting with music in his "wilderness years" Suede bassist turned novelist Mat Osman takes Luke Turner through his Baker's Dozen of favourite recordings

NEXT WEEK: London Short Film Fest Event

A live set from Luke Abbott, These New Puritans' EXPANDED film and more at the Oval Space in London

Black Country, New Road to play Quietus Social next month

Next month at the Quietus Social: south London experimental rocknroll goodness with added violin and saxophone

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

Nothing Fabulous Lasts: Fleshback, Studio 54 & Alt-Sex Clubbing On Film

With the release of new films Fleshback and Studio 54, Soma Ghosh looks through the cinematic history of alternative sexual identities and the clubs they let loose in

Happy Songs? Stuart Braithwaite Of Mogwai’s Favourite Albums

Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite takes us through his favourite albums, and explains why it's Margaret Thatcher's fault that everyone in Scotland is a goth and how John Peel funded the Scottish music scene

LISTEN: New William Doyle

FKA East India Youth, William Doyle has returned with his first single under his own name, watch the video below

She Comes In Colours: Surrealist Women Artists At The White Cube

Fisun Güner explores the work of Mona Hatoum, Lee Miller, Carina Brandes, and others at the White Cube's Dreamers Awake group show

No Fishing Trip: The Photography Of Susana Sanromán

Jude Cowan Montague dives in to the underwater photography of Susana Sanromán, at Leica, Mayfair