Brighton-based songsmith Nick Hudson's Ganymede In A State Of War, the last instalment in a five-album cycle and recorded with a cast of international collaborators, owes as much to Jhonn Balance as it does to Beyoncé and features a "triptych of hate" dedicated to David Cameron. Ben Graham meets him to investigate. Photographs courtesy of Cara Courage
With the UK leg of their European tour drawing to a close with sets in Bristol tonight and on the Quietus' Desertfest stage tomorrow, Lee Buford of the none-bleaker American sludge duo picks out 13 all-time top records and pens us his own Baker's Dozen