Sean Kitching argues that 1978s two most idiosyncratic releases, the Residents’ Duck Stab/Buster & Glen and Pere Ubu’s Dub Housing, both released on November 30 of that year, represent a pinnacle of individualism at the outer periphery of American art rock
As he prepares for more post-Shane MacGowan shows with The Pogues following a triumph in Hackney earlier this year, Spider Stacy takes Patrick Clarke through 13 records that shaped him, from post punk classics through to the new wave of folk music, via jazz, hip hop, roots reggae and more
Echo & The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant takes Richard Foster through thirteen favourite albums from The Residents to Love, recalls making records with his dad’s electric shaver and a stringless guitar, explains why it’s time to stop bashing prog rock, and much, much more
Although best known as a masterful character actor, Crispin Hellion Glover has been using his Hollywood paychecks to fund a series of fiercely independent, and sometimes controversial surrealist films. Simon Jablonski discusses typecasting, Buñuel and Hollywood taboos