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Baker's Dozen
Thirsty For Song: James Johnston Of Gallon Drunk’s Favourite LPs
As well as being the lynchpin of suited rock howlers Gallon Drunk, James Johnston has played with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and PJ Harvey - but we're not going to hold the fact that he's picked both of them for his Baker's Dozen against him. Portrait by Steve Gullick.
Black Sky Thinking
Song Of The Digital Flesh: Vocal Manipulation & Our Cyborg Selves
The highly charged vocal manipulations of Holly Herndon, Katie Gately (pictured), Burial and The Knife, writes Alex Borkowski, are powerful expressions of our fast-evolving relationships with technology, space and our own bodies
Baker's Dozen
Burnt Ends: Slackk’s Favourite Albums
The Liverpool-via-London grime producer and Boxed co-founder released his debut album, Palm Tree Fire, last month. Now, he talks Oli Marlow through his favourite records, taking in LPs, mixtapes, pirate radio sets and magazine cover-mounts. Slackk photograph courtesy of Mehdi Lacoste
Black Sky Thinking
The Rise Of Fear & The Strange Death Of The UFO
UFOs were once at the heart of popular culture and science fiction, with even an American president claiming he'd had a strange encounter. Jeremy Allen looks at the strange decline of the little green men, asking if it's a symptom of our troubled age
Baker's Dozen
Feel What You Don’t Know: Mabe Fratti’s Favourite Albums
Following new album Sentir Que No Sabes and ahead of her guest curation at this year’s Le Guess Who?, Mabe Fratti takes Laura Snapes through thirteen favourite records spanning her Central American adolescence, cult dream pop and French post-punk Zeligs
