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King Of The Yard: The Curious Pedigree Of Jake Thackray

Paul Thompson and John Watterson’s biography of Jake Thackray attempts to tease out his many contradictions and square the man with the music. Will Ainsley reads on again, on again

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The Madwoman Of God: Cosey Fanni Tutti’s Playlist For Margery Kempe

With her new book, *Re-Sisters*, out this week, Cosey Fanni Tutti picks out the songs she would sync to an imaginary film about the fourteenth-century mystic and memoirist

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Catastrophe Fiction: Adam Levin’s Mount Chicago

The new novel by American author Adam Levin, about the fall out from a natural disaster, blends philosophical speculation with literary fillip to thrilling effect, finds Sean Kitching

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No Artistic Normal: A Silence Festival In Lapland

In an exclusive extract from his new book *The Northern Silence: Journeys in Nordic Music and Culture*, Andrew Mellor recalls performances by Marzi Nyman and dancers Sade Kamppila and Viivi Roiha at a festival in the far north of Finland

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Being In Love Is A Sticky Place: Elvia Wilk’s Death By Landscape

An essay collection by Elvia Wilk draws links between Jenny Hval, Mark Fisher, and Hildegard von Bingen

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Burden of Proofs: Summer Crime Fiction With Angus Batey

With new titles from Mick Herron, C.J. Box, Dreda Say Mitchell, and Kathy Wang (among many others), it's another fine crop of thrillers for the warmer months, expertly parsed by our resident sleuth Angus Batey

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Opening The Show: When The Television Personalities Met Nirvana

In an exclusive extract from his new book *Dreamworld, Or: the fabulous life of Dan Treacy and his band The Television Personalities*, Benjamin Berton records the meeting between Dan Treacy and Kurt Cobain

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For Aural Use Only: Pauline Oliveros’ Quantum Listening

As Ignota Books publish a new edition of Pauline Oliveros' manifesto Quantum Listening, Hannah Pezzack finds herself taking part in a sonic meditation via Zoom…

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James Murphy On Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

The LCD Soundsystem mainstay reveals how Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's essential book on DJ culture became his bible in this exclusive extract

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Get In The Zone: Stalking The Atomic City By Markiyan Kamysh

Stalking the Atomic City, translated by Hanna Leliv & Reilly Costigan-Humes for Pushkin Press, is the memoir of a 'stalker' who spent months exploring the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

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The Larger Space: José Maceda’s Dictionary Of Sounds

In an exclusive extract from her new book *Sound Within Sound*, Kate Molleson explores the complicated cultural legacy of Filipino composer José Maceda

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The Anomalous Life & Death Of A Motorhead: Ian Winwood On Lemmy

Enjoy this excerpt from Ian Winwood's new book, Bodies, concerning the often unchallenged unhealthiness of the music industry

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Platonic Ideals: Michael Pedersen On Boy Friends & Missing Scott Hutchison

Michael Pedersen's Boy Friends is a book about male friendships – especially the author's friendship with Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit. He talks to Becca Inglis about art, language and opening up

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Utopia, Warts & All: Jack Parlett’s History of Fire Island

Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde had a jolly good time, Patricia Highsmith got drunk, but James Baldwin was left feeling isolated and alone, Martin McGuigan on Fire Island's ambiguous queer utopia

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A Proper Job: Richard Foster On The Factory Floor

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Flower Factory, Richard Foster recalls the reaction of Dutch workers to tragic events across the Atlantic

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If You Know, You Know: An Interview With Iphgenia Baal & Ben Graville

Compliances: A New Fear, from Toothgrinder Press, combines the apocalyptic imagery of photographer Ben Graville and the caustic prose of Iphgenia Baal. Cal Cashin talks to the pair about working together and the depressing state of publishing

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“Jamaica Has A Magic To It”: An Interview With Chris Blackwell

With the imminent publication of his autobiography (co-authored with Paul Morley), Island Records founder Chris Blackwell talks to Matthew Ingram about recording sessions with Grace Jones, the importance of good cover art, and the trouble with U2

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The Foghorn’s Lament: Extended Play

To mark the paperback edition of her book, Jennifer Lucy Allan compiles the sounds and stories that have emerged since publication of The Foghorn's Lament

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Trapped In The Overground: The Sickness Of The Music Industrialist

Keith Kahn-Harris argues that Ian Winwood’s startling memoire *Bodies: Life and Death in Music* inadvertently makes the case for the superiority of underground music scenes

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A Man Awake: On Georges Perec’s A Man Asleep

Daniel Williams on the novella that inspired his first novel

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That Wasn’t Right, Mark: When Fat White Family Met The Fall

In an extract from the book Ten Thousand Apologies, Fat White Family's Lias Saoudi tells Adelle Stripe about the time he met Mark E. Smith

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Keeping Scores: Women Writing Music

This Woman’s Work is a collection of music writing by and about women,edited by Kim Gordon and Sinéad Gleeson. Clare Archibald reads between the lines

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Lives Lost In Mending Gaps: Wayward By Vashti Bunyan

Mathew Lyons reviews Vashti Bunyan's memoir, Wayward

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Music Made Of Winter: An Interview With Michael Bracewell

Kiran Sande interviews Michael Bracewell about his recent book, Souvenir

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Dance Of Youth: Graeme Thomson’s Book On Simple Minds

A new book about Simple Minds explores the early years of one of Britain's most misunderstood bands

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Tower Of Song: Ryan O’Connor’s Playlist For The Voids

Ryan O’Connor’s new novel, The Voids, plays out in a vacated tower block. Here he picks the songs he listened to while writing the book

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Burden of Proofs: New Crime Fiction For Spring 2022

Our regular crime fiction column returns with reviews of new novels by Janice Hallett, Tina Baker, Jacqueline Bublitz, Wiley Cash, Alafair Burke, Tove Alsterdal, Amy McCulloch, and more

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Tearing Along Viciously: Emily Ratajkowski’s My Body

Orit Gat unpicks the vicissitudes of agency and abuse in a recent memoir by the model Emily Ratajkowski

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Radical Speculation: Science Fiction As Revolution

Joe Banks speaks to Iain McIntyre, co-editor of illustrated essay collection *Dangerous Visions And New Worlds – Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985*

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They Were Not Evil: The Loveable Raconteurs Of NWOBHM

Keith Kahn-Harris reviews Michael Hann’s *Denim and Leather: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal* and revisits his long-lost NWOBHM past

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Into The Ryanverse: Tom Clancy’s Tom Clancy

Author Tom Clancy gained fame and broad recognition for his creation of the character Jack Ryan. But perhaps his greatest creation was Tom Clancy himself, argues Chris Fite-Wassilak

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In The Field: The Transatlantic Folkways of Shirley Collins

Shirley Collins’ reminiscences of a journey through America with Alan Lomax provide an education in folk music for Jim Hilton

King Of The Yard: The Curious Pedigree Of Jake Thackray

The Madwoman Of God: Cosey Fanni Tutti’s Playlist For Margery Kempe

Catastrophe Fiction: Adam Levin’s Mount Chicago

No Artistic Normal: A Silence Festival In Lapland

Being In Love Is A Sticky Place: Elvia Wilk’s Death By Landscape

Burden of Proofs: Summer Crime Fiction With Angus Batey

Opening The Show: When The Television Personalities Met Nirvana

For Aural Use Only: Pauline Oliveros’ Quantum Listening

James Murphy On Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

Get In The Zone: Stalking The Atomic City By Markiyan Kamysh

The Larger Space: José Maceda’s Dictionary Of Sounds

The Anomalous Life & Death Of A Motorhead: Ian Winwood On Lemmy

Platonic Ideals: Michael Pedersen On Boy Friends & Missing Scott Hutchison

Utopia, Warts & All: Jack Parlett’s History of Fire Island

A Proper Job: Richard Foster On The Factory Floor

If You Know, You Know: An Interview With Iphgenia Baal & Ben Graville

“Jamaica Has A Magic To It”: An Interview With Chris Blackwell

The Foghorn’s Lament: Extended Play

Trapped In The Overground: The Sickness Of The Music Industrialist

A Man Awake: On Georges Perec’s A Man Asleep

That Wasn’t Right, Mark: When Fat White Family Met The Fall

Keeping Scores: Women Writing Music

Lives Lost In Mending Gaps: Wayward By Vashti Bunyan

Music Made Of Winter: An Interview With Michael Bracewell

Dance Of Youth: Graeme Thomson’s Book On Simple Minds

Tower Of Song: Ryan O’Connor’s Playlist For The Voids

Burden of Proofs: New Crime Fiction For Spring 2022

Tearing Along Viciously: Emily Ratajkowski’s My Body

Radical Speculation: Science Fiction As Revolution

They Were Not Evil: The Loveable Raconteurs Of NWOBHM

Into The Ryanverse: Tom Clancy’s Tom Clancy

In The Field: The Transatlantic Folkways of Shirley Collins

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