Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
With the gritty techno of his label The Corner, New York DJ and producer Anthony Parasole has lately been attracting attention far beyond his home city. He tells Zara Wladawsky about the changing face of New York's dancefloor communities, and the passing down of club music knowledge
With the BFI's Derek Jarman season currently marking the twentieth anniversary of the artist and filmmaker's death, Joseph Burnett speaks to gay rights activist Peter Tatchell about Jarman's work towards LGBT equality and raising awareness of HIV
With her latest record Six just released through Thrill Jockey, Thalia Zedek speaks to Nick Hutchings about immersing herself totally in music in recent years, last year's acclaimed album Via, and reanimating her Come project with Chris Brokaw
With Wild Beasts' excellent fourth album Present Tense released this week, they sit down with Luke Turner to discuss blurring the line between myth and reality, and how their music has evolved through growing older and (not necessarily) wiser
As they release their third single, and on the eve of their appearance at by:Larm in Oslo, Wyndham Wallace confronts Norway's most rowdily entertaining, fiercely rocking outfit, Deathcrush, to hear about Rod Stewart's former drum kit and why they're happy living in the future
As the BFI launches a major season Derek Jarman's live and work, longtime musical collaborator Simon Fisher Turner talks The Quietus through 'Blue's genesis, creation and release, and his subsequent part in keeping Jarman's memory alive.
Islam Chipsy is an explosive talent in Egypt at the moment; in a wider sense part of the new wave of chaabi artists electrifying the country's music scene, but also completely unlike any other musician working today. John Doran talks to him about his fearsome work ethic and his unique style
With the release of Nochexxx's anarchic debut album Thrusters, Harry Sword catches up with both the Cambridge dweller and visual artists Plastic Horse, to talk petrolhead musical tinkering and the mayhem of the album's accompanying film
With The Space Lady about to embark on her first ever tour of the UK, Nicola Meighan catches up with the mercurial US cosmic pop artist to discuss her early years busking in San Francisco, psychedelic experience and UFO sightings