Strange World Of…

Knights Of Wrongness: The Strange World Of Regis & Downwards

As Downwards celebrates 20 years with an excellent compilation and new great releases from Oake and Samuel Kerridge, Luke Turner sits down with Karl O'Connor to discuss two decades of chaotic and righteous music making, from Sandra Electronics to Downwards releases, and solo work to the British Murder Boys

Child Star To Jarman & Everest: The Strange World Of… Simon Fisher Turner

Simon Fisher Turner speaks to Luke Turner (no relation) about his long and bizarre career, from child actor, to Jonathan King-signed pop singer, to house-sitting for David Bowie, collaborating with Derek Jarman and his new soundtrack to 1924 film Epic Of Everest

A History Of Wolf Eyes’ Most Crazed Gigs, By Wolf Eyes

US noise kingpins Wolf Eyes recently released their new album, No Answer: Lower Floors. Ahead of their shows at Incubate, the group's John Olson - under the guise of INZANE JOHNNY - recounts a history of some of their wildest gigs, from accidental mace-related head injuries to Italian construction sites

A Date With Elvis: A Guide To Costello And Collaborations

Terry Staunton looks at the strange and frightening world of Elvis Costello collaborations

The Strange World Of… The Legendary Pink Dots

Lovers of the strange! The Legendary Pink Dots are back with brilliant new album The Gethsemane Option. The band's Ed Ka-Spel runs through the strange world of their history

Mulatu Astatke On The Strange World Of Mulatu Astatke

Ahead of his headlining set on the Quietus Village Mentality Stage at Field Day on May 25th, Mulatu Astatke talks Richie Troughton through his life and work

The Strange World Of Wire, According To Wire

As Wire prepare to release Change Becomes Us and curate the Drill:London festival with The Quietus, Robert Grey, Graham Lewis, Colin Newman and Matt Simms guide Luke Turner through the inspirational near death experiences, peculiar practice and events that have shaped their decades of operation

Sampling The Airwaves & Soundtracking A Morgue: Strange World Of Scanner

Ahead of his collaboration with Gazelle Twin at the Drill:London festival we're curating with Wire, Robin 'Scanner' Rimbaud talks Luke Turner through his musical career, from cassettes with Coil to scanning police airwaves for phone conversations, a Derek Jarman tribute record, dance scores and soundtracking a morgue

The Strange World Of Johnny Hallyday

The "French Elvis" is performing live in the UK next week for the first time in a career that spans half a century. Sophia Deboick looks at the history of Johnny Hallyday

Life Is Life: The Strange World Of Laibach, Narrated By Laibach

Laibach are one of the most misunderstood groups going, with their uniforms and martial music wearily misinterpreted. Here, they guide Luke Turner through significant moments in their 30 years of subversion, from being banned in Slovenia, providing grist to Žižek's seditious mill and provoking phonecalls from Slobodan Milošević to this year's Tate Modern triumph

The Strange World Of Trans Am…

We continue our celebration of Thrill Jockey's 20th birthday with a look at one of their most enduring acts, as Trans Am's very own Nathan Means guides us through ten notable events in the history of Trans Am

The Life & Times Of Tortoise, According To Tortoise

As Tortoise release their back catalogue, Glen Mcleod spoke to John Herndon to get his guide to the Strange World Of Tortoise

Field Day 2012: Tim Burgess’ Guide To R. Stevie Moore

R. Stevie Moore is playing the Quietus Village Mentality Stage at Field Day 2012. Here, his collaborator Tim Burgess (who'll be DJing around R. Stevie's gig at Field Day) guides us through his Strange World...

David Sylvian’s Guide To The Work Of David Sylvian

A new compilation, A Victim Of Stars 1982-2012, celebrates thirty years of solo work by David Sylvian, who guides Wyndham Wallace through some of its highlights.

An Econo History Of The Minutemen

John Calvert throws open the doors onto the strange and frightening world of the Minutemen

King Shit: An Overview Of Guided By Voices

As the band announces a new album and headline performance at I’ll Be Your Mirror next year, Wyndham Wallace spends a week wading through the Guided By Voices catalogue so you too can find a way in…

Serious Listeners: The Strange And Frightening World Of Coil

As we remember Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson who died a year ago tomorrow, Russell Cuzner looks back at the music of Coil

The Strange & Frightening World Of… The Thing

Stewart Smith takes you by the hand and leads you through the bewildering back catalogue of saxophonist Mats Gustafsson with special reference to his trio, The Thing

Utopia Is Not Out Of Reach: A Guide To Sun Ra Arkestra

As Sun Ra Arkestra bring Saturn to Victoria Park for Field Day, Daniel Baker profiles their decades of cosmic free jazz Afrofuturism

The Life & Times Of M. Serge Gainsbourg

From 'Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus' to a fear of breasts, Jeremy Allen sits down with Gitane and citron pressé to look at the music and thirsty life of Serge Gainsbourg.

A Quietus Guide To The Work Of Mark Kozelek

Mark Kozelek is one of the acts playing the Quietus Village Mentality Stage at Field Day this year. Here, Scott McKeating explores notable moments from his career

The Strange & Frightening World Of: PULP

As Pulp prepare to take to the stage at the Primavera Festival, Luke Turner looks back at their long rise to mid-90s triumph, and selects some of the milestones along the way

Odd Future: Youth and Young Manhood

After Tyler The Creator signed to XL recently, John Calvert decided to sift through hundreds and hundreds of tracks to bring you the best - and most distressing - music from the Odd Future collective

The Strange And Frightening World Of Teenage Fanclub

Jack Davies selects ten essential 'Fannies' artefacts and asks if the band are still as relevant to their fans 20-years on

Drinking In The Beauty Of Howe Gelb & Giant Sand

Labelling Howe Gelb "the godfather of alt. country" is to damn him with faint praise according to Stewart Smith, who delves into the back catalogue of Giant Sand - as well as mooting a collaboration with Keanu Reeves

Uncovering The Ballardian Universe Of Black Box Recorder

Danger, death and British humour: it's all in a day's work for Black Box Recorder, says Jude Rogers, as she sifts through their back catalogue to bring you the choicest cuts

The Strange & Frightening World Of… Dennis Hopper RIP

James Holloway mourns Actor, Director and some-time Artist Dennis Hopper, a man who always seemed to be in the right place at the right time to be a part of numerous era defining cultural moments and who wrote the book for on-screen insanity

The Strange And Frightening World Of . . . Fabric’s First 100

To celebrate the recent 100th release from Fabric (that's 50 each for its live and mix series) we look back on some of their best mixes. There's a bundle of ten albums up for grabs too

The Strange And Frightening World Of Raghard And His Films

Obsessed with 70s prog, Public Service Broadcasting, overbearing mother figures, British melancholia and strange death, the films of Sean Reynard (aka Raghard) are as funny as they are disturbing

The Strange And Frightening World Of . . . Basic Channel

Angus Finlayson is here to take the newcomer gently by the hand and to introduce them to the sublime techno frequencies of Basic Channel . . .

The Quietus Looks Back At The Career Of Dynamic Metallic Neurosis

Looking Back At The Cosmic Career Of The Electric Light Orchestra

Nothing says quality like a man with a beard playing a see-through cello. Interplanetary scribe Joe Stannard picks the best of ELO's back catalogue . . . by picking nearly their entire back catalogue.