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Harmonic Worlds: Colin Newman’s 13 Favourite Albums

The Immersion, Wire and Githead founder member chooses a list that goes from minimalism to maximalism, via Steve Reich, LFO and Todd Rundgren, and tells Ben Graham how Britpop was rubbish but The Beatles have never sounded better

Of Montreal Announce New Album

lousy with sylvianbriar due in October; listen to opening track fugitive air below

Micachu & The Shapes

Chopped & Screwed

Tenderlonious

Hard Rain

Tenderlonious' techno tribute misses the mark, finds Jamie Chambers

The Inward Circles

Belated Movements For An Unsanctioned Exhumation August 1st 1984

The Common Cold

Shut Up! Yo Liberals!

New prole art threat from Preston’s noise rock veterans

Keepin’ It Dirty: A celebration of ODB’s Return to the 36 Chambers

Cian Traynor re-appraises a hip hop anomaly by speaking to some of those who knew Ol' Dirty Bastard best

Bryan Ferry

Olympia

New Thurston Moore Group LP On The Way

The next Thurston Moore Group album sees Jon Leidecker, AKA Wobbly, enter the fold; plus win tickets for their show at London's EartH later this month

Downs, But Not Out: Heart’s Ease By Shirley Collins

Heart's Ease, the new album by Shirley Collins shows a masterful grasp of tradition, but its best moments are the new songs

Arcade Fire Remix 12″ For Record Store Day

Very limited vinyl will be available

The Last Laugh: Cronos Of Venom Interviewed

Venom are now widely recognised as being the cornerstone of modern extreme metal. Cronos, the driving force behind the band over the last four decades, talks to John Doran about how class, geography and an accident with a gun went into shaping what they became

Patti Smith To Collect Nobel Prize For Bob Dylan

Patti Smith to perform 1962 Bob Dylan song in his absence before speech is read out which he has provided