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DOWNLOAD: Tim Hecker – Virginal II

Get hold of the first listen from upcoming album Virgins below

Pauline Anna Strom’s First Three Albums To Be Reissued

The three records will be collected together with a previously unreleased album on new set 'Echoes, Spaces, Lines'

Marching To A Different Dune: Tinariwen Interviewed

Tinariwen bassist Eyadou Ag Leche tells Richie Troughton how the Tuareg rockers are standing up to fight for “freedom and respect” with new album Elwan

Profuse Prefuse 73: Guil Scott Herren Gives Away New Track

Christ knows he's got enough

INTERVIEW: Lost In France Director Niall McCann

Talking to director Niall McCann about his new film exploring the history of Chemikal Underground Records

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A Perfect Noise: Thomas Gabriel Fischer Of Triptykon Interviewed

With Triptykon playing Bloodstock today, the man otherwise known as Tom G Warrior talks to Toby Cook about the evolution of his current band, collaborating with the late H.R. Giger and the legacy of Celtic Frost

Do It Like A Dude: Gender Transgressions In Pop, R&B & Hip Hop

On the day that Jessie J unleashes her debut album, Petra Davis looks at how the Brit-tipped artist is joining the likes of Beyonce and Ke$ha in subverting established gender and genre rules

LIVE REPORT: Ghost & Gojira

Last week, Tom O'Boyle journeyed to Birmingham to witness a powerful double header of modern metal, pairing "Hell's wedding band" Ghost with France's Gojira

Overlapping Terrain: Richard Skelton’s Favourite Music

Following the release of his new album LASTGLACIALMAXIMUM, the prolific Richard Skelton speaks to Luke Turner about the music that inspired his own work, from Thomas Tallis to Phuture, Nico to Sly & The Family Stone, The Stooges and Gorecki

The Art Of Dissent: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Reviewed

Kiran Acharya gets fired up by first-time director Alison Klayman's illuminating portrait of the iconic Chinese artist