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L.A. Sunshine Booster Mix From Dublab

LIVE REPORT: Flying Lotus, Troxy

Last Friday in London, Steven Ellison's new audiovisual show took Paul Tucker's brain to another dimension. Photos courtesy of Simon Parry

INTERVIEW: Blixa Bargeld On Desertshore

Blixa Bargeld talks to us about his Desertshore vocal. Picture by Thomas Rabsch

The Pictish Trail’s Secret Soundz Vol. 2 Due

Johnny Lynch gives us a track-by-track run-through of his new album, out in January; tour dates below

LIVE REPORT: The Peoples’ Bailout

Last week, Strike Debt - an initiative started by the Occupy movement - hosted a fundraiser/variety show in New York, a year on from the occupation of Times Square. Its mixture of performance, speech and music, says Andrew Flanagan, ranged in quality but helped draw attention to a pragmatic and brilliant project

Field Day 2013: First Names Announced!

Mulatu Astatke and Animal Collective among first acts announced

Heavy Metal Streaming Network Launched

Watch Heavy Metal Television now

DOWNLOAD: Pinkunoizu Remix Goat

Danish four-piece head out on European tour, calling at London in December; stream recent album Free Time below

WIN: Ghosting Season Tickets

Manchester duo play a set at Dalston's Birthdays tomorrow, with support from Raffertie, Antwerp and Sam Willis DJ; entry deadline is tomorrow midday, so act sharpish

FILM PREVIEW: The House I Live In

Patrick Smith watches Eugene Jarecki's polemical War on Drugs doc, which opens in selected UK cinemas this Friday. Still by Derek Hallquist

Marc Riley Sessions: Wild Billy Childish

The multi-talented musical polymath and his Spartan Dreggs join Marc for a three song session

INTERVIEW: Sasha Grey On Desertshore

The actress and noise musician discusses her vocal for Desertshore

The Man In The White Suit DVD

Stephen Martin revisits Ealing Studios' chemist comedy, which has been restored to mark the centenary of director Alexander Mackendrick's birth

Dinos Chapman Set To Release Album

Artist releases debut LP Luftbobler, influenced by "the industrial pulse of T/G", next year

INTERVIEW: Marc Almond On Desertshore

We begin a series of interviews with the guest vocalists from Desertshore with Marc Almond, who sings Nico's 'The Falconer'

WATCH: Martin Rossiter – Drop Anchor

New single from forthcoming debut solo album

INTERVIEW: Touch

We talk to the label's founders about their upcoming 30th anniversary mini-festival

Marc Riley Sessions: Clinic

In a strange twist of cosmic fortuity, the second of our series also features a Liverpudlian psychedelic band

WIN: T. Rex – The Slider Box Set

One copy of the mammoth deluxe edition up for grabs

LISTEN: Stream The Twilight Sad’s Remix LP

Listen to new remix LP No One Can Ever Know - The Remixes in its entirety; frontman James Graham gives us a rundown of the tracks below

Peter Gabriel Announces So Tour

Gabriel set to play album in its entirety on four-date run next October

Our Week In Spotify Bangers IV

It's that time of the week again... 13 tracks selected from Spotify that span the music we've covered this week on the site.

It Always Rains On Sunday DVD

Stephen Martin revisits Ealing Studios' hybrid noir/social realism picture, which has been remastered for home entertainment release this week

LISTEN: Gaspar Noé’s Desertshore Track

We start a series looking at the vocalists for Carter Tutti and Christopherson's Desertshore with a premiere of Gaspar Noé's 'Le Petit Chevalier' and an interview with Chris and Cosey about the various performers. Sleazy portrait by Paul Heartfield

Ian Rankin To Release Debut Single

Release forthcoming on Tim Burgess' label

LISTEN: New Trevor De Brauw

Listen to 'They Keep Bowing' ahead of Neon Marshmallow set tonight

WATCH: Lola’s Bad – Drown With Me

Single launch at Power Lunches tonight

METZ Announce 2013 Tour

Five-date tour on these shores for Canadian punks

Sound It Out Doc Gets TV Premiere

Brilliant record shop film to be screened on BBC 4 on Friday night

DOWNLOAD: Spaceape – Xorcism EP

Download a free EP from Kode9 collaborator Spaceape, entitled Xorcism, below

LIVE REPORT: Greg Pope & Jazkamer

At a recent performance at London's Cafe Oto, Greg Pope and Jazkamer used slide projectors and manual destruction of film to create immersive and menacing interlacings of sound and light, writes Oliver Dickens

WATCH: Soulwax’s Bowie Homage

Next installation in the app series features a visual trip through the Thin White Duke's career