A fearless trawl through the realms of extreme and experimental metal
Toby Cook has discovered that magic mushrooms and Fawlty Towers don't mix, with disastrous results; fortunately, he's also been discovering the best metal releases out there right now, and is here to tell you exactly what you need to know...
No resolutions for our man Toby Cook; instead, he's looking back at the choicest metal that was overlooked at the end of 2010 and reviewing records by Electric Wizard, Pantera and more. Photo by Maria Jefferis of www.shot2bits.net
Ahead of his appearance at the Southbank Centre as part of Erased Tapes' tenth birthday celebrations later this year, Peter Broderick speaks to Elizabeth Aubrey about 13 records that inspired him, from Dylan to Arvo Part and Philip Glass
Outlands is a new network of promoters, arts organisations and curators putting on strange and wonderful performances in the corners of New Weird Britain. Their last tour featured Beatrice Dillon making a racket to splatter sculptor Keith Harrison's Play-Doh - Jennifer Lucy Allan reports