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Genuine treasures unearthed
The Associates’ fourth album was a notable commercial bomb after the smash success of Sulk, with Billy Mackenzie aiming to find a new way forward without Alan Rankine. Our man in San Francisco, Ned Raggett, takes a look at the first proper reissue of the album in thirty-five years to see what diamonds might be in the rough
John Doran goes to Margate to visit the newly opened Transmission and casts his eyes over a box set by Cluster, appreciates the work of Pharaway Sounds and checks the 'new' Units LP... All photographs by author unless otherwise stated
With the release of Axels And Sockets, the third instalment of The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project, next week, Helen Donlon looks back over the troubled but brilliant career of the Gun Club founder. Photographs courtesy of Edward Colver
Public Information recently invited a host of contemporary artists to reinterpret the work of electronics pioneer F.C. Judd. With the resulting compilation just released, Maya Kalev speaks with Holly Herndon, Perc, Ekoplekz, Karen Gwyer and more to discuss their visions of his approach and the enduring appeal of his work
Daniel Wray speaks to Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Michael Azerrad, Aaron Mullan, Santiago Durango and Nash Kato about the recent release of a Sonic Youth live recording from 1985, and recalls the astonishing force of a group reaching the peak of their powers
The Marble Index, Desertshore and The End are three of the most uncompromising records of the 60s and 70s, and arguably surpass Nico's work with the Velvet Underground. Matthew Lindsay takes an in-depth look at their history and significance
Continuing the mammoth task of introducing us to Frank Zappa's recently reissued back catalogue, Pete Redrup takes on the next 12 albums, moving from jazz-fusion to the end of the Mothers Of Invention via 'Dinah Moe-Humm' and some terrible artwork
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