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Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews For November By Daryl Worthington

From midi orchestras to Schopenhauer via compositions made from the sun’s own radio frequencies, Daryl Worthington finds the onset of autumn hasn’t dimmed the amount of inspiration to be found on cassettes this month

LISTEN: Flamingods Remixed By Richard Norris

Hear Richard Norris' reworking of the Bahraini psych heads' 'Mixed Blessings' premiering below.

Spool’s Out: Your Cassette Release Roundup For February

The tape-o-sphere continues to deliver, with a new neo-kraut project from Cairo, a topography of Sydney’s outlying industrial regions, an ambient tribute to Pierre Boulez and some Indonesian experimentalism.

Brain Food: Pete Fowler’s Favourite Psychedelic Albums

Before he brings his virtual-reality installation to the Liverpool Psych Fest this weekend, the Super Furry Animals collaborator and Monsterism creator takes Robin Turner on a tour of his 13 most out-there records

30 Years On: Run DMC’s Back From Hell Revisited

The New York trio's poorly-received fifth album gets a reappraisal from Angus Batey, who finds lessons about social pressure, creative limits and sonic exploration gone awry within its tracks

Worlds To Walk Into: Darren Hayman’s Favourite Albums

As he releases a beautifully reflective album on the fall-out from a broken love, Darren Hayman takes us through 13 favourite albums, from Miles Davis collaborating with John Coltrane via Cliff Richard, the kids from Fame, Liz Phair, Nic Jones, ELO and The Damned.

The Truth Is A Word: The Films Of Margarethe Von Trotta

With her classic 1981 film The German Sisters screening throughout the UK over the coming weeks, Margarethe Von Trotta talks acting and directing, masculinity and truth

Them Crooked Vultures

Them Crooked Vultures

Where The Sublime And Ridiculous Meet: Boris Barnet On DVD

John Carvill is entranced by two innovative yet rarely seen gems of Russian cinema, which Mr Bongo have dusted off for home entertainment release. Stills from Outskirts