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Snoop Dogg Presents… Algorithm

Various Artists

Snoop's first job as executive creative consultant at Def Jam Records falls strangely flat, finds Paul Rekret

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Daydreaming In Alien Babble: An Interview With Èlg

Lucia Udvardyova talks to mischievous 21st century balladeer, Laurent Gérard about his Èlg project and how this relates to Stewart Lee, alien babble and Japanese pornography

Vital Music: Eno Williams Of Ibibio Sound Machine Interviewed

With Ibibio Sound Machine's formidable debut album released last month, Tristan Bath meets frontwoman Eno Williams to discuss storytelling through music, the Ibibio language, peacocks and talking fish

No Affectation Of Misery: An Interview With Matthew Loveridge AKA MXLX

Inhabiting myriad identities to build an enormous catalogue of experimental music, Matthew Loveridge’s fascinating career was briefly paralysed by personal hardship. As he returns, Alastair Shuttleworth speaks to the enigmatic composer about anhedonia, abrasiveness, and the difficult birth of his new masterpiece

Remembering Prince: Andre Cymone Interviewed

Two years ago, Prince died. In a revealing interview, Andre Cymone – Prince's former bassist and childhood best friend – tells Simon Price about his life with the Minneapolis genius, and his own current album 1969

Beloved Mixes Database MixesDB Relaunched as New Website

Mixes.wiki is online now

The Last Laugh: Cronos Of Venom Interviewed

Venom are now widely recognised as being the cornerstone of modern extreme metal. Cronos, the driving force behind the band over the last four decades, talks to John Doran about how class, geography and an accident with a gun went into shaping what they became

Where’s The Urgency? An Interview With Porest’s Mark Gergis

With his first album under the Porest name in ten years, Mark Gergis draws on years of recordings made across Syria for his own take on pop music. He tells Yousif Nur about making a "tragicomedy told in song and sound"

Higher Frequencies: An Interview With Orange Goblin

Toby Cook talks to Orange Goblin singer Ben Ward about scant financial rewards and confronting neo-Nazis on tour

Embracing Change: An Interview With Mike Oldfield

Mike Oldfield tells Brad Sanders about Tubular Bells, the new re-issue of his Incantations LP and why his coffers are always swelled after Halloween re-runs of The Exorcist

Beyonce To Return To O2 Arena

November show announced

Let’s Whist Again: Idlewild Interviewed

Roddy Woomble and Rod Jones talk to Dan Ross about getting old, getting annoyed and coming back with a new album

The Good Doctor: An Interview With Eugene Chadbourne

Eugene Chadbourne, one of the most absurdly prolific left-field musicians of all time, takes Patrick Clarke through his storied career - from his time as an acerbic gig reviewer in Canada while fleeing the Vietnam War draft, to his typically freewheeling new record with Jim McHugh, Bad Scene

Redemption Song: Bobby Liebling Of Pentagram Interviewed

Toby Cook speaks to the voice of rock & roll resilience, Bobby Liebling. Photograph by Jeff Lee

We Spoke Of ‘Was’ And ‘When’: Tony Visconti Interviewed

Legendary producer Tony Visconti has recently been revisiting one of his classic Bowie recordings, The Man Who Sold The World, with a tour and a live album. Simon Price asks him about the Dame, Bolan, Sparks, the Manics, and more