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He Bangs The Drums – Thor Harris Of Swans: The Life Of THOR

SWANS' powerhouse drummer Thor Harris talks Luke Turner through his life story, depression, playing with Michael Gira and the similarities between working in music and his day job as a carpenter and plumber

Esben & The Witch

Wash The Sins Not Only The Face

WATCH: Jupiter-C – Insect Eyes

Jupiter-C share video for new track taken from a collective EP to be released by PINS; watch below

Pull Your Trousers Up: Otis Williams Of The Temptations Interviewed

Hazel Sheffield talks to Otis Williams, the lone surviving original member of The Temptations, about the magic of Motown and how to dress correctly

Trace The Bloodline: Jerry Cantrell Of Alice In Chains’ Favourite Albums

The grunge luminaries' main man picks out the records that put him where he is today

Creating A Songwriter: The 13 Albums That Made Thundercat

The virtuoso bassist takes Rob Hakimian through his musical life story with a baker's dozen that traces his trajectory from kid messing with his parents' records to the in-demand player that he is today. Photographs by The1Point8.

Irresponsible Science – An Interview With Maja S. K. Ratkje

Before her appearance at next month's Le Guess Who? festival, Maja S. K. Ratkje talks to Russell Cuzner about her wide-ranging work that, whether freely improvised or composed for orchestra, consistently bears the mark of an uncompromising, unconventional spirit

Noel’s Foul House: New Weird Britain This September

Sticky jewels from the UK DIY underground, including The Rebel, Buttonhead, Aging, Memnon Sa, Green Door Studios and Dtub

The Archivist: Mark Webber of Pulp’s Baker’s Dozen

From his first discovery of The Velvet Underground to a cruise with Father John Misty, via mixtapes personally compiled for him by Spacemen 3 and encounters with Alex Chilton, Pulp’s Mark Webber takes Jonathan Wright through his favourite records