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LISTEN: Dutch Uncles – Flexxin

Single due in January following the release of their third album

Some Will Not Sleep: Adam Nevill’s Favourite Horror Short Stories

To mark the Halloween release of his own first collection of short stories, Some Will Not Sleep: Selected Horrors, horror novelist and genre aficionado, Adam Nevill, selects a Baker’s Dozen of his favourite short stories from contemporary writers in the field of modern horror. As with Nevill’s 2015 filmic Baker’s Dozen, fans of the genre are going to find an abundance of suggestions to work through on this list. (Written by Adam Nevill, as relayed to Sean Kitching)

Life On The Edge: BRINK At Dilston Grove

At London’s Dilston Grove, Amy Pettifer discovers works by Eric Pauwels, Chris Saunders, Jean-Paul Kelly, Lucy Skaer and Graham Dolphin exploring the precarity of contemporary life

PREMIERE: Acid Klaus Shares Debut Single, ‘Party Sized Away Day’

Acid Klaus is the new project from Sheffield synth provocateur Adrian Flanagan

WATCH: New Wrekmeister Harmonies Video

Track taken from the new album from the collective; watch the video below. Homepage photo courtesy of Katie Hovland

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Plastic House On Base Of Sky

Control Slips Away: My Bloody Valentine’s Isn’t Anything Revisited

My Bloody Valentine's debut album Isn't Anything was always overshadowed by the expensive Loveless. Now, a quarter of a century after its release, Ned Raggett explores the sound of a band in flux

Absorbing The Light Of The African American Avant-Garde: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s Baker’s Dozen

In an epic Baker’s Dozen, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe lets Stewart Smith into the secrets of his Candyman soundtrack, and celebrates Black excellence from Don Cherry to Moor Mother, Olly W. Wilson to Pamela Z

WATCH: A Quietus Tour Of Abbey Road

See some ancient bits of gear gizmos used by The Beatles and more

WATCH: New Voices Video

Take a look at the video for 'Petrograph', the new single from London metal mavericks Voices

The Lead Review: Mike Diver On Teeth Of The Sea’s Highly Deadly Black Tarantula

Mike Diver explores the lingering effect of Teeth Of The Sea's fourth full length album, released on Rocket Recordings today

Legendary Berlin Clubs Face Closure

Some of Berlin’s most revered clubs could face closure due to new copyright fees. Sign the petition to stop it here

Worker’s Playtime: Billy Bragg’s Favourite Albums

To celebrate the release of his notably personal new album Tooth & Nail today, the outspoken, political singer-songwriter talks Colm McAuliffe through his top records

Lead Review: Josh Gray On Skepta’s Konnichiwa

With the release of Konnichiwa, Josh Gray considers whether Skepta's first new album in five years marks the beginning of Grime's recognition on the global stage or another footnote in a patchy transatlantic musical history

John Hughes Obituary and Ten Best Films

John Hughes was a comedy genius who perfectly captured the trails and tribulations of the American suburban teen. He created some of the most memorable films of the 80s including _The Breakfast Club_, _Christmas Vacation_, _Planes, Trains and Automobiles_ and _Ferris Bueller's Day Off_. Battleship Pretension's David Bax looks back on his legacy with a list of his top ten films.