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Serge Gainsbourg: Beyond The Hit

On the late, great Serge Gainsbourg’s 90th birthday, Jeremy Allen trawls through the French chanteur’s back catalogue, picking out 20 of his greatest videos, none of which are ‘Je t’aime… moi non plus’

The Enduring Influence of John Fahey’s Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death, 60 Years On

As The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death turns 60, Will Snelling explores how the record's combination of bare-bones intimacy and haunting atmosphere, post modern edge and inherent tension loom large over myriad artists today

Massive Attack In Last-Minute Cancellation

A performance by Massive Attack at a festival in Madrid was cancelled by the group due to sound bleed from Franz Ferdinand set

‘We Want The Kills To Be Of One Heart’: An Interview With Jamie Hince

The Kills' main man reveals all about new album Blood Pressures, literary influences and why hanging out with Jack White is bad for Alison Mosshart's voice

Compiling & Filing: Jan St. Werner’s Favourite Albums

With his operatic performance-cum-radio play Miscontinuum released as an album earlier this year, the Mouse On Mars man takes Nick Hutchings on a trawl of his favourite avant-garde and experimental records

New Pathways: Takiaya Reed Of Divide & Dissolve’s Baker’s Dozen

From the mentorship of Low and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, to the world-changing experimentalism of FKA Twigs, Takiaya Reed of Divide & Dissolve picks the thirteen records that shaped her

PREGOBLIN Share New Single, ‘Love Letters’

The duo describe the track as "a classic love song about someone gone, feeling shit and ridiculous, identity politics, TV and pornography"

Tape Adapter: June’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Gary Suarez reviews this June's hottest hip hop mixtapes, from Zaytoven, Young Scooter, Chubby Jag, Lil Silk, Lucki Eck$, Manolo Rose

Matt Berry: New Album & Tour On Way

Berry set to release Kill The Wolf in June, preceded by a six-date tour starting next week

Things I Have Learned: Pete Hamilton-Giles Of Pombagira On Voodoo

Pete Hamilton-Giles of husband-wife doom band Pombagira explains his interest in the Haitian religion of voodoo. Toby Cook takes notes

Happenstance & Glue: New Transmissions From The Outer Reaches

Scott McKeating finds what he's looking for out at the perimeter - cassettes and CD-Rs of noise sweet noise

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The Man In The White Suit DVD

Stephen Martin revisits Ealing Studios' chemist comedy, which has been restored to mark the centenary of director Alexander Mackendrick's birth

WIN: Jock Scot At The Social

Win a pair of tickets for a night at The Social celebrating the work of Jock Scot

Help Icarus Line Fund Future Activity

Joe Cardamone's crew release a compilation of rarities and unreleased material to help fund future touring and recording

Bright Eyes Share New Track, ‘Forced Convalescence’

Red Hot Chilli Peppers' Flea plays bass on the band's second new track of 2020