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Bottled Moonlight: Anni Hogan Interviewed

The Zelig-like Anni Hogan has worked with everyone from Marc Almond and Nick Cave to The The and Nico but don't forget she's also a strong musician in her own right, as her new album Lost In Blue attests. Feature by Cathi Unsworth. All portraits courtesy of Peter Ashworth

The Language Of Violence – The Pixies Play Live

The Pixies played live in an art gallery this week. John Doran found himself flung into a world of torrid text and the imagist poetry of violence. Live gallery by Maria Jefferis of Shot2Bits.net

Wu-Tang Clan To Headline Tramlines

Wu-Tang complete headliner announcements following the addition of The Charlatans and Basement Jaxx over the last two days

Desert Storm: Mike Vest Of Bong Interviewed

On the eve of their appearance at Desertfest, Bong guitarist Mike Vest speaks to Matt Ridout about the philosophies behind their new album We Are, We Were And We Will Have Been. Band portraits by Mike Savage

Listen: Rain Machine New Track

Song from TV On The Radio singer

WATCH: New Stefan Fraunberger Video

Fraunberger's 'Quellgeister #3: Bussd' album is next up on Rabih Beaini's Morphine Records

Medhane

Own Pace

Amidst the clamour of New York rap collective sLUms, the voice of Medhane remains unique, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones

The Rebel

Remember Your Failure In The Cave

Lo-fi it may be, but Ben Wallers' latest outing as The Rebel has enough wit and absurdism to make anyone feel pleasantly queasy, finds Noel Gardner

LIVE REPORT: Steve Mason

Susan Le May goes to see Steve Mason live in Glasgow, and praises "the leftfield revolutionary that modern pop is so desperately crying out for"

Nirvana

Bleach (reissue)

John Carpenter

Lost Themes

Unholy Matrimony: An Interview With Demdike Stare

Of all the recent discoveries The Quietus have made, Demdike Stare are one of our favourites. Here, Rory Gibb talks to Miles Whittaker to find out exactly what makes the dark practitioners tick

A Controlling Cacophony: Dan Deacon’s Favourite Albums

With his fourth album Gliss Riffer released earlier this year and a European tour just started, the Baltimore electronics wizard tells Dom Smith what the gems in his record collection have given to his own musical creations

The Count Of 13: Ramsey Campbell’s Weird Selection

In a Baker's Dozen diversion, writer Ramsey Campbell guides Sean Kitching through 13 favourite pieces of weird culture, from film to opera and literature, via David Lynch, Arthur Machen and more

LISTEN: Aidan Moffat On New Tracks

Aidan Moffat plays us three tracks from his new album and reflects on absent friends and Scottish monsters

The Deadened Zone: Cosmopolis Reviewed

Mat Colegate tries to penetrate David Cronenberg's new picture, based on Don DeLillo's 2003 novel