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Flip Your Wig: Bob Mould’s Favourite Albums

With his new, eleventh solo album Beauty & Ruin just released, the Hüsker Dü and Sugar man gives Nick Hutchings his top 13 records

Surfing The Lad Totale: Lias Saoudi On Supporting Liam At Knebworth

This summer, Fat White Family supported Liam Gallagher at his Knebworth enormagig. Writing for tQ, Lias Saoudi recalls the excesses of ego, self-debasement, see-through Spanx and sachets of butter required to face the bucket hat hordes.

April March & Aquaserge

April March & Aquaserge

Revolting Lots: Al Jourgensen’s Favourite Ministry Albums

As Ministry prepare to tour Europe, their leader puts the band's discography in order while sharing wild tales and encounters with William S. Burroughs, Robert Plant and copious amounts of his own stomach lining

Heal Your Soul: Fatoumata Diawara’s Favourite Music

Acclaimed Malian musician Fatoumata Diawara talks Adam Quarshie through her favourite records, explaining the influence of powerful female vocalists from both the United States and from Mali's Wassoulou region.

Pink Floyd: From Dark Side Of The Moon To The Final Cut In Ten Years

Recently there has been much ado about Dark Side Of The Moon, but significantly less fuss made about The Final Cut. David Bennun examines how we got from one to the other in a single decade and how the current split at the heard of Pink Floyd represents the divide between crank leftism and centrist Dadism

Roseanne Barrr

Repulsion

Reggae Fans Are Idle Scum, Says Spurious Report. The Quietus Wades In…

How do you get the BBC to report on anything you feel like? Wipe your shitty arse on a sheet of paper and call it a report, says Adam Narkiewicz.

Tour De France: Jonathan Meades Selects 13 Exercise Bike Classics

After a recent serious illness, writer and documentarian Jonathan Meades was prescribed 30 minutes a day on an exercise bike. He tells John Doran about his 13 favourite pieces of classical music to accompany his regimen

All In It: British Sea Power’s Scott Wilkinson On His Favourite LPs

Ahead of British Sea Power's soundtracking of Polish animation at the Barbican as part of Kinoteka Film Festival and the release of new album Let The Dancers Inherit The Party, vocalist Scott Wilkinson guides Richard Foster through his favourite albums, from War Of The Worlds to Mighty Sparrow, Pavement and more. Photo by Mayumi Hirata

The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses (reissue)

Neil Kulkarni doesn't sit on the fence when it comes to the reissue of the Stone Roses' first LP...

A Storm In Heaven: Verve’s Debut Album 25 Years On

Joe Clay laments the 25-year-old version of the Verve who hadn't yet fallen under the spell of Noel Gallagher...

The Strange World Of… Of Montreal By East India Youth

William Doyle looks at the singular journey taken by Of Montreal, who play Convergence Festival next week, and finds in Kevin Barnes a little sung hero

Let Us Press Pley: Jus Oborn Of Electric Wizard’s Favourite Horror Films

Electric Wizard grand magus Jus Oborn talks to Harry Sword about a lifetime of immersion in the outposts of horror, sleaze and exploitation cinema, why 'heavy' isn't about the peddles and amps you use and the importance of playing the long game.

Allo Darlin’

Europe

Hyperspecific: April And May’s Electronic Music

April and May's round-up of the best electronic music looks at the slew of exceptional drum & bass emerging of late from labels like Samurai Music and UVB-76 Music, while also reviewing new releases from Roza Terenzi, Gábor Lázár, Steevio, Beta Librae, object blue and more