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Born under punches, Future Islands strike out today on a UK tour. John Doran talks to them about side-stepping genres, romance and drug deals gone wrong

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Mirrored Bodies: An Interview With Hans Appelqvist

Hans Appelqvist’s latest stage show, which shows at Intonal festival, Malmö, Sweden, explores a controversial Japanese horror in the context of a first date. Matthew Neale talks to the Swedish artist about pornography, body genres, and why art doesn’t need to be therapeutic. Contains spoilers for film and show

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Anna Coatman ponders Andrew Kötting's eccentric feature collaboration with Iain Sinclair, opening in selected UK cinemas this Friday, in which the pair ride a white swan pedalo from Hastings to Hackney

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“We Had To Remake Ourselves”: Wayne Coyne Discusses The Soft Bulletin

Ahead of their Don't Look Back ATP show on July 1, Flaming Lips singer Wayne Coyne tells Stewart Smith all about the making of their classic LP The Soft Bulletin - including comparisons with Mercury Rev, the impact of his father's death and Steven Drozd's heroin addiction

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