The Strange World Of… Billy Childish

Strange World is a semi-regular guide to artists who have produced bewilderingly large bodies of work. Here Helen King meets Billy Childish to discuss punk rock, door-knockers and dusting his mother's dahlias. Billy Childish portraits by Edd Westmacott

Chrislo Haas and Beate Bartel’s Work as CHBB Set for Reissue

The tracks from four highly limited cassettes released in 1981 are being released alongside some previously unheard material

Alan McGee Launches New Label

Creation23 is a new 7" label from Creation Records founder Alan McGee

Various Artists

New Orleans Funk Volume Three

Note: Contains Spoilers for the HBO TV show Treme

Head On: A Jesus And Mary Chain Interview

Jim Reid talks to John Doran about riots, ruckus and Spandau Ballet in an interview that was first published in the latest issue of The Stool Pigeon

I Don’t Want To Be A Maverick: Matthew Dear Interviewed

The techno auteur talks to Angus Finlayson about getting lost in the urban megastructure and balancing the personal and faceless sides of his music

Jon Savage Interview & An Extract From The England’s Dreaming Tapes

Following the publication of his book _The England's Dreaming Tapes_, author and journalist Jon Savage talks punk with The Quietus, and kindly donates an interview that just couldn't fit into his thousand-odd page bustling tome.

Guy Ritchie to Direct Sherlock Holmes

Guy Ritchie is set to direct a postmodern version of _Sherlock Holmes_ starring Robert Downey Jr. and featuring martial arts sequences.

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Nebula Rasa

A towering release from Bristol maximalist Matt Loveridge, finds Noel Gardner

LISTEN: Bong – Polaris

Opening track/one half of forthcoming new album Stoner Rock

Active Listening: An Interview With Molly Nilsson

A prolific self-releasing artist playing a rare festival set at Field Day, the Swedish songwriter tells Patrick Clarke why she'd rather you discovered her music by "weird coincidence" or YouTube marathon than label publicity

Jeff Mills Reissues ‘The Bells’ With Unreleased Track

The release is the latest in his 'The Director's Cut' series

The Dread Magnificence Of Perversity: Teeth Of The Sea Interviewed

John Calvert talks to Teeth Of The Sea about sex, violence and D.I.S.C.O.

Hanks For The Memories: The ‘Burbs Revisited

Tony McKiver goes back to the old neighbourhood to reassess Joe Dante's anarchic and subversive comedy 'The 'Burbs'

Watch: New Dr Dre Video

See 'I Need A Doctor' now

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