The Only Goth In The Village: Rachel Goswell’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of their performance at this year’s Green Man festival, Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell talks to Julian Marszalek about being the only goth in the village, the enduring power of the voice and why pen pals and fan clubs are beautiful things.

Arcade Fire’s Reflektor Reviewed Track-By-Track

Julian Marszalek sits down in elegant surrounds for a first listen to Arcade Fire's fourth album

Xiu Xiu

Dear God I Hate Myself

The Strange World Of… This Mortal Coil

As 4AD reissue the three albums of their “in-house covers band” – Blood (1984), Filigree & Shadow (1996) and It’ll End In Tears (1991) – we look at This Mortal Coil’s distinctive strain of introspective melancholy

Footage At The Borderlands: Horror Writer Adam Nevill’s Cinematic Baker’s Dozen

With his new novel 'Lost Girl' out now, horror author Adam Nevill recommends his favourite recent horror films to Sean Kitching. You are going to want to work through this list.

Colleen

Le jour et la nuit du réel

Cécile Schott’s latest Colleen LP is an instrumental Moog workout that delights as it surprises, says Bernie Brooks

Screaming The Street Down: Niven Govinden’s Favourite LPs

It's all bangers as writer Niven Govinden speaks to Paul Flynn about favourite records from Pet Shop Boys, Aretha, Solange, Madonna, Daft Punk and much more in this week's Baker's Dozen. Photo by Dan Lepard

Melting Watches: Time Locked At Club Transmediale

Last week, Rory Gibb traveled to Berlin for the thirteenth edition of the city's Club Transmediale (CTM) festival, to find a host of musicians and artists playing tricks with time and space

Bill Preventing Use Of Rap Lyrics As Court Evidence Passed In California

The new law aims to reduce racial biases in the state's criminal justice system

WATCH: New Meatraffle Video

As Meatraffle unveil the video for their latest single 'Brother', we caught up with the band's Zsa Zsa Sapien to discuss the 'difficult second album' syndrome and just how true the stories behind the band's formation are

Oil City Confidential, Dr Feelgood, Wilko Johnson And A Spot Of Word Association

Zoe Street Howe describes an unexpected conversion and then talks to Wilko Johnson of Dr Feelgood about the Oil City Confidential documentary

Daring Is Important: Gudrun Gut’s Favourite Albums

Leading light of the Berlin underground Gudrun Gut guides Jeremy Allen through 13 favourite records - she wanted them all to be Neu! but as there weren't enough, there's the Bad Seeds, Throbbing Gristle, Lana Del Rey and much more. Gudrun Gut portrait by Mv Kummer