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A Feeling Called Love: Jarvis Cocker’s Favourite Albums

As he releases a compilation of music from his 6 Music Sunday Service programme, Jarvis Cocker guides Luke Turner through 13 favourite albums and tells stories of Sheffield clubbing in the 80s, getting bollocked by the BBC for mentioning Thatcher, and why you should never look for messages in musical presents from an ex

The Month’s Electronic Music: Frayed Nerves & Fried Circuits

In this month's electronic music column, Rory Gibb delves into fathomless darkness, paranoid sub-bass and circuitry gone haywire, from Cold War techno and alien mandibles to abstract grime and new forms of dark UK sound system music

Black Sky Thinking: All Rock & Roll Is Tory

Call The Police! – Terry Bickers’ Favourite Albums

One of 80s indie's defining guitarists talks us through his 13 albums – and risks the ire of purists everywhere by insisting that sometimes compilations are best

Gazelle Twin Signs To Invada Ahead Of New Album’s Release

The currently untitled new record is due out later this year

This Heat

This Heat/Deceit/Health And Efficiency EP

The Perfect Sentence: Tariq Goddard’s Favourite Storytelling Songs

Novelist and publisher Tariq Goddard chooses thirteen songs that have defined his life, with a focus on the musical storytellers who inspired him to tell tales of his own from The Kinks to Ice T

The Marshall Suite: Cat Power’s Favourite Albums

Chan Marshall guides Diva Harris through 13 albums that have soundtracked her life, from stealing cars to heartbreak and escaping difficult times

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Taking Out The Thrash: Scott Ian Of Anthrax’s Top Albums From 1986

To mark 30 years since 1986, a pivotal moment for metal, Anthrax main man Scott Ian talks JR Moores through his 13 top albums from that year, moving from thrash classics through to landmark hip-hop and pop releases

INTERVIEW: Clarence Clarity

tQ phoned up electro-funker Clarence Clarity to discuss his persona, his music and how he's translated his album to a live setting

Tom Waits Biog Extract: From Wild Years To Island Days

This extract from Barney Hoskyns' new Tom Waits biography looks at how Tom Waits remarkable sonic departure on Island Records was influenced by his marriage to Kathleen Brennan. Photoillustration by Michael A. Russ

WATCH: New Killing Joke

Jaz Coleman and co to release new single 'In Cythera' on March 19th - watch the video below