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Gonna Make You The Biggest Star This World Has Ever Seen: Hot Chocolate’s Cicero Park at 50

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Sweet Romance, Danger, & Memories: Eve Babitz on Film, Art, Drugs & LA

John Quin digs into *I Used to Be Charming*, a new selection from Eve Babitz, the album sleeve artist, Rolling Stone journalist and – notoriously – Duchamp's naked chess partner

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Silk Road Assassins

A powerful collection of disjointed sounds from the West Country trio

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Columnus Metallicus: Bleak November’s Best Metal, By Louise Brown

Louise Brown manages to drag herself out of the pit of disappear this terrible month has pushed us all into to find hope in the rancid art and galumphing noise of Witchwood, Robert Pehrsson's Humbucker, Testament, The Eddy Malm Band, Spiritus Mortis, Tower, T.O.M.B

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Want A Good Time: Confidence Man at Village Underground

Janet Planet and Sugar Bones celebrate camp, rave, fun and sex. It winds up the purists and it delights the sold-out crowd at Village Underground

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Fertile Ground: Lol Tolhurst’s Baker’s Dozen

Following the publication of his goth chronicle and ahead of a new album with Budgie and Jacknife Lee, The Cure's founding drummer Lol Tolhurst takes Julian Marszalek through his favourite records, from Jimi Hendrix to Low via the wonders of Trout Mask Replica

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All The Glitter: Ira Kaplan Of Yo La Tengo’s Favourite Albums

Yo La Tengo’s frontman leads April Clare Welsh through a selection of his most played LPs

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High On Fire Reissue Albums On Vinyl

Three out-of-print HOF records set for re-release by Relapse

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Moor Mother & Paul Purgas To Curate Wysing Festival

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Psych Space At East End Film Fest

Our own John Doran joins a line-up combining film and music

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Manic Street Preachers To Release New LP

Lucky 13th for Welsh arena rockers backed by biggest UK tour in a decade

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“Shit, That Sounds Tremendous!” Tom Jones On His 13 Favourite Albums

With his new album, Spirit In The Room, on the way, Sir Tom Jones reflects on his favourite LPs and tells Laurie Tuffrey about his friends Elvis, Aretha and Stevie

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Watch: New Freddie Gibbs Video

See 'Oil Money' here

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WATCH: Full Krent Able Documentary Stream

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Soosan Lolavar
Girl

Teaming up with chamber group Ruthless Jabiru and conductor Kelly Lovelady, the British-Iranian composer’s scores for strings and santoor view themes of social justice through a musical lens

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