Pixies

Indie Cindy

The Angel Of History: Shackleton Becomes The Purge of Tomorrow

Under new moniker, The Purge of Tomorrow, Shackleton's new album The Other Side of Devastation offers up a dubby disintegration loop through time, finds Daryl Worthington

Macca Quits Weed

Pop pothead puts down the life pipe

The Healing Scream: Alison Cotton Interviewed

We're delighted that Alison Cotton, one of our artists of the year, has composed a Singularity track for our Sound & Vision subscribers. Here she tells Ned Raggett about new music and how she has processed the trauma of a recent road accident

Want 13: Rufus Wainwright’s Favourite Music

Ahead of the release of his new album Rufus Wainwright guides Barnaby Smith through his favourite music, from Leonard Cohen to Eurythmics and his abiding love of opera

Penny Orchids

Worse Things

Roll Out The Barrel: The British Pub On Film Explored

Anna Coatman downs a new BFI DVD compilation of shorts about the nation's drinking establishments. Still from Michael Palin's 1970s trade film Henry Cleans Up

The Ideal Copies: Graham Lewis Of Wire’s Favourite Albums

As Wire continue their five-night London residency as part of the tQ co-curated DRILL:LEXINGTON festival, their bassist and lyricist gives Luke Turner a tour of his top 13 records

“There Is Noise In Beauty”: Cornelius’ Favourite Albums

In the first Baker's Dozen of 2018, Cornelius guides us through 13 favourites that helped shaped his musical life, including the new-on-vinyl Mellow Waves

Sparks

The Island Years

We Like To Dig The Roots: Coldcut’s Favourite Albums

As Ninja Tune founders and Coldcut men Matt Black and Jonathan More release a new Adrian Sherwood-produced new LP they talk Lottie Brazier through the records that sparked their lifetime of eclectic music-making

Chvrches

The Bones of What You Believe

Mira Calix Has Died

The news was confirmed by Warp Records, the label to which she was one of the first women to have been signed

Addicted To Serendipity: Hayden Thorpe Of Wild Beasts’ Baker’s Dozen

As the Cumbrian quartet prepare to release their "'fuck you' to adulthood", Boy King, their singer and guitarist takes us through 13 LPs that shaped it, including Nine Inch Nails, Max Richter and Oneohtrix Point Never

Oi Wanker! John Robb Remembers Sebastian Horsley, The Last Dandy

Sebastian Horsley passed away yesterday. Here, John Robb remembers his encounters with the outrageous wit and artist

Union Of Musicians Launches ‘Justice At Spotify’ Campaign

The collective of musicians, DJs, producers, road crew, and other workers has collected more than 10,000 signatures to date, including the likes of Zola Jesus and King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard