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Songs Like Dogfights: An Interview With Lescop

Lescop's debut album is a gloriously nocturnal piece of glacial European pop. The Frenchman tells Luke Turner about working with Savages' Pop Noire label and why singing in his native tongue isn't a bold move

Chaos Before Integrity: Claude Speeed Interviewed

Scottish ambient producer Stuart Turner tells Laurie Tuffrey about Sun Czar Temple, his excellent debut EP on Planet Mu, released this week

LIVE REPORT: The Fall

Joe Kennedy wasn't sure about the current line-up of The Fall group, but a recent gig at Brixton Electric saw faith restored - it was that good, he writes, that he almost felt as if he was in non-London

Joy Subtraction: Titus Andronicus Interview

Our man Lewis Parker grills Titus Andronicus in a basement, then pushes the gun to his temple at their live show. All pictures courtesy of Richard Johnson

Spool’s Out: August’s Tapes Reviewed By Tristan Bath

As Mark Twain said - there are only two things certain in life: taxes and Necro Deathmort. Tristan Bath covers their new compilation cassette and the rest of this month's best tapes

The Fall

Your Future, Our Clutter

A Volcanic Talent: Senyawa Interviewed

Indonesian duo Senyawa are one of the most startlingly original acts of recent years, combining a bamboo instrument shaped like a ritual spear with throat singing, producing music that's reminiscent of heavy metal. WTF, asks John Doran. Vocalist Rully Shabara Herman gives him some answers

Make Way For Queer Communism: Owen Hatherley In Bishkek

In an exclusive extract from his new book The Adventures of Owen Hatherley in the Post-Soviet Space, out now from Repeater Books, Owen Hatherley, goes in search of Utopian Bishkek, only to find all is not what it at first seems

Depeche Mode: Work On New LP Begins

Martin Gore gets "vigour" from VCMG