John Frusciante Quits Red Hot Chili Peppers

"I simply have to what I am", he insists

Arctic Monkeys Announce New Single

'Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair' to be released on Record Store Day

Islands In The Dream: The Art Museums Of Teshima & Naoshima

In the middle of Japan's inland sea, a small group of islands offer up unique experiences of works by James Turrell, Walter De Maria, Yayoi Kusama, and others

Morrissey’s Debut Novel Tanks

Morrissey turns his hand to a written sex scene, read the extract below

Ben-Hur At 60 And The Immortality Of Miklós Rózsa

The staggering achievement that is Ben-Hur must be celebrated on its 60th birthday, but there's one major player history hasn't always been kind to. Before John Williams, there was Miklós Rózsa, finds James Hanton

Magnificent Cheat: Revisiting Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged In New York

Rather than simply play acoustic versions of their hits, Nirvana treated MTV’s Unplugged show as an opportunity to turn their own music on its head, to connect it to American roots and European glam. 25 years on, the resulting album, MTV Unplugged In New York, stands as their finest work, says David Bennun

Remix Phoenix!

The Creators Project want you to rework the band's Trying To Be Cool

Swedish Festival For Women Broke Discrimination Laws

The Swedish government rules that Statement festival, which was only open to women, non-binary and transgender people broke gender discrimination laws

Teresa Winter Unveils New Album, ‘Drowning By Numbers’

The 30-minute record sees Winter return to usual label home The Death Of Rave

No Time For Lollygagging: An Interview With The New York Dolls

Valerie Siebert talks to David Johansen about the New York Dolls' latest album Dancing Backward In High Heels and Malcolm McLaren and Morrissey. Main photo by Yoni Goldberg

Plaid

Feorm Falorx

What's that warm glow of retrofuturistic nostalgia oozing through the speakers? Ah, yes, a new Plaid album

Divine Fits

A Thing Called Divine Fits

RE-TEXTURED Confirms First Names For 2020 Edition

British Murder Boys, D.A.F., SOPHIE and more will play the second edition of the London festival

The Soft Pack

The Soft Pack

The Strange World Of… Shirley Collins

Jude Rogers speaks to Shirley Collins, owner of the most vital voice in English folk music, and offers ten points of entry into a body of work that spans half a century. Portrait by Grant Gee

Gang Gang Dance Cancel Tour

Fire destroys gear