Columnus Metallicus: The Best Heavy Metal Of 2020

Kez Whelan casts his eye back over this longest of years to bring you a chart of the 20 best heavy metal albums

Grizzly Bear

Veckatimest

Djrum

Portrait With Firewood

A meticulous, moving electronic album

What A Haul! WIN Nearly All Of Our Best 30 Albums Of 2010 So Far

_This competition is now closed_

WATCH: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani Film

Film to accompany synthesists' new Pacific Ocean-inspired ambient record

Mogwai

Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

RIP Florian Schneider: A Kraftwerk Baker’s Dozen Special

Following sad news that Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider has died, we present a specially compiled Baker's Dozen of artists including Michael Rother, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Marie Davidson and Mark Lanegan on their favourite music by the _kosmische musik_ masters

Blancmange

Wanderlust

Musically, Neil Arthur has entered a new realm, but as a lyricist he’s really doing something highly distinctive

Speaking Rhythms: Valentina Magaletti’s Baker’s Dozen

Prolific drummer and collaborator Valentina Magaletti marks the release of Tomaga's finest album by telling Jennifer Lucy Allan about her favourite 13 albums, from The Cure to Miles Davis, Art Blakey, and Can to Deerhoof, This Heat and the Art Ensemble Of Chicago. Photo by Adele di Nunzio

These Gifts: Mark Arm Of Mudhoney’s Favourite Albums

As they embark upon a run of UK dates tonight, the Seattle fuzz merchants' frontman takes Nick Hutchings on a tour of his top 13 LPs

WATCH: Real Lies Video

Holiday romance remembered in excellent new vid

Dave Gibbons On The Origins Of The Watchmen

Is there anything that he would do differently now? What is the future of the comic book? And, does a certain deity actually reside in Alan Moore's beard? Matt Kaufman talks to Dave Gibbons.

M.I.A To Publish Book

Maya to publish a 192-page hardback

New Weird Britain In Review For October By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner unearths some East Sussex noise, the world's first modular acoustic synth, RAF early warning techno, and other odd gems from the British DIY underground