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A Woman, A Man: John Parish’s Favourite PJ Harvey Recordings

As PJ Harvey continues a major series of vinyl reissues of her incredible discography, her long-time collaborator and friend John Parish guides Jennifer Lucy Allan through his favourite 13 of her recordings

Miss Grit

Follow The Cyborg

Pop highs, gnarly guitars, and jazzy sax – what more could you ask for? wonders Aug Stone

Helado Negro

Phasor

The American musician's second album for 4AD sees Helado Negro striving to burst through a fog of his own making, finds Alexander Leissle

LIVE REPORT: William Basinski

Joseph Burnett heads along to Basinksi's recent show with Fennesz and Helm for the St. John Sessions. Photograph courtesy of Peter J. Kierzkowski

Take It From The Man! Anton Newcombe’s Favourite Tracks

With The Brian Jonestown Massacre's UK and Ireland tour in support of recent LP Revelation starting in Brighton on Saturday, the band's frontman shirks the album rundown request, opens up his DJ bag and gives Julian Marszalek a top 13 songs mixtape

Read An Extract From The Digital Critic By Theodora Hawlin

In 1967 Roland Barthes wrote an obituary for the author. He may have been getting a little bit ahead of himself, says digital criticTheodora Hawlin...

Watch: New Jason Urick Video

See 'The Eternal Return' here

Never Mind The Mercury! It’s The Jovian Bow Shock Prize 2012

After literally four people complained about our alternative to the Mercury Prize not running last year we decided to revive it, and not a moment too soon, it seems…

WIN: William Basinski’s Arcadia Series Tix

Basinski, Michael Gira, Julia Kent, Charlemagne Palestine, Rhys Chatham and more in London this month

Duran Duran Lured By Lovebox

N.E.R.D. also confirmed for London park party

A Babylonian Tower: Marc Hollander’s Favourite Music

Marc Hollander's Aksak Maboul have released one of the albums of the year and his Crammed Discs label have consistently provided a wide-ranging soundtrack to the globe. He guides David McKenna through favourite albums in this week's Baker's Dozen

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!

Naum Gabo

F.Lux

Optimo’s Jonnie Wilkes and mastering engineer James Savage summon the ghosts of people rutting in the shadows of a Berlin nightclub, finds Jon Buckland

Time To Get Illustrious: Vince Clarke And Martyn Ware Interviewed

Synth pop dream team The Clarke And Ware Experiment talk to John Doran about 15 years of sonic experimentation and 3D soundscaping

The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Chooses His 13 Favourite Albums

Wayne Coyne tells Stewart Smith about his 13 favourite albums, including The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Yo La Tengo, Miles Davis... and the Wizard Of Oz soundtrack