How did it take us nearly a decade to ask Brother John Robb for his Baker's Dozen choices? The Membranes frontman sits down with Julian Marszalek to discuss 13 favourite records where over the years he's dug out the most funk
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
At this year's Roadburn in Tilburg, Harry Sword finds a deviation from the sound synonymous with the festival's name and learns, for one thing, that "heavy music" has more than one meaning. All photographs by Erik Luyten, www.erikluyten.nl, all rights reserved