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Peekachu: Album Details Announced For London Starlets

Vacuum-toting grime/pop/WTF kids release _Jewellery_ in the new year

Laurie Anderson

Homeland

Learning Through Listening: Shabaka Hutchings Favourite LPs

In anticipation of the release of Sons of Kemet's latest LP, Your Queen Is A Reptile and their appearance at this year's Field Day Festival, saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings detailed the thirteen albums that shaped his experiences as both a man and a musician to Olamiju Fajemisin

Nothing But Heart: Alan Sparhawk of Low’s Favourite Albums

Low and Retribution Gospel Choir play in the UK next week. In advance of a full interview on the Quietus next week, frontman Alan Sparhawk spoke to Dale Berning about his thirteen favourite albums

The Original Darkplace: Lars Von Trier’s The Kingdom

David Moats explains the enduring appeal of Lars Von Trier's cult television show Riget (The Kingdom) which finally comes to DVD this week, packaged with lots of insightful special features about the mischievous Danish filmmaker

“I Don’t Like Cool Stuff”: The Bakers Dozen Of Billy Childish

Easter Monday is Billy Holiday! Wild Billy Childish of the Medway Towns tells Phil Hebblethwaite about his 13 favourite records; or tells him about 13 records at least...

24 Carax Gold? Holy Motors Reviewed

French auteur Leos Carax makes an overdue return to our cinema screens on Friday with this surreal saga of parallel lives and limousines, starring Denis Lavant, Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue. Your driver is Jeremy Allen

All In It: British Sea Power’s Scott Wilkinson On His Favourite LPs

Ahead of British Sea Power's soundtracking of Polish animation at the Barbican as part of Kinoteka Film Festival and the release of new album Let The Dancers Inherit The Party, vocalist Scott Wilkinson guides Richard Foster through his favourite albums, from War Of The Worlds to Mighty Sparrow, Pavement and more. Photo by Mayumi Hirata

The Only Goth In The Village: Rachel Goswell’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of their performance at this year’s Green Man festival, Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell talks to Julian Marszalek about being the only goth in the village, the enduring power of the voice and why pen pals and fan clubs are beautiful things.

Low Jack

Sewing Machine

It Always Ends In Hope: Dawn Richard’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of her performance at EFG London Jazz Festival with Spencer Zahn, Dawn Richard selects the music that shook and inspired her in her youth, from Prince to The Prodigy via Enya and Fela Kuti

Watain’s The Wild Hunt: A Track By Track Review

Toby Cook fires up the life pipe and reclines on a chaise lounge made from human thigh bones to give you his first listen impressions of the new Watain album

Music Made Of Winter: An Interview With Michael Bracewell

Kiran Sande interviews Michael Bracewell about his recent book, Souvenir

The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades: 30 Years Of They Live

Dismissed by many as a hypermasculine schlockfest in 1988, John Carpenter's They Live has aged well. Jeremy Allen assesses its wide-reaching influence on everyone from continental philosophers to French synthwave hipsters

‘Snake Hits: Frank Carter’s Favourite Albums

Frank Carter of Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes is one of the nicest men in all rock - here he sits down with Patrick Clarke to discuss the music that has shaped his life

Taking Control: Angel-Ho Interviewed

Following the release last month of her debut album proper on Hyperdub, Angel-Ho speaks to Elizabeth Aubrey about finding her voice and taking control of her narrative as a trans artist