Black Lips

Underneath The Rainbow

Death Grips Site Down

Is it all just a PR caper?

Music For Algorithms: In Search Of Eno’s Ambient Vision In A Spotify Era

As Brian Eno prepares to reissue his influential 'ambient' albums, William Doyle asks what significance the genre still has in a world of Spotify playlists designed for wellness pursuits and making admin bearable

Morrissey And Marr Reunite For Album

Former Smiths men to compile rarities comp

Pump ‘Em Up! Elvis Costello’s Favourite Music

Elvis Costello tells Paul Stokes about his lockdown life and new album Hey Clockface as he guides us through Baker's Dozen tales including being taken under the sinful wing of Iggy Pop and the time he nearly joined Blur. Costello portrait by Ray Di Pietro

Wot No Jazz Funk?! Cosey Fanni Tutti’s Favourite Records

As Cosey Fanni Tutti releases one of the albums of the year thus far, she sits down with Luke Turner to discuss 13 records that shaped her, from the soundtrack to pre-COUM hippy days in Hull to the present day

Adrian Sherwood: New LP Details

Out on On-U Sound this summer, listen to a sampler here!

30 Years On: Terminal Cheesecake’s Angels in Pigtails Revisited

Russell Cuzner talks to Russell Smith about the weirdest album in the very weird career of Terminal Cheesecake

LISTEN: New Xylouris White Track

George Xylouris and Jim White reconvene as Xylouris White for their third album

Beautiful Losers: Jim Reid of The Jesus And Mary Chain’s Baker’s Dozen

Eschewing what he sees as the wilful obscurity of previous Baker's Dozens, Jim Reid takes Daniel Dylan Wray through the 13 records that "chiselled out The Jesus And Mary Chain"

Composites For A Generation: James Fry’s Baker’s Dozen

From the hits of Hot Chocolate and the trashy joys of Sigue Sigue Sputnik to the 'death jazz' of Miles Davis and the angst of Portishead, James Fry takes us through his life in thirteen albums

Sufjan Stevens

The BQE

Columnus Metallicus: Your Heavy Metal Roundup For February

Green Druid, Black Moth, Visigoth, Saxon, Vojd and Judas Priest: hold on and holler!

Goldfrapp Announce New Album

Electronic pair set to release Tales Of Us in September, with a European tour to follow

Kevin Cummins Hits The North – Joy Division To Oasis Caught On Camera

As legendary NME snapper Kevin Cummins exhibits photographs of his Mancunian muse in Yorkshire, we present a gallery of his photographs and hear the curious story of Ian Curtis' pink suit. Interviews by John Tatlock

Rare Essences: Andy Gill Of Gang Of Four’s Favourite Records

Five years ago, following the release of their eighth album, What Happens Next, Andy Gill of Gang Of Four talked Bryan Brussee through the picks of his record collection, both albums and individual tracks