Tell-tale Pulsations: Laraaji Picks His 13 Favourite Albums

From the Faces Of The Christ to the Sounds of Nature, ambient master Laraaji picks the 13 albums that shaped him

A Feeling Called Love: Jarvis Cocker’s Favourite Albums

As he releases a compilation of music from his 6 Music Sunday Service programme, Jarvis Cocker guides Luke Turner through 13 favourite albums and tells stories of Sheffield clubbing in the 80s, getting bollocked by the BBC for mentioning Thatcher, and why you should never look for messages in musical presents from an ex

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

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El Pintor

Sam Evian

Time to Melt

The third album from Figure 8 Studios former inhouse engineer, has all the grooves and breaks in the right places but the studio takes the front seat, finds Jeremy Allen

Planet Mu 20th Anniversary Boxset

Seminal electronic music label announces plans for extensive boxset charting label's history

Serious Vibe: Dave Okumu Of The Invisible’s Favourite Albums

Before he plays Convergence festival, the prolific singer and guitarist speaks to Danny Riley about the albums that have shaped his musical life, including D'Angelo, Aphex Twin and "diminutive funk goblin" Prince

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Expressions

Various Artists

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The Perfect Sentence: Tariq Goddard’s Favourite Storytelling Songs

Novelist and publisher Tariq Goddard chooses thirteen songs that have defined his life, with a focus on the musical storytellers who inspired him to tell tales of his own from The Kinks to Ice T

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Absorbing The Light Of The African American Avant-Garde: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s Baker’s Dozen

In an epic Baker’s Dozen, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe lets Stewart Smith into the secrets of his Candyman soundtrack, and celebrates Black excellence from Don Cherry to Moor Mother, Olly W. Wilson to Pamela Z

LIVE REPORT: Elizabeth Fraser

As part of Antony's Meltdown, Cocteau Twins vocalist Elizabeth Fraser was coaxed out of semi-retirement to play her first shows since leaving the group in 1998. Chris Roberts was there, and found glimmers of something new and intriguing in her performance