It’s A Silk Sash Bash: Suzi Quatro’s 13 Favourite Albums

The one-time Leather Tuscadero talks to Ben Graham about the records that changed her life, plus breaking down barriers, seeking new challenges and being snubbed by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Senyawa

Vajranala

Indonesian duo find new kinds of heaviness

Pavement Reform Official

Mirrorring To Play London Show

Kranky-signed hook-up of Grouper and Jesy Fortino to play London in March, plus three European dates

My Punk: The English Beat Live By Simon Price

Simon Price attends the O2 Academy Islington to revel in the live show he missed the first time round. Photograph courtesy of David Dunn

My Pioneers: Santigold’s Favourite Albums

In this week's Baker's Dozen, Santigold takes Tara Joshi through 13 favourite albums from Salt-N-Pepa to the Cocteau Twins, Fela Kuti, Nina Simone and Bad Brains, and points out that while Morrissey might have gone wrong, you can't take away what his songs once gave her

Radiohead Versus The Release Schedule

If illegal downloading is killing music, asks Wyndham Wallace, why don’t record labels just let us buy it earlier?

Lifting A Veil: Kurt Wagner Of Lambchop’s Favourite British LPs

Reflecting at length upon his intimate relationship with British music from his office in Nashville, Tennessee, the alt-country veteran at the heart of Lambchop discusses freedom, interpretation and the lasting effect on him of 1970s Sheffield with Luke Cartledge

Walking Through Heaven: Carter Tutti Play Chris & Cosey Live

Mat Colegate reports on Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti's last outing of Chris & Cosey, ahead of a new album of Carter Tutti material due later this year