Start Making Sense: Supernormal 2019 Reviewed

Byline wizard Eden Tizard heads to Braziers Park in rural Oxfordshire for the best showcase of weird art and music, Supernormal Festival

LINGUA IGNOTA Channels The Spirit Of Kathy Acker Live

On her new album CALIGULA and the performances behind it, the Providence-based extreme musician LINGUA IGNOTA shares more than a passing similarity with the late transgressive fiction writer Kathy Acker, says Adam Lehrer, reporting from Brooklyn

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A Practically Spoiler-Free Preview Of The Revelatory Return Of Doctor Who

There's been some trepidation about the post-Tennant & Davies incarnation of Doctor Who. But, as Adrian Lobb finds when he sits down to a preview screening, we could be looking at a classic series

Julie Byrne

The Greater Wings

Life goes on. Julie Byrne’s reflections on love and loss are breathtaking and beautiful, finds Jonathan Wright

Prophets Of Time: Nik Turner’s Favourite Records

The space rock luminary and former member of Hawkwind, Sphynx and Inner City Unit guides Sean Kitching through 13 instructive and inspirational jazz, rock and soul records that have shaped him and his music

FKA twigs Shares New Song In Advert

Track appears as part of two-minute clip featuring the artist

Björk Calls For Conservation Action

Singer takes part in press conference at Iceland Airwaves to call for urgent action to protect Iceland's Highlands

One Foot In The Rave: Katy B Interviewed

With Katy B's second album Little Red out this week, Alex Macpherson catches up with the UK funky vocalist turned pop star to talk raving, night buses and imaginary dancefloors

The Dome Of Hercules: Carlton Melton Interviewed

Barnaby Smith talks to Rich Millman - guitarist with Calrton Melton - about San Francisco, improvisation and juggling fatherhood with making music

To End All War: An Interview With Diamanda Galás

Upon the release of her new album Broken Gargoyles, Diamanda Galás discusses her unflinching exploration of soldiers mutilated by war, the album's roots in the poetry of Georg Heym and the photos of Ernst Friedrich, and why the pandemic was a prompt to live in the moment

Friends Of Mine: Rachel Aggs’ Favourite Music

Rachel Aggs takes Stephanie Phillips through the albums that made her the musician she is today, from Smokey Robinson to Robyn, Mahotella Queens to Sleater-Kinney. Portrait photo by Stephanie Gibson

Club Members: Julianna Barwick’s Favourite Albums

From very long-term library loans and overnight camp-outs to chance shopping-mall buys and poster-based confusion, the composer gives Gary Kaill the stories behind 13 LPs she's listened to a "bazillion freaking times"

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Always Offended Never Ashamed

What Is Best In Life: Why Sword And Sorcery Films Deserve Your Respect

Long derided as fantasy's young, dumb, full of cum idiot brother, at its best, this supercharged, supernatural cinema is sublime

The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan Has Died, Aged 65

A statement confirmed that he died "peacefully" with "his wife and sister by his side"