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Baker's Dozen

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Baker's Dozen

Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

Baker's Dozen

Bakers Dozen: Joy Division & New Order’s Stephen Morris On His Top 13 Albums

Album of the Week

In-Between Days: Wind, Again by Sary Moussa

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Stephen O’Malley
But Remember What You Have Had

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Arctic Monkeys To Play London Show

Sheffield boys in London next week

Live Reviews

Spreading The Privilege: The Knife Live In London

The Knife's new Shaking The Habitual live show has received a mixed response from critics and fans alike. Maya Kalev gives the Quietus' verdict. Photography by Andrew Novell

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LISTEN: New Lorelle Meets The Obsolete

Wrap your ears round new single on Sonic Cathedral, What's Holding You?

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The Week’s Coalition Independent Album Chart & Art Vinyl’s Artwork Of 2008

Your weekly independent album chart plus a look back at the best sleeves of 2008

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Early Madonna Tracks Appear Online

Andrew Morton sticks songs up

Baker's Dozen

The Pleasure Of Discomfort: Siavash Amini’s Favourite Music

Siavash Amini discusses his 13 favourite albums with Jennifer Lucy Allan, including the power of romanticism, weeping over the death of Leonard Cohen, and why Nils Frahm has a lot to answer for. Photo by Selma Pour-Amin

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Daniel Wyche
Earthwork

Guitarist and composer Daniel Wyche embraces the cycle of days and seasons on this explorative album of electronic soundscapes, percussion and stringed instruments

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LIVE REPORT: Raime

London duo Raime's music draws its power from its exquisite, overwhelming slowness, writes Maya Kalev in a review of last week's audiovisual show at LSO St. Luke's

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Laraaji
Vision Songs, Vol. 1

The ever-fantastic Numero Group bring us Vision Songs, Vol. 1, a compilation of Laraaji’s lesser heard lo-fi Casio synth jams.

Film

Star Trek Reviewed Plus The Odd-Numbered Films Reassessed

Has the new _Star Trek_ finally broken the curse of the odd-numbered Trek film? Dean Sobers decides and takes another look at the much maligned 'odd' half of the franchise.

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WATCH: Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld Video

New film accompanying What If...? from recent Still Smiling LP

Baker's Dozen

Dawn To Dusk: Richard Dawson’s Favourite Albums

Tales of the oddest record shop on Tyneside and much more as Richard Dawson guides Jennifer Lucy Allan through an unsurprisingly diverse selection of records in this week's Baker's Dozen

Anniversary

I Know It’s Overrated: The Queen Is Dead Turns 35

In the three decades since its release, The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead has repeatedly been hailed as the band's crowning achievement, and regularly features in lists of the greatest albums ever made. Lifelong Smiths fan Simon Price, however, is not so sure

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In-Between Days: Wind, Again by Sary Moussa

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But Remember What You Have Had

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Earthwork

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Star Trek Reviewed Plus The Odd-Numbered Films Reassessed

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Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums

The Strange World of… Jon Spencer

Inner Ear: Serbian Music for April by Jakub Knera

Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of June 2025

Low Culture Essay: James Cooray Smith on David Lynch Sitcom, On The Air

O Superfan: How Rock & Pop’s Elite Screw their Loyal Supporters – and why it won’t Work

Reissue of the Week: Coil’s Black Antlers

God Tier: Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road’s Favourite Albums

The Perfect Beat: Arthur Baker’s Baker’s Dozen

Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

Bakers Dozen: Joy Division & New Order’s Stephen Morris On His Top 13 Albums

In-Between Days: Wind, Again by Sary Moussa

Stephen O’Malley But Remember What You Have Had

Previously Read

Arctic Monkeys To Play London Show

Spreading The Privilege: The Knife Live In London

LISTEN: New Lorelle Meets The Obsolete

The Week’s Coalition Independent Album Chart & Art Vinyl’s Artwork Of 2008

Early Madonna Tracks Appear Online

The Pleasure Of Discomfort: Siavash Amini’s Favourite Music

Daniel Wyche Earthwork

LIVE REPORT: Raime

Laraaji Vision Songs, Vol. 1

Star Trek Reviewed Plus The Odd-Numbered Films Reassessed

WATCH: Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld Video

Dawn To Dusk: Richard Dawson’s Favourite Albums

I Know It’s Overrated: The Queen Is Dead Turns 35

Wardruna To Play London

Stephen Mallinder To Release New Album

30 Percent Of UK Clubs Have Shut Since The Pandemic, Report Finds

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Stephen O’Malley
But Remember What You Have Had

Daniel Wyche
Earthwork

Laraaji
Vision Songs, Vol. 1