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Ian Brown Interview: Finding The Other Side Of King Monkey

Ian Brown is back with an album which he describes as his best ever – but if you’re expecting a barrage of scally Manc arrogance and threats to cut The Quietus’ hands off, you’re mistaken. Joel McIver pulls back the curtain and reveals the hidden side of King Monkey

Foundations Of Rock: Buzzcock Steve Diggle’s Baker’s Dozen

Steve Diggle guides Stephanie Phillips through the records that shaped him, from the girl across the road who introduced him to The Beatles and Bob Dylan to the sensual allure of late era Supremes

Dignity & Labour: Fat White Family Interviewed

Arrests in Algeria, family blood feuds, unreleasable drone music, permanently broken friendships, magic mushroom vomit... Fat White Family may be poised to release a brilliant new album Forgiveness Is Yours, but as he reveals to Daniel Dylan Wray, the stress of keeping the show on the road is becoming too much for Lias Saoudi. All portraits by Louise Mason

Duval Timothy Returns With New LP, ‘Meeting With A Judas Tree’

"While making this record, I wanted to explore what the natural environment means personally," Timothy says of the record

New Classical-Specialist Streaming Service Launched

A new streaming service tailor-made for classical music launched with assistance from the London Philharmonic Orchestra earlier this week

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NYPC

How to Talk to your Son about Dangerous Extremist Influencers

With TV drama Adolescence and Andrew Tate currently in the news, author Craig Johnson asks how the toxic ideology extremist influencers became so widespread and offers practical advice to help young people affected. CW: Reference to sexual assault and violence against women. Contains mild spoilers for Adolescence. Stills courtesy of Netflix

DOWNLOAD: Crime and The City Solution

Grab 'I Have The Gun' from forthcoming compilation below

LISTEN: Vessel – Stillborn Dub

First listen of a cut from the producer's forthcoming album

Alexander Tucker New Album Out This Year

Dorwytch out in April

Disco Not Disco: Gavilán Rayna Russom Interviewed

Claire Sawers talks to the multi-disciplinary artist and counterculture queen on the release of the new Black Meteoric Star album, 'Disco'

Sam Prekop

Comma

Sam Prekop of Shrimp Boat and the Sea and the Cake delivers an album of deftly composed modular synth tracks that sounds just lovely, finds Johny Lamb

Columnus Metallicus – November Is The Cruelest Month

Toby Cook really hates November - but luckily for us, he still loves his metal. He overcomes his calendar blues to tell us what he's been bursting his eardrums with this month.

Soundhead: Robert Hampson Of Loop’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of the first Loop gigs in 22 years, Robert Hampson tells John Doran about the LPs that he feels were neglected at the time but are now finding their audience

More Retirement Hints From Morrissey

Subtext: Buy Now Before It's Too Late?