The Pataphysics Of Connecting: Alex Farrar Gets Physical

With a major solo show currently on view at Bloc Projects, Sheffield, and another opening this weekend at SE8 Gallery, London, Alex Farrar talks to Allan Gardner about precarity, anxiety and making art inspired by sweat and fingernail clippings

TOMORROW: The Oscillation At Corsica

... is the first of Baba Yaga's Hut fine run of upcoming gigs, including Terminal Cheesecake, Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore and Melt Banana; prime yourself with a video playlist below

(13 On The) Wheels Of Steel: Biff Byford Of Saxon’s Favourite LPs

Biff Byford guides Michael Hann through the 13 records of riff-heavy magic that shaped Saxon

The Archivist: Mark Webber of Pulp’s Baker’s Dozen

From his first discovery of The Velvet Underground to a cruise with Father John Misty, via mixtapes personally compiled for him by Spacemen 3 and encounters with Alex Chilton, Pulp’s Mark Webber takes Jonathan Wright through his favourite records

Reel Sounds – Vol. 3: IDLES, Toy Pianos And More At Doc’n Roll 2020

In the most unusual year, Doc'n Roll remains reassuringly reliable – this year programme features gems for hipsters and forklift-ers alike, finds Neil Fox

The Science Museum Have The Horn

Huge loudspeaker returns to the Kensington, London

Volcano Choir

Unmap

Pete Paphides Launches New Podcast

Long Player, set to feature in-depth interviews and anecdotes, will start with episode featuring Jimmy Webb next week

Laughing In The Face Of Death: On Paris & The Charlie Hebdo Attack

Reporting back from last night's vigil for the victims of yesterday's atrocity, our Paris correspondent Jeremy Allen asks how it will affect French society and, optimistically, if it will galvanise the nation's left