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The latest album from the energetic Japanese quartet suggests 'cute' need not be antithetical to 'subversive', finds Amanda Farah

More Than Entertainment: Moses Boyd’s Favourite Music

Following the release of his Dark Matter album, London jazz scene mainstay Moses Boyd guides Michael Appouh through the music that shaped it, from N*/E/*/R*/D to Dizzee, Jeff Buckley and hymns of praise

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The Make-Up Reunite!

Band back together for ATP

A Cauldron Of Creative Form: Steve Reich And Gerhard Richter At The Barbican

Sean Kitching reports from the European premiere of Reich/Richter, a Barbican and Britten Sinfonia co-commission

Mighty Mighty Boosh Tones: Julian Barratt’s Favourite LPs

As Julian Barratt releases 'You Can't Handcuff The Wind', a single by alter-ego Richard Thorncroft, he guides Adrian Lobb through 13 favourite albums, from Miles Davis to Zappa, Fela Kuti and the soundtracks of the Wicker Man and more

Abstract Concrete

Abstract Concrete

The debut album from Charles Hayward’s new group lives up to the promise of their brilliant live shows for Sean Kitching

What A Haul II: Win Our 30 Best Compilations, Reissues &c Of 2010 So Far

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Telepathic Relations: An Interview With Shabazz Palaces

The astral hip hop of Seattle's Shabazz Palaces conjures up a disorienting and thrilling patchwork of shifting moods and sensations. Laura Snoad speaks to vocalist Ishmael Butler about new album Lese Majesty, the science fiction of Octavia Butler, and the importance of ambiguity

Art Power: An Interview With Khidja

Ahead of the carbon-negative Currents Festival held in a reactivated German power station, curators Khidja as well as the venue’s curator discuss the many lines they hope to draw with their artistically and environmentally ambitious first edition

If This Is Heaven I’m Bailing Out: The Death Of The Birthday Party

Amid a whirlwind of drug use, chaotic live shows and within-band animosity, The Birthday Party juddered to a halt in 1983. Daniel Dylan Wray traces the story of the band's messy dissolution, and of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' phoenix-like emergence the following year with From Her To Eternity. Interviews with Mick Harvey, Flood, Jim Thirlwell, Barry Adamson, Nick Launey, Chris Bohn, Henry Rollins, Jessamy Calkin and Hugo Race

Dysfunctional Modulation: Rian Treanor Interviewed

Following the release of his debut album via Planet Mu last month, Rian Treanor discusses mixing hip-hop, connecting with The Death Of Rave for his first releases and linking up with the network of producers surrounding Nyege Nyege festival

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Physical Resistance: Eric Clapton, Enoch Powell & Anti-Fascism

In an extract from his posthumously published anti-fascist history, Physical Resistance, Dave Hann recounts the events that lead to the birth of Rock Against Racism and pushed anti-fascism in to the mainstream

An Ommadawn Chorus: Mike Oldfield’s Favourite Albums

As Mike Oldfield releases new album Return To Ommadawn he guides Gary Kaill through 13 albums that he listened to before he began making music - after which he never listened to much music at all