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INTERVIEW: Belle & Sebastian Martian Cannibal Musical

Belle & Sebastian's Mick Cooke tells us about his new musical Cannibal Women Of Mars, premiering in Glasgow tonight

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The Marshall Suite: Cat Power’s Favourite Albums

Chan Marshall guides Diva Harris through 13 albums that have soundtracked her life, from stealing cars to heartbreak and escaping difficult times

There Is Life On Mars: The Besnard Lakes Interviewed

"Is there life on Mars?" Major Neil Kulkarni asks Captain Jace Lasek of spacebound craft The Besnard Lakes. Their stellar conversation is beamed back for your ellucidation, evaluation and entertainment - no sat nav necessary

Obscure 2008 Breakbeat Vinyl Breaks Discogs Sale Record

Scaramanga Silk's 'Choose Your Weapon' has become the most expensive record ever sold via the online music marketplace

LIVE REPORT: Temples Festival

Harry Sword fires up a Bristol cone and heads to the city's inaugural Temples Festival for a right royal flattening from Electric Wizard, Satan's Satyrs, Anaal Nathrakh, Brutal Truth and more

Music As Mountain Railroad: Jeb Loy Nichols’ Favourite Records

Musician and crate-digger extraordinaire Jeb Loy Nichols tells the stories behind the stops on his musical railroad, from a deep friendship with Adrian Sherwood and the heroes of Muscle Shoals that led to a love of bluegrass, country, reggae and soul

Panning For Gold: Fimber Bravo’s Favourite Music

In this week's Baker's Dozen, Zakiya Mckenzie speaks to steel pan legend Fimber Bravo about his favourite music, from Aretha Franklin to Stormzy and Johnny Cash; Sun-Ra, Hot Chip and Miles Davis

Kandodo Announces Debut Album

kandodo for release through Thrill Jockey on 11th June

A Babylonian Tower: Marc Hollander’s Favourite Music

Marc Hollander's Aksak Maboul have released one of the albums of the year and his Crammed Discs label have consistently provided a wide-ranging soundtrack to the globe. He guides David McKenna through favourite albums in this week's Baker's Dozen

Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band

Adiós Señor Pussycat

From dearly beloved Mick Head, the first new songs in more than a decade and the first album with his excellent new band

Flying Lotus Live & The Tibetan Audiobook of The Dead

Gary Suarez was inspired to read Burroughs by Flying Lotus, so he went to see the producer's two recent dates in New York and asks why philosophical questions on death itself so infrequently appears as subject matter in hip-hop

Frank Black And The Catholics – The Complete Studio Albums Box Set

With The Catholics, Pixies mainman Frank Black worked hard and he worked fast. The results are well worth revisiting, says JR Moores

LISTEN: New Cat Power & Lana Del Rey

Cat Power's new single sees her team up with Lana Del Rey

Stripping Away The Scaffolding: An Interview With Eimear McBride

The author of A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing and The Lesser Bohemians talks to Hannah Clark about her new novel, Strange Hotel

Dark Entries Unveils New Patrick Cowley Archive EP, ‘Malebox’

The six cuts featured were recorded by the late artist between 1979 and 1981