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Musical Conversations: Mary Lattimore’s Favourite Albums

In this week's Baker's Dozen Mary Lattimore speaks to Kareem Ghezawi about the albums that have shaped her life, and how musical friendships sustain her work

Stir My Teenage Soul: Karl ‘Regis’ O’Connor’s Favourite LPs

Karl O'Connor guides Luke Turner through the 13 teenage hits that made him Regis, with tales of smelling like a badger on the mail train to Brum and what happens when you get a member of Einstürzende Neubauten the wrong gravel on the way

The Anxious Middle: Wittgenstein Jr Reviewed

Will Rees gets in to Lars Iyer's eagerly-awaited followup to the Spurious Trilogy, Wittgenstein Jr, a book of anxiety, fragmentation and strange optimism

Peter Hammill

…All That Might Have Been…

I Like Trains & Datarock Join Latitude Festival Bill

Suffolk festival grows

LISTEN: Simo Cell On Livity Sound

French producer Simo Cell returns to Livity Sound for new 12" closing out a bumper year for the label

Mika Vainio’s Final UK Performance To Be Released

The recording of the set had been thought to be lost for 18 months

Quietus Reissues Etc Of The Year 2017, In Association With Norman Records

These are the reissues, compilation, mixes and all-important "etc" that we have been getting most pleasure from this year. This chart was compiled by John Doran out of polls from Patrick Clarke, Christian Eede, Luke Turner, Anna Wood & himself based on their favourites of the year since January 1.

London Ladies An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump Talk Gloom & Winging It

Isobel George speaks to An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump, the latest band to stomp a black boot on the face of nu-Rave East London.

Moritz Von Oswald Trio

Fetch

A Is For Alienation: Jason Lytle Of Grandaddy Interviewed

Jason Lytle of psychedelic rural rockers Grandaddy talks to Belgian American Milk Tray Man, Mr Charles Ubaghs

Winners’ Music: Daniel Patrick Quinn’s Favourite Albums

Island-dwelling outsider musician and One More Grain brain Daniel Patrick Quinn tells us about his 13 favourite albums from Suede to Fela Kuti, Nico to Robert Wyatt and Gamelan to ELO, plus the sound of a snipe drumming, and wonders whether he'd have sexual feelings for Jeff Lynne were he a woman.

Oneohtrix Point Never & Rene Hell Split LP Due

Music For Reliquary House/In 1980 I Was A Blue Square set for release in September

Kali Malone

Does Spring Hide Its Joy

Teaming up with Lucy Railton and Sunn O)))'s Stephen O’Malley, Kali Malone's latest creates a time distortion field of sine tones, e-bows, and spidery cello lines

More Names For Incubate

Shackleton, Silver Apples and more set for September edition of the Dutch festival

Listening To The Messages: Oumou Sangaré’s Favourite Albums

Malian musician Oumou Sangaré speaks to David McKenna about her favourite music, being discovered by Ali Farka Touré, and collaborating with Alicia Keys and Tony Allen