Adam White

The Perfect Sentence: Tariq Goddard’s Favourite Storytelling Songs

Novelist and publisher Tariq Goddard chooses thirteen songs that have defined his life, with a focus on the musical storytellers who inspired him to tell tales of his own from The Kinks to Ice T

Come On Fry Young: Sam Herlihy & Cold Mathematics

In the latest edition of his food column, Sam Herlihy easyJets to a freezing cold Copenhagen for a meal containing flavours by turns fascinating, delightful and which "taste like you just fell face first into a grey briny wave"

Mike Doughty

Circles Super Bon Bon Sleepless

The Breedling

IRUKANDJI

Chris Spalton need not worry, says JR Moores, his debut stab at industrial sound-art meets the mark

Upset The Rhythm Announces Anniversary Tour

A number of artists on Upset The Rhythm's roster will tour together in 2019 to mark 15 years of the label

Wild Imaginings: DJ Muggs Of Cypress Hill’s Favourite LPs

DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill guides Elizabeth Aubrey through 13 inspirational records, from Wu-Tang Clan to Mobb Deep, Led Zeppelin, Public Enemy... and Cypress Hill themselves

The Power And The Beauty: Tori Amos’ Favourite Music

From bonding with her daughter over Dolly Parton and Cocteau Twins to being starstruck by Billy Joel and Elton John, Tori Amos takes Lisa Jenkins through thirteen tracks that have defined her life and career

Natasha Barrett

Reconfiguring the Landscape

Tom Bolton has his ears re-wired by an album of carefully composed field recordings on Persistence of Sound

Magical Experiences: James Holden’s Favourite Albums

Following last year's feral The Inheritors album, Border Community label head James Holden is about to take his newly developed live show on tour, including to Field Day and Sonar Barcelona. Rory Gibb catches up with him to discuss thirteen favourite and formative albums, improvisation and atheist spirituality

Dave Gahan Hospitalised, Mode Cancel Gig

Athens orrrrrf

Divorce

Divorce

Oh Yes! Jamie Stewart Of Xiu Xiu’s Favourite Music

As Xiu Xiu release latest album Oh No, Jamie Stewart guides us through his 13 toppermost records – including three compilations! I only want the best ice cream, he tells Hannah Pezzack

Ólafur Arnalds To Play Stavanger Cathedral

Prestigious gig for Numusic Festival

Against Coalition Cuts, We Find Joy In Glee Club, NW1

Cripes & Jivens! on Saturday, Luke Turner wound up in the audience at a Glee musical. This was no West End schmaltzathon, mind, but the fruit of an invaluable community project of the kind currently facing the axe due to government cuts

Delving Into Consciousness: Hamid Drake’s Favourite Music

Percussionist Hamid Drake guides Sean Kitching through 13 favourite albums of cosmic enlightenment courtesy of Alice and John Coltrane, Don Cherry, Ravi Shankar, Jimi Hendrix and much more. Photo by Ludmilla Faccenda

LISTEN: Trail Of Dead – Up To Infinity

First taste of new album Lost Songs from Texan alt-rockers