Alice Woodhouse

All The Glitter: Ira Kaplan Of Yo La Tengo’s Favourite Albums

Yo La Tengo’s frontman leads April Clare Welsh through a selection of his most played LPs

LISTEN: The Fat White Family Are Joseph Stalin

...when they're not Mark E Smith

Let Us Press Pley: Jus Oborn Of Electric Wizard’s Favourite Horror Films

Electric Wizard grand magus Jus Oborn talks to Harry Sword about a lifetime of immersion in the outposts of horror, sleaze and exploitation cinema, why 'heavy' isn't about the peddles and amps you use and the importance of playing the long game.

World Class: How Radiohead Gave Us The Bends

Though The Bends has since been overshadowed by what followed, its release 25 years ago found Radiohead on the cusp of stardom. Wyndham Wallace joins them on a journey from their early days to their inevitable worldwide breakthrough

Friends Reunited: Lou Reed And John Cale’s Songs For Drella Revisited

In Songs For Drella, which is reissued this month, Andrew Holter finds a seance for Andy Warhol but also a touching study of friendship regained that can bring a tear even to an atrocity cataracted millennial eye

Rites Of Passage: The Haxan Cloak’s Favourite Heavy Metal Albums

Bobby Krlic may well be primarily known as an electronic music producer, but he grew up a heavy metal obsessive. As commissioned by Kevin Martin as part of our Bug Week, he tells John Doran about the 13 metal albums he loved the most when he was young

Discogs Surpasses 37 Million Releases For Sale

There are now more than 37 million physical music releases on sale via online music marketplace Discogs

Full Clip: August’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed By Gary Suarez

My Pioneers: Santigold’s Favourite Albums

In this week's Baker's Dozen, Santigold takes Tara Joshi through 13 favourite albums from Salt-N-Pepa to the Cocteau Twins, Fela Kuti, Nina Simone and Bad Brains, and points out that while Morrissey might have gone wrong, you can't take away what his songs once gave her