Anita Sethi

Second Helpings: Neil Arthur Of Blancmange’s Favourite Albums

Following his revisit to the synth pop duo's debut album Happy Families last year, Neil Arthur looks back over 13 other top albums from his past

Home Is Where The Horror Is: The Uncanny Tales Of Adam Nevill

Sean Kitching explores the unhomely powers of horror novelist Adam Nevill, whose novel No One Gets Out Alive has recently been adapted by Netflix

Lead Review: Tara Joshi On Frank Ocean’s Blond[e]

In Frank Ocean's long (long) awaited third album, Tara Joshi finds the artist asking questions about the positive and negative effects of the immediacy of our age and is left with her own about expectation and lasting change in the face of its subversion

Inhabiting The Music: Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of her appearance on The Quietus' stage at this year's Field Day Festival, Charlotte Gainsbourg takes Jeremy Allen through her favourite albums, from Portishead to Bach, Lou Reed to her dad

Something From Nothing: The Crass Art Of Gee Vaucher

Alongside Peter Blake, Storm Thorgerson and Jamie Reid, Gee Vaucher’s record sleeve artwork is some of the most iconic and enduring of the 20th century. Alex Burrows asked her about her psychology of art

Best Served Cold: Lady Snowblood Revisited

Stephen Martin enjoys Toshiya Fujita's female revenge saga, homaged by Quentin Tarantino and recently given a deluxe Blu-ray release

Willie Isz

Georgiavania

Noel’s Foul House: Your New Weird Britain Hits For January

This month, we celebrate the nefarious goings-on of Paper Dollhouse, the wobbly non-linear Chow Mwng and the throbbing drone of NoCorner

Maarja Nuut

Une Meeles

Rockfort! French Music For June Reviewed By David McKenna

Exploring the French fringes, David McKenna looks at Gallic sprechgesang, the return of an experimental folk legend, new UK jazz from a Frenchman and absurdist chanson. Home page portrait: Arlt by Marie Losier

Billy Corgan Rumbles Swine Flu Conspiracy

It's a man made virus, according to Billy...

Cruel Intentions: Art & Iconoclasm From Manet To The Chapman Brothers

A gallery show in Mayfair on the creative potential of defacing other people’s work reveals a century and a half of artists coming together – and falling apart

Bellrays July Tour

Acid Arab

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Acid Arab drop an album of wall-to-wall heaters in the heart of winter, rousing a hibernating Bernie Brooks from his wintry den

Judas Priest, Sad Wings Of Destiny & The Birth Of Modern Metal

Four decades ago - between the release of Sad Wings Of Destiny and Sin After Sin - Judas Priest were engaged in a revolution of image and sound... one that would cement the heavy metal aesthetic for good

The Art Of Soundtracking: Steven Severin Interviewed

Shunning the rock reunion circuit, Siouxsie And The Banshees co-founder Steven Severin now explores a fertile seam composing film scores. Resuming next week, his current UK tour pairs fresh electronic sounds with Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1932 classic Vampyr. Ben Graham learns more