Chris Fite-Wassilak

Inner Ear: Czech Music For October Reviewed by Jakub Knera

In the fourth part of his report on the contemporary music of Eastern and Central Europe, Jakub Knera digs into the Czech Republic's experimental and avant garde music scene and finds a creative community alive with psychedelic sounds

Smashing Pumpkins

The Aeroplane Flies High (Box Set Reissue)

Melt Yourself Down 

Pray For Me I Don’t Fit In

The new Melt Yourself Down might not be as wild and crazy as it think it is, but it's still a heck of a ride, finds CJ Thorpe-Tracey

Tim Burgess On The Quietus Hour This Week

The Charlatans' main man will be in conversation and taking your questions on this week's edition of our radio show and podcast.

Rope Ladders From Heaven: William Doyle’s Favourite Records

Ahead of his excellent latest album, Great Spans of Muddy Time, William Doyle - fka East India Youth, whose debut EP was first ever record released on The Quietus Phonographic Corporation - talks us through his Baker’s Dozen. William Doyle photo by Ryan MacPhail

Horns Up Ya Shitters! Best New Metal LPs Reviewed By Toby Cook

Toby Cook is back to wail at a McDonald's ad and review new LPs from Darkthrone, Humanfly, Baptists, Pombagira, From The Bogs Of Aughiska, Phil Anselmo & Warbeast, Blood Tsunami, Rotting Christ, Intronaut and Holly Hunt

A Safe Place For Me: Jesca Hoop’s 13 Favourite Records

Ahead of her performance at Green Man this weekend, Jesca Hoop guides Diva Harris through her 13 favourite albums, from Björk to Dylan, Cat Stevens and Kate Bush

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For April Reviewed By Kez Whelan

April is the cruelest month... unless you like gore-fixated death metal, weed infused doom and heavy as all hell avant rock, says Kez Whelan

Dawn To Dusk: Richard Dawson’s Favourite Albums

Tales of the oddest record shop on Tyneside and much more as Richard Dawson guides Jennifer Lucy Allan through an unsurprisingly diverse selection of records in this week's Baker's Dozen

From The Ashes: Enola Gay Interviewed

In 2020, Belfast guitarist Joe McVeigh became the victim of a sectarian attack, his perpetrators leaving him “one kick away from murder”. Alex Rigotti digs into how this inspired Enola Gay’s new EP, as well as the links between raves, punk and folk music. CW: Contains image of violence

Reformed Libertines Drop A Bomb On The Boogaloo

"What was it about the £1.5million fee that made you reform The Libertines", Lewis G Parker asks Pete & Carl. But will his cynicism hold when he hears them performing? All pictures courtesy of Alice Wagstaffe

“I’m Obsessed With The Weird”: Stuart Braithwaite On His New Memoir

Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai, Mayhem & Misspent Youth is the new memoir by Stuart Braithwaite. Here, Clare Archibald catches up with the guitarist to talk about the origins of the book and finding his voice as a writer

Trash, You & Me: The Story Of Suede’s Coming Up, By David Barnett

As Suede prepare to take the Royal Albert Hall by storm, biographer David Barnett recalls their last gig there 15 years ago, and the troubled times that would result in the triumph of _Coming Up_