Dhruva Balram

Why Documenting Your Culture Is An Act Of Resistance, By Emma Warren

We're living in fragmented times in which small communities and the places they meet are increasingly vital, even as they're threatened. Emma Warren argues that documenting these spaces (as she did in the excellent Make Some Space book about Total Refreshment Centre) can be a radical act. Photo by William Autmans

Talking Heads To Reunite For Q&A Session Amid ‘Stop Making Sense’ Re-Release

'Stop Making Sense' has been restored for a new theatre release to mark its 40th anniversary

Milk Music

Cruise Your Illusion

Curiosity, Community, Cacophony: Helm’s Baker’s Dozen

Helm, aka Luke Younger, takes us through the 13 records that shaped his prolific career, from a teenage love of Manic Street Preachers and Therapy? to chance encounters with Bob Tilton and John Luther Adams

US Artist Visa Fees To Increase By More Than $500

The increase in application costs for O and P visas to tour the US is lower than expected

A World Where Everything Is Cool: Joel Gion’s Baker’s Dozen

From carrying a Marvin Gaye cassette in his pocket to reciting the entirety of Easy Rider, and the glory of Psychedelic Brazil to the real Beatles, Joel Gion of the Brian Jonestown Massacre talks to Harry Sword about the 13 records that mean the most to him.

Witch Hunts, Resurgence and Defiance: Heavy Metal In The Middle East

Twenty years on from the arrests of 100 Egyptian metal fans, across a series of interviews across the Middle East Patrick Clarke speaks to metal musicians about their defiance to keep the genre thriving, despite risks of imprisonment, torture, and in some cases, execution.

Potential Fulfilled: The Great Escape 2015 Reviewed

The Brighton festival celebrated ten years of service with an ace selection of newcomers, welcome returners and a few choice oldies. Stuart Huggett and Laurie Tuffrey round up the highlights from the three-dayer

Go West (Again): A Second Irish Rum Music Special

What is it in the abandoned car parks and the landscape of the West of Ireland that, right now, makes it such a fertile place for out-there sounds? Ian Maleney reviews some recent releases, and previews upcoming live events in our second Rum Music West Of Ireland special

All In It: British Sea Power’s Scott Wilkinson On His Favourite LPs

Ahead of British Sea Power's soundtracking of Polish animation at the Barbican as part of Kinoteka Film Festival and the release of new album Let The Dancers Inherit The Party, vocalist Scott Wilkinson guides Richard Foster through his favourite albums, from War Of The Worlds to Mighty Sparrow, Pavement and more. Photo by Mayumi Hirata

Beloved Transmissions: Mary Anne Hobbs’ Favourite Albums

Ahead of her curation at the Manchester International Festival, Mary Anne Hobbs guides Daniel Dylan Wray on an inspiring trip through 13 records that shaped her life