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“I Enjoy Silence!”: Michael Rother’s 13 Favourite Albums

With a show at London's Under The Bridge on 5 April, Michael Rother of Neu!, Harmonia, and a newly-boxsetted solo career takes Patrick Clarke through his life in 13 records, from Little Richard to Fuck Buttons, even though he doesn't really listen to music any more

My Quest for Breaking Everything: John Cale’s Favourite Music

The Velvet Underground co-founder and longstanding experimental outlier reflects fondly on his 18-hour long debut US performance, producing for The Stooges and writing an ode to Brian Wilson, and makes a case for the avant-garde genius of Snoop Dogg

Crime Plays: Writer Ian Rankin On His 13 Favourite Albums

Ian Rankin talks to Luke Turner about his life in music, and how he'd like to write novels based on Joy Division and David Bowie albums

“Yes It’s F*cking Political!”: Skin’s Favourite Albums

Skunk Anansie vocalist Skin guides Louise Brown through 13 favourite records, from Holst to Nina Simone, Everything But The Girl, Sepultura and Amy Winehouse

Wot No Jazz Funk?! Cosey Fanni Tutti’s Favourite Records

As Cosey Fanni Tutti releases one of the albums of the year thus far, she sits down with Luke Turner to discuss 13 records that shaped her, from the soundtrack to pre-COUM hippy days in Hull to the present day

Les Rallizes Dénudés’ Three Albums To Be Reissued

The Japanese band's records will be made available with newly remastered audio

Tape Adapter: October’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Gary Suarez may have four score and nineteen problems but a cogent position on all of this month's key hip hop mix tapes ain't one

Not Man Vs. Woman: Reykjavíkurdætur Interviewed

Before they play their hometown for Sonar Reykjavík, the rap collective tell Karl Smith about providing a platform for empowerment, getting turned away from hip-hop nights and fending off adolescent cucumber volleys

The Horror! The Horror! In Defence Of Cannibal Corpse

Joel McIver holds up a mirror to ten songs about murder, rape and torture – and sees the man in the street looking back at him

The Lead Review: Tristan Bath On Stara Rzeka’s Zamknęły się oczy ziemi

With the upcoming release of what looks to be the last ever Stara Rzeka album, Tristan Bath looks back through Kuba Ziołek's longterm interaction with the intricacies of the modern physical world

Flying Lotus Interviewed: Exploring The Esprit Of The LA Bass Lord’s 2008

Kev Kharas prepares his Lotus notes to ask Warp Records' Steven Ellison about J Dilla, his Los Angeles long-player, and his place in global beat culture this 2008