Jared Dix

35 Years On: The Smiths’ Meat Is Murder Revisited

Angus Batey looks back at The Smiths' second album and how this record changed his life

Saint Etienne

So Tough & Sound Of Water reissues

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

Nick Cave Writes Letter To Brian Eno On Israel

Nick Cave says his decision to play in Israel in 2017 was a "principled stand against those who wish to bully, shame and silence musicians"

Cross-Genre Delights: Incubate Festival 2011

Frances Morgan travels to the Incubate Festival in Tilburg to take part in a panel discussion about DIY culture, and gets lost in a weekend's worth of musical intrigue

Half Man Half Biscuit – SEOing The HMHB Back Catalogue

Impulse purchases: Oren Ambarchi Jazz (Fusion) Baker’s Dozen

The musician, label head and self-described record obsessive has eyes bigger than his stomach in his own Proustian boulangerie of jazz and fusion records. By Jennifer Lucy Allan.

Rum Music: The Best Of 2016 With Russell Cuzner

Compiling an end of year ‘top ten’ of music from the more undefinable end of the sonic spectrum always proves challenging for the Rum Music Library. But, being more accustomed to stubbornly standing with difficulty than rolling over into the recovery position of enjoyment, Russell Cuzner has risen to the challenge to highlight how 2016 has provided the widest range yet of audacious audio experiences from music’s borderlands