Johnny Sharp

Watch: Ace New Horrors Video

New album a corker too

Irmin Schmidt To Release Live Album

The recording documents his Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival performance at the end of last year

Nathan Micay

Blue Spring

Inspired by Manga and 90s rave, Nathan Micay's Blue Spring offers electronic music with a widescreen palette, finds Joseph Burnett

Oren Ambarchi & Jim O’Rourke

Behold

Mission Impossible: My ‘NME 500 Greatest Albums’ Voting Hell

NME veteran Johnny Sharp (formerly Cigarettes) contributed to the magazine's 500 Best LPs Of Old Time. Here, he muses on the worth and mechanics of such a thing, and concludes there's only one thing for it: drink

Big Joanie Release One-Off Single, ‘Happier Still’

It comes ahead of the trio's live shows this month at Glastonbury and Grace Jones' Meltdown festival

“Nijinsky Meets Woolworths”: Ziggy Stardust, 40 Years On

As David Bowie's classic hits its fifth decade and gets a deluxe reissue, Matthew Lindsay takes an in-depth look at the significance of the wonderful creation that was Mr Ziggy Stardust

Off The Airwaves, On The Stereo: Mark Radcliffe’s Favourite LPs

Radio DJ hero and now musician Mark Radcliffe tells Jude Rogers tales of being seduced by David Bowie and the gift of a cheese pie from Kate Bush in this week's Baker's Dozen, also featuring the likes of Bob Marley, Joy Division and Stevie Wonder

THIS WEEKEND: Connect The Dots

Sheffield festival returns for year two, with Martyn Ware, Darkstar and Fatima Al Qadiri on the bill

Tindersticks

The Waiting Room

LISTEN: Linda Sharrock Live At Le Guess Who?

Hear a recording of the legendary jazz singer's set at one of Europe's finest festivals below

In The Nursery

1961

The twin brothers from Sheffield continue their dark electronic explorations.

Permanent David Bowie Memorial Planned In Brixton

Lightning bolt memorial to be placed in South London neighbourhood where he was born

Earl Brutus For Glastonbury!

U2, Muse and Stevie Wonder joining legends in Pilton

Magical Experiences: James Holden’s Favourite Albums

Following last year's feral The Inheritors album, Border Community label head James Holden is about to take his newly developed live show on tour, including to Field Day and Sonar Barcelona. Rory Gibb catches up with him to discuss thirteen favourite and formative albums, improvisation and atheist spirituality

Motorhead

The World Is Yours