Katie Thomas

Noise As Abstraction: Fuzzing The Limits Of Free Speech In Thailand

Strict laws limit public discussion in Thailand, but Pisitakun Kuantalaeng has found a way to explore the unsaid through experimental noise music. As he sets off on his European tour, he talks with Eve Watling about protest, propaganda and praying for cash

Human Interactions: Agnes Obel’s Favourite Albums

With two UK dates bringing her European tour to a close next week, the Danish singer-songwriter self-pens us a top albums rundown

Plan B Photographed In Skrewdriver T Shirt

Has Ill Manors rapper had an attack of the Morrisseys?

Killing Joke’s Youth On His 13 Favourite Records

In our latest Baker's Dozen feature, Youth tells us about his 13 favourite albums

The Death Of Dissent: Richard H Kirk’s Baker’s Dozen

With the release of the Richard H Kirk and Sandoz box sets, the Cabaret Voltaire lynchpin takes us through thirteen of his favourite and most enduring albums

Remembering Louise Woodcock

Much loved performance artist, musician, comedian and DIY instigator Louise Woodcock died recently. Fergal Kinney talks to the people who knew her best. CW: this article talks about mental ill-health and suicide

The The Unveil First Studio Album since 2000, ‘Ensoulment’

The 12-track record will be released in September

Pants On Fire: Fibs By Anna Meredith

The new album by Anna Meredith is a boundary-crossing, multiphagous masterpiece, finds Anna Cafolla

Gaswerk Music Days Announces Programme

Nyege Nyege artists and more for Berlin event in Jully

Gary War / Purple Pilgrims

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The National Facility For The Regulation of Regret: Rachel Genn On Writing Addiction

Author Rachel Genn discusses how her background in the neuroscience of addiction fed into her new novel for &Other Stories, *What You Could Have Won*

No Limits: Jaakko Eino Kalevi’s 13 Favourite Albums

Finland's finest selects a varied mix of metal, jazz, funk, prog and kraut for his Baker's Dozen

Death And The Maiden

Wisteria

Death And The Maiden come from New Zealand, carry shades of the Haçienda, and venture deep into unknown places

LISTEN: New Thom Yorke

Thom Yorke shares a second track from his upcoming score for the film Suspiria

Northern Uproar: Tanya Tagaq’s Favourite Albums

With the release of her phenomenal new album, Retribution, the Inuit throat singer talks to John Freeman about the albums that make her laugh and cry. And laugh some more.

Where I’m Coming From: Visionist’s 13 Favourite Albums

From a love for choral music inspired by his grandmother, to discovering Steve Reich at school, setting up a label just to release SD Laika and seeing Cocteau Twins on Top Of The Pops 2, Visionist picks the thirteen albums that made him the artist he is today