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Beat Konducta Vols. 5 & 6

Why Mainstream AIDS Drama It’s A Sin Is Right To Provoke Tears Of Rage

Remembering what it was like to grow up in the shadow of AIDS, Luke Turner argues that Russell T Davies' moving drama It's A Sin provides an overdue opportunity for society to recognise its complicity in the crisis, as well as similar injustices today

A Flash Of White Heat: John Stanier Of Battles’ Favourite Albums

With Battles' new LP La Di Da Di out, the drummer with the highest cymbal in rock takes a journey through hardcore, hip-hop and baroque and reveals his 'never-leave-home-without-it security blanket record' for Kiran Acharya

Gorgeous: Graham Massey Of 808 State’s Favourite Albums

Graham Massey guides Julian Marszalek through 13 favourite albums, from Santana to Bowie, Gong, Magma, Miles Davis, and the time he went out for kebabs with Marshall Allen

PREVIEW: Longplayer Day

We preview Longplayer Day, this week's London-based solstice arts festival, with Adam Scovell writing a piece on his Robert Macfarlane collaboration, Holloway

Diabolical Crackers: Trans Am’s Favourite Albums

With new LP Volume X just out, the Washington D.C. trio split the top albums rundown three ways and self-pen us their Baker's Dozen

LISTEN: Lee Gamble Remixes Chevel

I Ate It All Up In Fast Forward: Ariel Pink’s Favourite LPs

Ariel Pink shares 13 of his favourite records, taking in albums from Ata Kak, The Shaggs and John Maus amongst others

WATCH: Clip From Efterklang’s Contemporary Opera

The video was captured at a performance in Copenhagen of the group's contemporary opera project

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Erasure’s Andy Bell On Hastings Life & Selling Bread To The Cheeky Girls

In advance of the release of Erasure's _Total Pop!_, Andy Bell talks to Luke Turner about his new life in the south coast town of Hastings

F**king Pop Classics: Alan McGee’s Favourite Albums

The former Creation Records, now 359 Music man charts his musical history from child of glam to record label boss with Alex Niven

Theatre Of Extremities: On Red Bull & The QT Agenda At C2C 2015

Jazz Monroe braves a sticky sea of Red Bull at Turin's Club To Club festival to ponder the sickly hyper-commercialised metapop of QT and SOPHIE in the context of Italian austerity. Photograph by Andrea Macchia

Playing For Keeps: Cate Le Bon’s Favourite Albums

With her UK tour just started, singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon tells John Freeman about how an attitude of playfulness runs through her 13 top LPs

13 Steps To Perfection: El-P’s Favourite Albums

The rapper, producer and Definitive Jux head honcho rifles through his racks and picks out his top 13 records