Mike Diver

Girls Don’t Cry: Rumer’s Favourite Albums

Platinum-selling MOR singer Rumer is back with her third album, Into Colour. She tells Simon Price about her Baker's Dozen of inspirational LPs

Smashing Pumpkins $ For Old Rope Shock

RIP Florian Schneider: A Kraftwerk Baker’s Dozen Special

Following sad news that Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider has died, we present a specially compiled Baker's Dozen of artists including Michael Rother, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Marie Davidson and Mark Lanegan on their favourite music by the _kosmische musik_ masters

2011: Celebrating The Continued Shattering Of Our Culture

Kicking off 2011's Wreath Lectures, Luke Turner argues that the continuing fragmentation of our culture and consumption is to be welcomed, and will bring forth new joys

Beautiful Losers: Jim Reid of The Jesus And Mary Chain’s Baker’s Dozen

Eschewing what he sees as the wilful obscurity of previous Baker's Dozens, Jim Reid takes Daniel Dylan Wray through the 13 records that "chiselled out The Jesus And Mary Chain"

Out West: Patrick Haggerty Of Lavender Country Interviewed

Country's all men's men and woeful moaning about lost dames, right? Wrong: back in the early 70s Patrick Haggerty defied C&W conventions - and those of gay culture at the time - by releasing an out and proud country album. This is his story.

LISTEN: New Luke Haines

Luke Haines shares lead track from new album; listen below

Martin Newell’s The Greatest Living Englishman 25 Years On

Aug Stone traces how the Cleaners From Venus cult songwriter and English eccentric Andy Partridge of XTC came together as pop geniuses in order to create lo-fi glory

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For August Reviewed By JR Moores

Forget Orange Juice, says psych, space and noise rock correspondent JR Moores, here's how to jazz up the Labour Party

A Track-By-Track Guide To Beastie Boys’ Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Two weeks before the Beastie Boys release Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, Colin McKean gives their eighth studio album the track-by-track treatment

Rammstein & Girls’ Mucky Vids Prove Why Rock Grot Is Rot Not Hot

This year hardcore porn has crossed over into the mainstream music video. Luke Turner gets all hot and bothered

Cornershop

Judy Sucks a Lemon for Breakfast