Mike Staples

Double O Hell: White In Theme Tune Drama

Stripes frontman reveals all on Bond soundtrack pressures

Corrupting Sonic DNA: Moby’s Favourite Albums

Moby talks Luke Turner through his formative musical influences, from Nick Drake and OMD to the sound of New York via Suicide, Silver Apples, Eric B & Rakim and Public Enemy

Deerhoof Reissue Classic Albums For Record Store Day

‘Yeah, Rock & Roll!’: Metallic Taste Of Blood’s Eraldo Bernocchi Interviewed

Quietus metal correspondent Toby Cook sits down with Eraldo Bernocchi, of the mighty Obake and more recently Metallic Taste Of Blood, and valiantly attempts to match him espresso-for-espresso

The King Blues

Save The World, Get The Girl

O’Death

Outside

Never Gonna Give ‘Em Up: Rick Astley’s Favourite Albums

The absolutely charming Rick Astley sits down with Colm McAuliffe to tell him about his favourite records, from Roxy to Biffy Clyro and Tori Amos, taking in his enduring love of pop and prog along the way

The Strange World Of… Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins is 60 on Saturday. Given how he has dedicated himself to becoming hardcore punk's most prominent renaissance man, it's become easier to forget about the music that made him. Andrew Holter chooses ten points of entry to his large and forbidding back catalogue

Daring Is Important: Gudrun Gut’s Favourite Albums

Leading light of the Berlin underground Gudrun Gut guides Jeremy Allen through 13 favourite records - she wanted them all to be Neu! but as there weren't enough, there's the Bad Seeds, Throbbing Gristle, Lana Del Rey and much more. Gudrun Gut portrait by Mv Kummer

Merzbow/Mats Gustafsson/Balázs Pándi

Cuts

Liberation Music: Terrie Ex & Thurston Moore Live At Incubate

The spirit of punk rock is not to be found in obscure band T-shirts, screaming distortion, authentic sounding lyrics or pedal boards, argues John Doran. The real fireworks are created by nakedness and a true philosophy of liberation

They Were Not Evil: The Loveable Raconteurs Of NWOBHM

Keith Kahn-Harris reviews Michael Hann’s *Denim and Leather: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal* and revisits his long-lost NWOBHM past

Wilco

Wilco (The Album)

Yara Asmar

Stuttering Music

The Beirut-based artist takes the accordion out of the beer halls of Bavaria and into the wide-open spaces of ambient electronic music

Remember That, Fucko: Hey Colossus’ Favourite Albums

With their set at Desertfest on the horizon, we asked the seven-piece to do the mathematically awkward and pick 13 favourite albums between them. Here's what they sent back

Drew McDowall Details New CD Box Set, ‘Lamina’

The six-disc set takes in rarities, live recordings and other material