Nikita Velichko

40 Years On: Malcolm McLaren’s Duck Rock Revisited

Malcolm McLaren’s innovative Duck Rock is often held up as the embodiment of cultural appropriation, though the dues the roguish impresario owes to the French are less often acknowledged or explored, says Jeremy Allen

My Bloody Valentine: New LP Out By 2013(?)

Kevin Shields tells the NME MBV's new album will be released before the year is out; confirms Japan festival slot; hell set to freeze over

Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Bizarre Love Triangles on Film

_Don't_ call it a comeback. Dave Moats explains how Woody Allen's much hyped 'return to form' succeeds despite the filmmaker's considerable legacy hanging over the proceedings. Plus The Quietus collects 10 more bizarre love triangles captured on screen.

Metallica Artwork Revealed

13 Reasons Why I Can’t Pick My 13 Favourite Records, By Drew Daniel

When we asked Drew Daniel of Matmos and The Soft Pink Truth for his Baker's Dozen, he refused - and with good reasons. Thirteen of them, to be precise. Here Daniel presents them in an essay titled A Rant Against The Quantification Of Aesthetics. All photographs courtesy of Drew Daniel

Incestuous Unions: Pixies’ Come On Pilgrim Revisited

Twenty-five years after its release, John Freeman looks back on a life-changing debut record bursting with darkness, death and illicit sex and brilliant pop songs

Beautiful Artefacts: Jon Spencer’s Favourite Albums

The Blues Explosion frontman whittles down his favourite albums to a mean 13

God’s Own Medicine: Wayne Hussey’s Favourite Albums

We put in a long-distance call to Brazil to ask The Mission frontman and former Sister Of Mercy about the gems in his record collection

A Zola Jesus Baker’s Dozen: 13 LPs By Women Who Inspired Me To Sing

Zola Jesus (Nika Rosa Danilova) gives us a special Baker's Dozen - 13 albums by female singers who inspired her to find her own voice

Observing Terror: A Sex Swing Interview

Harry Sword speaks to Sex Swing about murder, chess boxing, lightning strikes, the meaning of psychedelia and their seedy and brutally physical debut LP. Photos by Steve Gullick

Bon Appétit: James Acaster’s Favourite Albums

From the tiny emo scene of noughties Kettering to a love of underground hip-hop and the undying appeal of a cult classic, comedian James Acaster takes Emma Garland through the albums that have defined his life

Evergreen Thirteen: Will Young’s Favourite Albums

Following the release of his sixth album, 85% Proof, last year the singer-songwriter changes into some comfortable trousers and talks Ian Wade through his 13 all-time favourite records

Junk Shop Classical on George Antheil: Music Stories Told £1 LP By £1 LP

American composer George Antheil – the self-proclaimed "bad boy of music" – was a pioneer of sound who had a shot at the big time and blew it. But he found a place in history, putting into practice a trailblazing invention by "the most beautiful woman in the world", Hedy Lamarr

New Spoken Word LP Set To Celebrate The Poetry Of Sun Ra

'My Words Are Music' features contributions from L'Rain and TV on The Radio's Tunde Adibempe, among others

Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC for July

Noel Gardner delivers ten more frowning bales of intemperate earslaughter, including the perfectly executed anarcho punk of Subdued, the oppressively fucked sound of rising Leeds teenagers Narkotyk, and the feral, bare-brick recordings of Vancouver's Bootlicker

From Zap To Zwirner: Robert Crumb’s Comix Legacy

While Robert Crumb’s style and dedication to his generation’s underground comix artists has inspired a huge array of artists from a variety of backgrounds and of numerous identities, for decades his depictions and framing of women and his adoption of racist stereotypes have been under fire