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Elements Of Confusion: Nick McCabe Of Black Submarine’s Favourite LPs

With New Shores, the long-awaited debut by Black Submarine, out this week, the former Verve guitarist goes from teenage mainstays to recently-heard favourites in his top 13 albums

Rum Music: Psychological Releases From The Outer Reaches

Russell Cuzner explores recent albums from the far leftfield, including posthumous work by Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Nurse With Wound, Michal Jacaszek, and a Russell Haswell with Pain Jerk collaboration

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

Rum Music: Lending An Ear On Borrowed Time, With Russell Cuzner

In which a mysterious presentation enhances the listening powers of staff at the Rum Music Library as they go on to pick Spring’s most profound experiences in sound, including the latest releases from Russell Haswell, Francisco López, Sophie Cooper & Julian Bradley, Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Carl Michael von Hausswolff and Zbigniew Karkowski

30 Years On: Pixies’ Trompe Le Monde Revisited

30 years on from Pixies’ “swan song", Brian Coney revisits Trompe Le Monde

Impulse purchases: Oren Ambarchi Jazz (Fusion) Baker’s Dozen

The musician, label head and self-described record obsessive has eyes bigger than his stomach in his own Proustian boulangerie of jazz and fusion records. By Jennifer Lucy Allan.

PREVIEW: Recon Festival

JR Moores looks forward to the Yorkshire Festival of all things loud & unusual

The Dandy Warhols Say “Free The Weed”

Band to play pot legalising gig at grot mansion

The Real Tuesday Weld

Blood

The beginning of the end for The Real Tuesday Weld, Blood is the first of three 'swan songs' for the cult London band, prompting a reflection on artistic legacies, fom Neil Fox

Speaking Rhythms: Valentina Magaletti’s Baker’s Dozen

Prolific drummer and collaborator Valentina Magaletti marks the release of Tomaga's finest album by telling Jennifer Lucy Allan about her favourite 13 albums, from The Cure to Miles Davis, Art Blakey, and Can to Deerhoof, This Heat and the Art Ensemble Of Chicago. Photo by Adele di Nunzio

Apollo 13: Adam Ant’s Favourite Albums

Adam Ant is back after years in the creative wilderness. Here he discusses his all-time favourite LPs with Joe Clay