Sean McGeady

A Document in Time: Neil Halstead Of Slowdive’s Baker’s Dozen

With Slowdive reformed and about to release their fourth album (as well as playing Field Day and Roskilde), Neil Halstead tells Joe Clay about the gateway albums that influenced him the most. Photo by Ingrid Pop.

Ghostpoet

Some Say I So I Say Light

Sounds Behind The Power: Lotic’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of their appearance at this year's Unsound Festival, Lotic speaks to Aimee Armstrong about the 13 records that inspired them through life and music

Road Of The King! Trekking The Annapurna Sanctuary, Part 2

In the second half of his account of trekking Nepal's Annapurna Sanctuary (in one pair of trousers), Daniel Ross heads for Annapurna Base Camp, via cloud forest and treacherous, snow-coated plain

An Exclusive Extract From The Bad Seeds’ Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Book

Nick Cave has collaborated with artists Sue Webster and Tim Noble to produce Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, a superb little book of sketches, photographs, and sundry scribbles. In an extract from the book, they explain how it all came together.

Years Of Cocktail-Flash: The Fall In 1980

Forty years ago, the mighty Fall hit one of their most majestic strides and made a string of unimpeachably excellent records. Angus Batey harks back

A Highly Magnified World: Ryoichi Kurokawa’s Adventures In The Nanosphere

Tristan Bath travels to Braga, Portugal, to explore Japanese artist Ryoichi Kurokawa's adventures in nanotech, nanostructures, and nanoscience

Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Management Shares Musician’s “Final Playlist”

Featuring music by Ennio Morricone, Laurel Halo and more, the late artist prepared the playlist for his own funeral

PREMIERE: Tim Burgess Shares ‘The Mall’ Video

It's the second track to be unveiled from his next album

Children Of Alice

Children Of Alice

Walk On In Darkness: Tom G Warrior’s 13 Favourite LPs

Tom G Warrior of Celtic Frost, Triptykon and Hellhammer speaks to Jimmy Martin about the elements that fed his nightmare kaleidoscope, from Quincy Jones to Venom, Roxy Music to the 'Sisters and 'Sabbath

Kiran Leonard

Derevaun Seraun

Inspired by Manchester Central Library, and by Joyce, Camus and Lispector among others, Kiran Leonard's new album wears its influences lightly.

Horns Up Ya Shitters! July’s Best Metal Reviewed

'Like having your limbs ripped off and being beaten to death with the soggy ends'? Yes, it can mean only one thing - Toby Cook returns to take you by the hand and lead you through the month's best heavy metal

Flaming Lips Announce Tour Details

Plus, new record titled _Embryonic_