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LISTEN: Body/Head – ‘Actress’

Listen to the first track taken from Kim Gordon and Bill Nace's debut collaborative album as Body/Head

COMPETITION: Win Watain Merch

Enter our competition to win a selection of merchandise from the Swedish black metal crew below

WATCH: 65daysofstatic – ‘Prisms’

Watch first video to be taken from long-running crew's new album

Plex/Colony/Bleed Line-Up Announced

Ancient Methods, Metasplice, Pangaea, Perc (pictured), DJ Spider and more for colossal Corsica Studios showdown in November

WATCH: Factory Floor At Pukkelpop

Film from this weekend's Pukkelpop festival in Belgium catches them on firey form

LISTEN: E.m.m.a – Lost Encarta Files Mix

Download a mix from Keysound-signed producer, featuring a scattering of unreleased early material, plus tracks from her new album

WATCH: New Grumbling Fur Video

Watch Michael Lewis' unofficial visual accompaniment to 'The Ballad Of Roy Batty' below

LISTEN: Choral Death Grips Cover

Odd version of 'Guillotine' surfaces online

WATCH: Pixies – New Material?

Could Vine clip be a taster of new Pixies material?

PREVIEW: Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival

Clinic, Alasdair Roberts & Friends, The Pastels and more are on the bill this year - have a watch of some highlights picked out by the organisers

Cabaret Voltaire: 83-85 Boxset Announced

Following recent Red Mecca reissue, Cabs continue their Mute reissue program with a 6CD/4LP/2DVD boxset collating material from 1983-1985

WATCH: Faint Wild Light – ‘Debris’

Watch the video for the first track from a new project by Emptyset's James Ginzburg

WATCH/INTERVIEW: Melvins

Watch the band cover the Butthole Surfers in front of an ice cream van in Chicago before reading them tell Jamie Thomson about this year's covers album, Everybody Loves Sausages

Forward Motion: Nick Saloman Of The Bevis Frond Interviewed

Mark Burgess talks to Nick Saloman from cult UK psych rockers the Bevis Frond about persistence and psychedelia

LISTEN: John Wizards Quietus Mix

Listen to a mix of influences, exclusives and incidental sound from Cape Town-based band, whose debut album is released through Planet Mu in September

Liars Discuss Unhinged New Material

Angus Andrew talks about "less cerebral" direction

Behold! August’s Quietus Comics Round Up Column

Mat Colegate, Aug Stone, and Reggie Chamberlain-King present the best comics they've read this summer

Cigarettes & Fine White Wine: Asia Argento & Alan Bishop In Conversation

Asia Argento has finished recording Total Entropy, her first full-length album. Between shooting scenes for a new film in Corsica, she speaks to Alan Bishop of Sun City Girls and Sublime Frequencies about the album, music, writing and, of course, smoking

Øya Festival: Norwegian Acts Top Fives

Delegates to this week's ace Oslo festival pick out their five must-see Norwegian acts

Shit & Shine, Powell & More In London

Diagonal label night next week brings Powell, Shit & Shine, Blood Music and Regis' Sandra Electronics to London this Wednesday

LISTEN: Colony’s Summer Rave Bangers

In advance of their Summer Rave at Corsica Studios this Saturday, the folks at Colony compile us a playlist of some of their favourite rave bangers, from militant Detroit techno and speed garage to twisted darkside D&B and chipmunk vocal heaven. Some of these'll take yer hair off...

Livity Sound Announce CD

Bristol trio of Peverelist, Kowton and Asusu to release compilation of all their Livity Sound material to date

Unsound 2013: UR, Dean Blunt & More

Next set of names for Krakow festival is looking tasty indeed - Underground Resistance, Anthony Naples, Dean Blunt, and more

LISTEN: South London Ordnance (Factory Floor Remix)

Stream Nik Void's stark and noisy remix of South London Ordnance's 'Modular Splash', taken from upcoming EP

WATCH: Cabaret Voltaire – Landslide

Seminal Sheffield band's Red Mecca re-released and remastered through Mute - out now

LISTEN: Girls Names (Factory Floor Remix)

Listen to Factory Floor's Gabe Gurnsey craft a driving, acid-flecked take on Girls Names' 'Projektions'

Imaginary Forces On RudeFM.com On Friday

Second in monthly series airing on Friday, with guest appearance from Jamie Kodiak

THIS WEEK: Samuel Kerridge, London

Recent Downwards signing and crafter of exquisitely slow techno to play London this Thursday

LISTEN: Chop Quietus Mix

In advance of his new album Illuminate being released, listen to an exclusive mix of cosmically-minded and hypnotic goodness from the artist formerly known as Mr. Chop

Varg Vikernes Arrested

Norwegian musician nicked in France

A Track-By-Track Preview Of Rock And Roll Animals By Luke Haines

Luke Haines' new album is about a trio of "furry freaks" fighting the Angel Of The North. Intrigued? We asked him to tell us more...