Theo Ploeg

Noel’s Straight Hedge: The Best Punk & HC Of 2020

Noel Gardner marks a full decade of reportage from the claret pumping edge of punk rock, HC, oi, crust &c. by bringing you his prime cuts from 2020

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

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Never Mind The Bootlegs: Aaron Dilloway’s Favourite Music

Aaron Dilloway picks thirteen 7"s, LPs, bootleg VHS and cassettes for his Baker’s Dozen, which veers from field recordings of bigfoot to experimental classical music from the early 20th century

LISTEN: New Resina Album

Cellist Resina streams her second album in full ahead of its release later this week

Har Mar Superstar Back With New Album

_Dark Touches_ out later this year

Auto-Invention: The Soft Boys’ Underwater Moonlight Revisited

Nobody wanted what The Soft Boys were selling in 1980, but as David Bennun recounts, their superb swan song, Underwater Moonlight, made them a Velvet Underground for new generations of jangle and psych bands. This feature was first published on 29/06/20

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

Semi-Chaotic Elements: Ekoplekz’ Favourite Albums

With his third album on Planet Mu out, Nick Edwards gives us an in-depth trawl through his top 13 LPs, a Baker's Dozen that scans his formative 90s electronica influences and acts as a "reference point" to Reflekzionz

Eccentronic Research Council

The Dreamcatcher Tapes Volumes 1 & 2

Lockdown dreams provide the source material for the latest output from the Eccentronic Research Council

Music For A Chameleon: Gary Numan’s 13 Favourite Albums

Quietus hero Gary Numan tells Julian Marszalek about his 13 favourite albums and how they "kicked my arse"... plus the time Freddie Mercury sent a limo to buy him a Big Mac

Silver Linings: Tamara Lindeman’s Baker’s Dozen

From her challenging relationship with Joni Mitchell to the picks from the thriving music community in her native Toronto, The Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman takes Zara Hedderman through thirteen albums that shaped her songwriting

Virtual Mentors: Arooj Aftab’s Favourite Albums

Arooj Aftab takes Jessica Wrigglesworth through thirteen albums that have defined her life and career, from her childhood in Lahore to studying at Berklee, the "New York hustle" of her 20s to her rise to international acclaim

Parallel Worlds: Peter Strickland’s Favourite Albums

On the occasion of the Berberian Sound Studio and Katalin Varga director releasing Wasp Boutique, a collaboration between Art-Errorist and Zsolt Sőrés, on his record label, and with a new feature film on the way, he sits down with Colm McAuliffe to talk 13 formative favourites

Early Madonna Tracks Appear Online

Andrew Morton sticks songs up

Palehorse Announce New Album

London metal crew set to release "the best record we've ever written"