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Effort For Effortlessness: Neil Finn’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of his forthcoming solo album Dizzy Heights, the Crowded House man talks Barnaby Smith through his 13 favourite records

Crime Plays: Writer Ian Rankin On His 13 Favourite Albums

Ian Rankin talks to Luke Turner about his life in music, and how he'd like to write novels based on Joy Division and David Bowie albums

Mogwai

A Wrenched Virile Lore

WIN: La Route Du Rock Tickets

VIP wristbands and travel to ace French festival up for grabs

Ongoing Adventures: Rachel Unthank’s Favourite Albums

Jude Rogers speaks to Rachel Unthank about her abiding love for and political importance of maintaining the folk tradition... but explains she wasn't averse to a bit of Faith No More when it all got too much. This week's Baker's Dozen.

Bizarre Distractions: An Uncle Acid Cinematic Baker’s Dozen

With their new LP The Night Creeper out now, Mat Colegate talks to Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats singer Kevin Starrs about the horror and exploitation films that feed into the band's rich world of imagery and music

Glitch And Aberration: Svetlana Maraš Interviewed

Svetlana Maraš talks to Lucia Udvardyova about music education, Belgrade and escaping repetition

Sisters Of Mercy Announce UK Shows

Band will play two UK headline shows later this year

PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake: Track-By-Track Review

A second straight masterpiece for PJ Harvey, following the sublime White Chalk? Alex Denney reckons so as he delivers the verdict on Let England Shake

Dreamweaver: How Wayne’s World’s Cassandra Broke The Comedy Mould

As Wayne's World turns 30 years old, one of the most impressive and enduring parts of the buddy comedy remains the groundbreaking impact of Tia Carrere's Cassandra, finds James Luxford

The Low Culture Podcast: John & Luke On Prick Up Your Ears

This month Luke and John discuss 1987 film Prick Up Your Ears, Stephen Frears' account of the lives and tragic deaths of Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell.

Trial

Vessel

Klara Lewis & Simon Fisher Turner

Care

An extraordinary, moving montage of field recordings and electronics

Angel On My Shoulder: Serafina Steer’s Baker’s Dozen

From a song so good she almost forgot her shopping, to the iconoclastic brilliance of Alice Coltrane, Bas Jan’s Serafina Steer guides Stephanie Phillips through thirteen songs and albums that have inspired her

Watch: Wild Beasts Live

See Hoxton Hall show

Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto Announce New LP

The new LP captures a live show the pair played at the Sydney Opera House last year