Blurt

Spiritualized Announce New Album

Sweet Heart Sweet Light for release in March

Puressence

Sharpen The Knives

Child’s Play? The Hunger Games Reviewed

Suzanne Collins' young adult fiction is a global phenomenon. Co-scripted by the author and directed by Gary Ross, the big screen adaptation of the first novel in the trilogy opens today and looks set to dominate at the box office. Emily Bick finds out why 'the world will be watching'

The Lead Review: Mat Colegate On The Body’s No One Deserves Happiness

With their self-proclaimed "the grossest pop record of all time" out on Thrill Jockey tomorrow, Mat Colegate explores The Body's latest offering of epic nihilism

Actress Unveils New Mixtape, ‘Unseen__Werk No1’

The tape, loaded with all new Actress material, is available with every purchase of a new run of limited edition T-shirts

Low Culture 8: Why The For Carnation Should Not Stand In Slint’s Shadow

Slint’s Spiderland is regularly cited as one of the most important albums of the last 30 years, yet its shadowy twin The For Carnation remains defiantly under the radar. Joe Banks makes the case for its re-evaluation while pondering the evolution of post-rock

Jeff Mangum ATP Rescheduled To Next March

All Tomorrow's Parties have announced that the Jeff Mangum curated ATP has been moved to March 2012

Creative Freedom And Unbridled Joy: Beastie Boys’ Hello Nasty 25 Years On

By the time they made their fifth LP, the Beastie Boys were the band every other band wanted to be, Angus Batey says, as a reissued box set marks the album's 25th anniversary

Reissue of the Week: Shirley Collins’ Sweet England

Jude Rogers finds much to love in a timely reissue of Shirley Collins' first album from 67 years ago... just weeks before her 90th birthday

Doctor Samuel JOHNSON’S Dictionary of the new Musick: A

Wherein popular Minstrels & divers Forms of Song are subjeckt to withering Definition & justly lampoon'd for the common LISTENER

Oneohtrix Point Never Announces New Album

The sample-based Replica to be released in November; continues run of albums beginning with the letter 'R'

Ghost Town Music: Stalking Bobby Parker

Richard Scott speaks with the enigmatic, talented but seldom-discussed poet about his life, his work and his Facebook addiction and we present two new, previously unpublished poems