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Aphex Twin Leads Warp’s 20th Birthday Celebrations

Label has special events and releases planned for whole of 2009

Al Green Interviewed: Michael Jackson, Demons & The Lord

Hazel Sheffield got to talk to soul legend Al Green recently. It's a shame there were Demons listening in

Various Artists

In A Moment… Ghost Box

Noel’s Foul House: Your New Weird Britain for November

Roll up and scroll down for our every-two-months selection of the proper tasty stuff. This time: The Gasman is jaunty and creepy, Kayla Painter is glitchy and punchy, Shelley Parker is superb and surprising

Upsammy

Germ in a Population of Buildings

On her follow-up to 2020’s *Zoom*, producer upsammy oozes confidence through restraint

Devo

Hardcore

Alan Vega LP, ‘Insurrection’, Set For Posthumous Release

It follows a 2021 record of previously unreleased material by the late artist called 'Mutator'

Music Of The Month: Albums & Tracks We’ve Loved This November

Before we get our whopper out next week, here's our little monthly roundup of joy and succour: with Audiobooks, Planningtorock, Big Joanie and a little gem from the isle of Eigg

Leeds’ Wire Club To Close Permanently In June

The venue's management cited the cost of living crisis and other factors as reasons for its impending closure

Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize: An Odious, Tokenistic Insult To Pop

Yesterday Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, prompting much wailing & gnashing of the teeth. David Bennun argues this was a patronising affront to the noble art of pop

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

New Beastie Boys Memoir In The Works

ADROCK and Mike D will contribute to a new book about the Beastie Boys set to be published by Spiegel & Grau later this year

The Embers Of Decades: Ashtray Navigations Interviewed

Adam Lehrer talks to Phil Todd and Mel Ó Dubhshláine about the release of an expansive anthology charting almost 30 years' work by cult psychedelic band, Ashtray Navigations

How Lowland Can You Go? Things Learned At Roadburn

Between the beer, the bicycles and the cops, Jamie Thomson was lucky to make it back from Roadburn in the Netherlands in one piece. Here is his (possibly) final report from the festival

Test Dept For Raw Power

Test Dept:Redux set to play first ever London show at the weekender in May

That Goes In There: Jane Savidge On The Art Of This Is Hardcore

Jane Savidge was the co-founder and head of public relations company Savage & Best who looked after Pulp during their late 90s pomp. In an exclusive extract from her new book for Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series, she picks apart the tricky sexual politics of the group’s notorious cover art for *This is Hardcore*