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LISTEN: New Lindstrøm & Todd Terje

Duo announce tour partnering with new track Lanzarote

Lucky Star: Madonna’s Debut Album, 35 Years On

Matthew Lindsay studies the blonde's ambition to become one of the biggest stars of the 80s with her self-titled album of 1983

International Teachers Of Pop Announce Tour

New nerd disco project from The Moonlandingz founders and The Soundcarriers' Leonore Wheatley hits the UK this October

I Wish I Was Special: The Irony Of Anima

Thom Yorke's latest project warns of the dangers of cultural overconsumption, but the very nature of its existence poses an unavoidable tension, finds Thomas H. Sheriff

X.Y.R.

Mental Journey To B.C.

New Joy Division Book To Be Published

A new book by Jon Savage will present an oral history of Joy Division

The Room: An Extract From The New Novel By Jenny Hval

Norwegian singer-songwriter Jenny Hval follows her acclaimed debut novel Paradise Rot with Girls Against God, a "fugue-like feminist manifesto" wrapped up in a story about Norway in the 90s

LISTEN: Ben Vince & Jacob Samuel Collaborate

'fig 3' features on the first collaborative record from the pair

LISTEN: Perc – Grindr

Up, out, and at 'em for the CLR label

Perc Releases Thomas Heckmann Remix EP

1993 track Phosphene is given the remix treatment by AnD, Perc & Truss, and The Exaltics for Perc Trax Ltd - now streaming in full below

Uncorrected Proof: Taipei By Tao Lin Reviewed

Declan Tan finds himself caught in the whirlwind of this latest offering from, perhaps, one of the most unique literary voices of a generation

Reissue of the Week: Robbie Basho’s Snow Beneath The Belly Of A White Swan

This 5CD set of rediscovered live recordings by Robbie Basho is a total wonder, says Jennifer Lucy Allan

Earth Ball

Actual Earth Music – Volume 1 & 2

Pulling recordings from a Wolf Eyes support slot and a recent Cafe Oto resident, Earth Ball's latest tests the rule that live rock albums suck

Ten Things You (Possibly) Don’t Know About Kraftwerk

While doing her research for a meaty Kraftwerk retrospective in The Observer, Jude Rogers found out a fair few things that were a bit too Geek Central for the general broadsheet reader. Here follows therefore, 10 things you might not have known about Kraftwerk. Photo by Lucy Johnston

Luke Turner On The xx’s I See You

In The xx's third full-length effort, Luke Turner finds an album seemingly more geared toward the televisions syncs that catapulted their once affecting minimalism to ubiquity – a record more about treading old ground with heavy boots than the light touch their debut promised

My Music Is My Religion: Heather Leigh Interviewed

Eden Tizard talks to experimental musician Heather Leigh about her latest solo album Throne and her debut studio-based collaboration with Peter Brötzmann as a duo, Sparrow Nights