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Within Habit: A Poem From Oli Hazzard’s New Collection

New writing this week comes courtesy of Oli Hazzard - and the good people at Test Centre - in the form of one of the twenty two untitled poems that make up his new collection, Within Habit

Why Labour’s Proposals to Ban Ticket Touting don’t go far Enough

While music biz expert Eamonn Forde welcomes government plans to close the exploitative "secondary ticket" market, he argues that more needs to be done to help consumers and artists alike

Boardwalk Empire: Buscemi, Bootleggers And Brilliance

Martin Scorsese's Boardwalk Empire is the undoubted top gun of new cable and satellite channel Sky Atlantic's quality US imports. Terry Staunton raises an illicit glass to an engrossing saga of bootleggers and bad guys.

In A Free-Form Language: An Interview With Hen Ogledd

When the trio of Richard Dawson, Rhodri Davies and Dawn Bothwell played together as Hen Ogledd at 2016's Tusk festival it was only the second time they had performed together. The first was when they recorded their highly-praised album, Bronze - a future classic bearing a rare combination of unbound experiment with enchanting engagement. Ahead of their second show as a trio we talk to Davies and Bothwell about how their encounters in sound are embedded in time and place

Magma’s Retrospektïẁ, Reviewed By Snooker’s Steve Davis

Steve Davis, our favourite snooker player and our favourite Magma fan, walks us through the new reissues of their 1981 live albums.

Homecoming: Dev Hynes’ Favourite Albums

On the verge of Essex Honey, his first Blood Orange album in six years, Dev Hynes reflects on the tenderness of return and shares with Francis Buseko the 13 albums that shaped his homecoming, from Nina Simone to Slipknot, and from Beach House to Bach

“The Real World Is What Excites Me The Most”: Mike Leigh On Mr. Turner

Jason Ward meets the veteran British director to talk about his new biopic of J.M.W. Turner

This Festival Kills Fascists: The Quietus At Hungary’s Sziget

Kevin E.G. Perry goes to Hungary's Sziget festival for a dish of rooster testicle stew and an exploration of Roma culture against a backdrop of the rise of the far right. Photographs by Veronika Moore

Spool’s Out: Your Cassette Tape Release Roundup For October

Rifling through the month’s best cassette tapes, Tristan Bath stumbles upon a miraculous one-man free jazz outfit, bangin’ Philly electronic producer W00DY, Polish post-footwork and a new appreciation for John Cage

Six Organs of Admittance

Time is Glass

The 27th Six Organs of Admittance album offers an appealing take on the folk revival, but it's lifted to new heights by Ben Chasny's strongest vocal performance yet, finds Daniel Hignell

Music Of The Month: Things We’ve Loved This September

Settle into autumn with these wonderful albums from Jenny Hval, Octo Octa, Klein, Loraine James and plenty more

Cigarettes & Fine White Wine: Asia Argento & Alan Bishop In Conversation

Asia Argento has finished recording Total Entropy, her first full-length album. Between shooting scenes for a new film in Corsica, she speaks to Alan Bishop of Sun City Girls and Sublime Frequencies about the album, music, writing and, of course, smoking

Hyperspecific: Dance Music For November Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel

Jaša Bužinel rounds up another month in electronic music, reviewing outstanding new releases from Rhyw, Ayesha, Lenhart Tapes, Adela Mede and more

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Why Be Here Now Is The Best Oasis Album, By Angus Batey

Angus Batey was the reviews editor on Vox when Be Here Now was released; here he lifts the lid on the sense of panic that Oasis' third album caused in the world of music journalism. But in his love for this album is he mad for it, or just mad?

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For August Reviewed By JR Moores

Forget Orange Juice, says psych, space and noise rock correspondent JR Moores, here's how to jazz up the Labour Party