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The High Cost Of Being In A Band, By Palehorse

Ben Dawson is the drummer in the heavy-as-fuck group Palehorse and he has had enough of the whinging about the price of gig tickets, merchandise and records that punk bands charge. Here he explains why people should cough up and shut up

“Like, Totally Jokes, Yeah?”: Croatia’s Outlook Festival

Joe Muggs travels to the hot, dusty surrounds of a Croatian beachside fort for the Outlook Festival, based around 'music and soundsystem culture', and muses on its ascent to increasingly mainstream concern

Wooden Shjips

Back To Land

Reissue Of The Week: The Holy Grail – Bill Callahan’s “Smog” Dec. 10, 2001 Peel Session

A Lynchian collection of recordings from a vintage Peel Session throw the differences between the Bill Callahan of today and his former moniker Smog into sharp relief, says Jeremy Allen

Some Kind Of Abstraction: Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho 25 Years On

25 years after Bret Easton Ellis' notorious novel was first published, Lee Arizuno considers its place in literature and, as both mirror and projector, in the culture of its time and ours

Deceptively Simple Sentences: Joan Didion On Writing

John Quin admires Joan Didion’s late collection *Let Me Tell You What I Mean*

Boom Boom Boom (Way-Ooh): Schlagenheim by Black Midi

Young noise wranglers Black Midi are making good on their promise, finds Cal Cashin

Watch: New Hercules & Love Affair Video

See 'My House' here at The Quietus

Tal National

Zoy Zoy

The Best New Music Of The Year So Far: A Dragnet List

Kev Kharas looks at the past six months to gather up the finest new music of 2009

Laurel Halo And Jessica Ekomane Release Record For Portraits GRM

Split LP 'Manifolds / Octavia' is out now

Oneida Announce August Tour

Summer dates for psych-rockers

WIN A Trip To Europavox Fest In France

Bloc Party and Vitalic on the bill

Spool’s Out: Your Tape Releases For April

Outernational jams and tape-loop ambience dominate the month’s finest tape releases, selected for you by Tristan Bath

Our Food Writer Sam Connects Glastonbury, Coldplay & Italian Cuisine

In this months' column, our food writer Sam Herlihy joins the dots between the Glastonbury Festival, Chris Martin as Incredible Hulk, and rural Italian cuisine

Their Finest Hour: Wing Commander’s World Cup Guide

Servant-thrashing son of Empire the Wing Commander is here to cast his xenophobic eye over the teams who will fall before England's Inevitable Triumph at this summer's World Cup. Tally-ho!