To mark the anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, Paul Flynn (author of Good as You: From Prejudice to Pride, 30 Years of Gay Britain) chooses 13 records that soundtracked his life, from ACR to Elton and Lil Kim to Sleaford Mods.
As she prepares to release her new EP with Simian Mobile Disco, Luke Turner sits down with Beth Ditto and finds that, a million record sales down the line from that song, Gossip's singer is still an unreformed Arkansas punk. Just with a better mattress
With The Orb's new retrospective box set recently released, Exotic Pylon lizard lord Jonny Mugwump speaks to Alex Patterson about industrial ambient dub, the social conditions that fed into the 90s rave explosion, and working with Lee 'Scratch' Perry