Eric Dolphy

Institutionalised: The Faith And Courage Of Sinéad O’Connor

Sinéad O'Connor is back on the road to promote her most recent release; she takes a break from gigging and recording with John Grant to chat with Wyndham Wallace

Solid Steel Returns With Caribou & Coleen

The legendary mix series is back, with the help of Four Tet and more

LISTEN: Wiley – Born In The Cold

First play of brand new Big Dada single

Various Artists

I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music in America 1950-1990

Star Spangled Bangers: Big Wows By Stealing Sheep

For their third album, Liverpool's Stealing Sheep blow up the pop form to bold, voltaic proportions, finds Anna Rahkonen

FESTIVAL REPORT: Reading Festival

Heading there for the first time in over 20 years, it's a family affair as Ringo Stacey heads to Little John's Farm with fifteen year old son Jad in tow

Bernardo Devlin

Proxima B

The press release for Bernardo Devlin's latest album evokes Brel, Cohen, Scott Walker… But for once, the comparison is not spurious, finds Johny Lamb

Hall Of Mirrors: An Interview With Mumdance & Logos

For their new collaboration Proto, Jack Adams and James Parker drew on their love of 90s rave music, folding happy hardcore, gabber and jungle influences into their own forward-looking sonics. In an in-depth interview, they talk to Christian Eede about putting the album together

Where The Magic Happens: Baaba Maal Interviewed

Kevin E G Perry travels to Senegal to meet the man who is treated more like a prophet than a musician by his fellow countrymen. Festival pictures by Julian Hickman

Raining Mud: Tom Araya Of Slayer Interviewed

Harry Sword talks to Tom Araya of Slayer about a life of trains, planes, automobiles and extreme aggression

LISTEN: Two Tracks From Chra’s New LP

Hear Abandoned House and Luminiscent from Comfortzone founder's new album, Empty Airport, out on Editions Mego

Connections Made: An Interview With Anna Meredith

Having written pieces meant for sleeping individuals to orchestral works heard by millions, the Scottish composer has now released her debut LP. She tells Nicola Meighan why she feels a sense of accountability with Varmints

Blue Sky Thinking: Suede Interviewed

John Doran spends the afternoon with Brett Anderson, Neil Codling and Richard Oakes in order to get to the bottom of The Blue Hour - one of their strongest, wildest and most experimental albums to date

And It’s Goodbye From Them: British Murder Boys Interviewed

British Murder Boys, the twosome of Regis and Surgeon, are sadly now defunct. Before they both play on the same bill at Bloc this weekend, they talk to Luke Turner about Gene Vincent, the influence of pantomime and channelling the errant daydreams of winos into pummelling techno