Ahead of their performance at this year’s Green Man festival, Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell talks to Julian Marszalek about being the only goth in the village, the enduring power of the voice and why pen pals and fan clubs are beautiful things.
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats' Blood Lust lumbered into our top albums of 2011 like a low-slung, lo-fidelity, Hammer Horror-decked groove mammoth. Harry Sword catches up with the mysterious Uncle to find out more about the band's shadowy selves...
As they prepare to release their second album and embark on their debut UK tour, Canadian improvisational ensemble Earth Ball tell Julian Marszalek about advertising on an old mattress, their unconventional base in a “dirty, weird coal mining town,” and the cooperative joy of instant composition