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Hitting It Sideways: Last Exit To Brooklyn at 60

Wayne Gooderham explores the influence of Hubert Selby Jr's transgressive masterpiece on popular music; and on the gender sensibilities of The Smiths, Van Morrison and The Velvet Underground in particular. CW: Some may find the language quoted in this article that describes LGBTQI people & sex workers outmoded or offensive

Dear Diary: Tomu DJ’s Crazy Trip

A fog lifts on the new record by this expressive and emotional electronic producer, finds Skye Butchard

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A Drone And A Drum: Lisa Gerrard’s Favourite Music

From falling into the ‘massive abyss’ of Alfred Schnittke, to the ‘silly and lovely’ Electric Light Orchestra, Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance delivers Lottie Brazier a guide to her thirteen favourite pieces of music

Teenage Kicks: Sue Webster’s Banshees Obsession

In a whirlwind of spectral paints and shocked black wigs, London artist Sue Webster watched as her obsession with Siouxsie Sioux sprang to life

Raconteurs Announce First LP In 11 Years

Help Us Stranger is the first album from The Raconteurs since 2008

Jeffrey Boakye On Wiley’s Godfather

In Wiley's final full-length offering, Jeffrey Boakye finds an album that both confirms The Godfather's position within the genre and the position of the genre itself – but it still doesn't feel like a career-closer

Happy Songs? Stuart Braithwaite Of Mogwai’s Favourite Albums

Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite takes us through his favourite albums, and explains why it's Margaret Thatcher's fault that everyone in Scotland is a goth and how John Peel funded the Scottish music scene

Effort For Effortlessness: Neil Finn’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of his forthcoming solo album Dizzy Heights, the Crowded House man talks Barnaby Smith through his 13 favourite records

The Sounds Of Planet Earth: Nick Rhodes Of Duran Duran’s Favourite Albums

As his long-standing side-project TV Mania finally releases an album, Bored With Prozac And The Internet?, Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes reveals the 13 albums that changed his perceptions about music

Select Few: Kim Wilde’s Favourite Albums

Singer-songwriter, broadcaster and award winning horticulturalist, pop icon Kim Wilde is a true connoisseur of vocal arrangements as Alex Burrows discovers from a Baker's Dozen that ranges from The Beach Boys to Prefab Sprout

Radiohead Announce ‘Kid A’ And ‘Amnesiac’ Reissues

The band are also marking the two albums' 20th anniversary with an additional release of outtakes, jam sessions and unreleased material

Paul McCartney Praises Pirate Bay Verdict

Bus analogy from from Fab M.

“Shit, That Sounds Tremendous!” Tom Jones On His 13 Favourite Albums

With his new album, Spirit In The Room, on the way, Sir Tom Jones reflects on his favourite LPs and tells Laurie Tuffrey about his friends Elvis, Aretha and Stevie

Magic Moments: Michael Head’s Baker’s Dozen

In a year that sees him finish his 'magical memoir', a new album with The Red Elastic Band and a career-spanning homecoming show in Liverpool, former Shack, Strands and Pale Fountains frontman Michael Head takes Patrick Clarke through the 13 records that shaped him

Hipster Jackboots: Sam Herlihy On Restaurants And Gentrification

In his latest Come On Fry Young food column, Sam Herlihy ties himself in knots while battling the twin spectres of inner city gentrification and artisanal fusion cooking