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The Whiteness Of Indie Rock: An Extract From Why Solange Matters

In an exclusive extract from her new book *Why Solange Matters*, Stephanie Phillips explores the significance of appropriation in indie music

Finding Thrills: Georgia’s Favourite Albums

Georgia takes Jessica Wrigglesworth through the thirteen albums that shaped her life, from her love of Fever Ray, The Cure and Hudson Mohawke, to how Shuggie Otis inspired new album Euphoric

A Trip To Oya In Oslo Via Pavement, Munch & MIA

Chris Roberts

Here Comes The Fear: David Bowie’s Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Silhouettes And Shadows, Adam Steiner takes a deep dive into a pivotal moment in the transformation of the Thin White Duke

Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC For November

Back once again like a renegade Manfred Mann, Noel Gardner spends his time "squelching in the batshit shitpit" just so he can back epistles from the punk rock front line. Home page photo: Shooting Daggers

Wrapped Up: Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams, 30 Years On

It's been three decades since the release of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart's classic. Matthew Lindsay casts an ear and an eye back over a "sad, strange and popular" album that "pulled off the New Pop trick of having your cake and eating it; revelling in what you deconstruct"

30 Rock: Television Eats Itself – And Lives! Plus The Hits & Misses Of TV On TV

Why was _30 Rock_ able to capture the public's imagination while _Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip_ faded away after just one season? Terry Staunton investigates

Memories Of Genius: 45 Years On Prince’s Dirty Mind Revisited

John Freeman was not a fan of post-Witness rebirth Prince. Here he recalls happier days with Dirty Mind. The feature was first published in 2010

Absence Makes The Art Go Further: Thighpaulsandra Interviewed

In a rare interview, Thighpaulsandra talks to Russell Cuzner about how prog rock, synthesisers, and being part of Coil have culminated in his first solo album in nine years

It Ain’t That Deep Either Way: Your February Pop Roundup

This month, Anna Cafolla reflects on the long and vital influence of Madonna’s Ray Of Light, and celebrates some of her spiritual descendants and pop sistren, including Asbjørn, Rae Morris, Chrystal and Janelle Monáe.

There’s A Song Playing: Brett Anderson’s Favourite 13 Albums

From The Fall to Kate Bush, Bjork to Eno and Bowie to Midlake, Brett Anderson guides Luke Turner through his favourite 13 albums

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews For August By Daryl Worthington

From babbling dictaphone freakouts to spectral vocal music, imaginary landscapes to IDM-tinged jousting beats via a trio working with resonating snares, the cassette scene is as peculiar and vital as ever this August

Gang Gang Dance

Eye Contact

Things Fall Apart: Mona Hatoum Builds The Impossible

A large sculpture by the London-based Lebanon-born artist poses some lofty questions about our precarious and unsteady existence, finds Geoff Cowart

How did a Major Label Manage to Lose a John Coltrane Record?

The story behind the newly discovered 1963 recordings, released this week, helps us to hear the music and to understand how Coltrane reshaped jazz

Kurt Vile

Childish Prodigy