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Lauryn Hill To Mark LP Anniversary With Tour

Lauryn Hill is set to mark the 20th anniversary of her The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill LP with a UK and Ireland tour later this year

The Strange World Of… Jon Hassell

Before the release of Listening To Pictures: (Pentimento Volume One), his first new album in nine years and the launch of his own imprint label on Warp, experimental trumpeter and composer Jon Hassell talks Claire Sawers through ten important works in his back catalogue -- including one he wished he’d put his name to, and one still stuck in the pipeline

Low Culture Podcast 3: Shirley Collins On O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The third in our subscriber only series of podcasts features folk singer and author Shirley Collins talking about her favourite film with John and Luke

Tape Adapter: October’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

The United States of trap is in disarray, as Young Thug cosigns falter while one of Chicago’s brightest ascends. Your intrepid mixtape critic Gary Suarez investigates

Love & Art: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Interviewed

Joseph Burnett talks to the former member of COUM, Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV about pandrogyny, Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge and their ongoing artistic vision

Everything Has A Language To It: An Interview With Earth’s Dylan Carlson

In a frank interview with Jack Mills, Dylan Carlson discusses his health problems and the inspiration for Earth's new album Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1

Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Albums: Alex Kapranos’ Baker’s Dozen

The Franz Ferdinand frontman distils his record collection into a top 13 favourite albums

Madonna to Release ‘Ray Of Light’ Remix Album, ‘Veronica Electronica’

The project had been due for release shortly after the original record came out in 1998, but was ultimately shelved

Poetry Column: Oversized Blazer — Sam Riviere On Audun Mortensen

In the first instalment of his new column on contemporary poetry (Poetry Column), Sam Riviere examines - via Sontag, Calvino and the convoluted nature of the 'I' - the work of Norwegian poet, artist and possible anti-Knausgård, Audun Mortensen. (Photograph by Václav Jedlička)

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Reviews For September

JR Moores surveys the latest psych-rock releases, and bravely nails his tie-dyed colours to the mast of not liking these newfangled Nazis we have around nowadays

Blackstar Sleeve Contains Secrets Not Even Known By Bowie

Sleeve designer says that the album artwork has some hidden features not even known by Bowie himself

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Closed Circuits: Australian Alternative Electronic Music Of The 70s & 80s Volume 1

A entertaining and illuminating compilation of electronic music from Down Under, long ago

Avoiding A Career In Music: About Group Talk Improv

Tristan Bath talks to Alexis Taylor, John Coxon and Pat Thomas about About Group's method, covering 'Walk On By' and their third album Between The Walls. Photographs courtesy of Ben Stockley

A Mad Love: An Interview With Lush

Seminal shoegazers Lush are back and armed with an EP of new material and a UK tour in 2016. John Freeman speaks to Miki Berenyi, Emma Anderson and Phil King about why the timing was finally right for a reunion

First Announcement For Liverpool Psych Fest

The Black Angels are the first headliners announced for this year's edition