Mindbender

YOU: Star In Factory Floor’s New Video

Can you do better than Mark Stewart?

Rose Elinor Dougall

Without Why

Trolls World Tour: Feels Good Man, Pepe The Frog And Monstrous Memes

How did a harmless cartoon frog turn into an alt-right hate symbol? Feels Good Man charts the rise of Pepe the Frog from the mind of one affable animator's mind into the clutches of millions of keyboard warriors. Aron Keller speaks to the film's producer to find out more

Form & Function: Pinch’s Favourite Albums

With Pinch's Cold Recordings taking over Fabric Room 3 this Friday, Rory Gibb catches up with the Bristol figurehead to discuss thirteen of his favourite, formative albums

LISTEN: Jean Claude Vannier & Mike Patton

Corpse Flower by veteran French producer & rock music's busiest iconoclast to be released on Ipecac this September

Mob Deep: Michael Imperioli’s Favourite Music

Actor, writer, producer and musician Michael Imperioli – best known for playing Christopher Moltisanti in The Sopranos – chooses his 13 favourite tracks, and discusses the use of music in the series. Simon Price listens in an unmarked van across the street.

Gaming The System: They Are Here At Tate Exchange

Helen Walker and Harun Morrison's collaborative artist practice They Are Here takes over Tate Exchange for an exploration of precarity and modern labour with 40 Temps, 8 Days

Viv Albertine To Release Last Slits Song

Track will be released as tribute to Ari Up

Arab Strap Reveal New LP, ‘I’m Totally Fine With It Don’t Give A Fuck Anymore’

The record explores conspiracy theories and online addiction, among other topics

Rockfort: Your Fresh Releases de la France for January & February

There are several trips to France’s mountainous south east in this month’s column, and a serious tobogganing incident.

You Can Take The Reins: The Books Interviewed

Colin McKean talks to American duo The Books about sound libraries, collages and life-changing incidents

An Olympic Cynic On Why Britain Won More Than Medals

Olympic cynic Luke Turner was largely won over by the achievements of the London Games. Here he argues that, despite all the still-extant reservations about how the Olympics are run, the true legacy ought not be Team GB's bling, but a Coalition-proof sense of our National identity

Mute Announce Richard H. Kirk Boxsets

Two boxsets collecting work from Richard H. Kirk and a past alter ego to be released by Mute

Creative Freedom And Unbridled Joy: Beastie Boys’ Hello Nasty 25 Years On

By the time they made their fifth LP, the Beastie Boys were the band every other band wanted to be, Angus Batey says, as a reissued box set marks the album's 25th anniversary

Domestic Fallout: The Innocent Apocalypse Of When The Wind Blows

As the BFI releases the film for the first time on Blu Ray, Adam Scovell finds in When the Wind Blows a nuclear disaster all the more harrowing for its deceptively child-like appearance

Mayhem Announce New Album And European Tour

Black metal veterans Mayhem will return this year with their sixth album, plus a lengthy European tour