Refugium

Spool’s Out with Tristan Bath: The Top 20 Tapes Of 2015

Tristan Bath rounds up his top 20 cassette tapes and favourite tape label of 2015 in his annual assessment of the state of music on tape. Illustration by Wedhar Riyadi

Melt Yourself Down

100% Yes

Melt Yourself Down's third album, 100% Yes, provides an antidote for Cal Cashin's creeping lethargy

A Game Of Two Halves: Spacemen 3’s Recurring 30 Years On

Though they’d split by the time of its release, Recurring wasn’t so much a farewell from Spacemen 3 as a calling card for Pete Kember’s Spectrum and Jason Pierce’s Spiritualized. Julian Marszalek gets caught in the middle 30 years on

Dizzee Rascal Shocked By Prince Harry’s Rapping

Royal recites 'Bonkers' rap

Pretty On The Outside: Hole’s Celebrity Skin 20 Years On

Hole’s third album was staggeringly sleek and shiny compared to what had come before. But, Ben Hewitt says, there was something defiant about its power and polish

That’s Where I’m From: Idris Elba On Making The Yardie Mixtape

As Idris Elba releases a mixtape of music inspired by Yardie, he tells Joe Muggs about his life in music, style, and inspiration of UK hip hop

Martin Creed

Mind Trap

Kavus Torabi

Hip To The Jag

After 30 years of making records – with the Monsoon Bassoon, Cardiacs, The Utopia Strong, and others – Kavus Torabi releases his first solo album, and it's a strange and psychedelic delight, finds Tom Bolton

Low Culture Podcast: Jeanie Finlay On Lola Montes

It's a cinematic Low Culture podcast this month as Jeanie Finlay speaks to us about Max Ophüls' 1955 film Lola Montes

Nan Goldin & The Ballad Of Sexual Dependency

Thirty years ago, Nan Goldin published her confessional, controversial photographic collection, The Ballad Of Sexual Dependency. In this similarly candid long read, Wyndham Wallace recalls an awkward - but ultimately rewarding - encounter last year

LISTEN: Hawthonn Cover Coil

A Halloween take on 'Fire Of The Mind' here

Iron Fist Of The Sun

Who Will Help Me Wash My Right Hand

WATCH: GAIKA-Directed Short Film

Film is designed to accompany his recent EP released via Warp

Cornershop

England is a Garden

Back after a five-year break, Cornershop's new album stands as a testament to their lasting but oft-unnoticed magic, finds Jo Higgs

Basic Exploration: An Interview With Apartment House

Apartment House leader Anton Lukoszieveze discusses 30 years of combining intricate compositions with a straightforward approach, the band’s performance of Nico’s The Marble Index at this month’s Bristol New Music, and the importance of beekeeping

Cherrystones Presents Critical Mass Vol. 2: Hearts Of Champions

Various Artists

Gareth Goddard follows his crate-diggers' classic, Critical Mass, with a more dancefloor-friendly sequel