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Working Class Woman: Marie Davidson’s Favourite Albums

Following the release earlier this month of her best record yet, titled Working Class Woman, Marie Davidson talks to Christian Eede about 13 of her favourite records covering Kraftwerk, Eminem, Donna Summer and more

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Moulding Voices: Julia Holter’s Favourite Albums

From a girl group compilation heard in childhood to more recently discovered singer-songwriters and jazz via a medieval mass, the LA composer talks Gary Kaill through some key albums in her record collection

Dream Baby Dream – An Extract From The Suicide Biography

Here is an exclusive extract from Kris Needs' new, authorised biography of NYC duo Suicide, with focus on Marty Rev as a young jazz fan hanging with Tony Williams and bewildered by Dizzy Gillespie's rubber chicken. Followed by author Q & A

I Am The Resurrection: How The BBC’s Manchester Passion Ignited My Indie Adolescence

An ill-conceived marriage of songs from the city's storied past and the story of Christ's crucifixion was event TV for a 12-year-old Catholic boy in Blackburn

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Mosaic

The Austrian guitarist-composer stays firmly within his comfort zone, but despite a deluge of contemporary processed guitar ambient albums, there's still nobody does it quite like him, finds Levi Dayan

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Music From The Dolls House: Amanda Palmer’s Favourite Albums

Theatrical, glamorous, a glory of synths, saucy, dark... and Neutral Milk Hotel. Amanda Palmer talks Matt Evans through her favourite 13 albums

Daylight Come: An Interview With Teeth Of The Sea

Suzie McCracken talks to the London quartet about new album Highly Deadly Black Tarantula, finding their gaze tightened and their enthusiasm reignited since 2013’s multivalent Master

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Different Folks: Angeline Morrison’s Baker’s Dozen

Angeline Morrison speaks to Jude Rogers about her new album exploring folk songs of Black British experience, and takes her through an eclectic Baker's Dozen including Steeleye Span, Delia Derbyshire and Darondo

Wonder & Waveform: Hannah Peel’s Favourite Albums

Hannah Peel speaks to poet, writer and sometime collaborator Will Burns about the 13 albums that influenced her, from Kraftwerk to Jill Scott, Radiohead, Cluster and Steve Reich. Photo by Peter Marley.

Beautiful, Beautiful Music: Beth Orton’s Favourite Albums

The singer-songwriter undergoes the "horrible" process of deciding on her top albums

Not Typical Girls Not Trapped Animals: The Slits Interview

Will Parkhouse meets Ari Up and Tessa Pollitt to talk about getting dissed by Bob Marley, the sexism of the music business and the importance of being a Slit

Orient Excess: James S Lee’s Drug Memoir Underworld Of The East

This long-lost account of one man's attempt to engineer the perfect balance of intoxicants in the British colonies of South Asia stands alone in drug literature, says Mike Jay

Bill Laswell Interviewed: Bass. How Low Can You Go?

Prior to his appearance at Montreux Jazz Festival, John Doran caught up with Bill Laswell in New York and uncovered some surprising information about Def Leppard . . .