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Where I’m Coming From: Visionist’s 13 Favourite Albums
From a love for choral music inspired by his grandmother, to discovering Steve Reich at school, setting up a label just to release SD Laika and seeing Cocteau Twins on Top Of The Pops 2, Visionist picks the thirteen albums that made him the artist he is today
Baker's Dozen
Beauty From Trauma: Paul Mendez’ Favourite Music
Pop is all over Rainbow Milk, the Gordon Burn Prize-nominated debut novel by Paul Mendez. Here he tells Paul Flynn how a love of Marvin Gaye, Beyonce, Solange, Joy Division and Missy Elliott gave him a clearer understanding of his sexuality and racial identity
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Tears For Fears: A Conversation With Kris Rygg Of Ulver
Not afraid to challenge their audience, Ulver are currently indulging in a different kind of pop music. Dan Franklin speaks to founding member Kristoffer Rygg about danceable gothic songs, papal conclaves, potent imagery down the centuries, and “sucking on the tit of the wolf mother”. Main Ulver portraits by Ingrid Aas
A Quietus Interview
“F**king Relentless”: An Interview With Yak
Julian Marszalek met Oli Burslem, frontman of frenetic London trio Yak, to talk about their debut single Hungry Heart, and ended up discussing 99p eBay organs, the "modest" Dandy Warhols and why psychedelia means more than just wearing colourful trousers in Wolverhampton
A Quietus Interview
Ebbing Tides: An Interview With Lee Ranaldo
With his new album, Lee Ranaldo has abandoned the harsher, more freeform aspects of his earlier solo work in favour of streamlined songwriting. Chris Woolfrey caught up with him to discuss how it came together, and life after Sonic Youth
