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Classic Objects

Jenny Hval's eighth album may be her most personal and light-hearted yet, finds Miloš Hroch

A Life Bizarre: Sheila E Interviewed

Legendary Latin-jazz percussionist SHEILA E gives Simon Price a ticking-off for asking too many Prince questions. And tells him about her new album, her autobiography, her charity work, and her relationship the Almighty. Oh, and also about Prince. (A bit)

Peer Review: Jonathan Meades Interviews Saint Leonard. And Vice Versa

We left musician Saint Leonard and the polymath Jonathan Meades alone to answer the kind of questions they wish they were always asked

A Classic Kate Bush Interview: Exploring The Sensual World

As Kate Bush prepares to release a new LP based on her classic The Sensual World, we dig into the Rock's Backpages archive for a piece with Len Brown's 7 October 1989 NME interview looking at the background to the record, and her own track-by-track guide to the songs within.

Love Songs And Monster Songs: Jad Fair’s Favourite Albums

As Half Japanese gear up for a brand new album this summer and a UK show in September, frontman Jad Fair takes Sean Kitching through thirteen favourite records from Howlin’ Wolf to Lord Invader

It’s All About the Respect: Raekwon Interviewed

Ahead of new album Fly International Luxurious Art, the rapper talks to Cian Traynor about life lessons, the early days of Wu-Tang and the importance of leaving a legacy

A less Oblique Strategy: reading PVA’s Tarot

When the band PVA asked if they could do something slightly different for their interview we were only too happy to assist, with the help of a witchcraft shop in Hackney and a deck of tarot cards. Words: Jim Osman. Portraits: Rachel Lipsitz. With thanks to Helgi's Bar and the state51Conspiracy

The Strange World Of… Room40

Jon Buckland talks with Room40 head honcho, Lawrence English, in order to better burrow deep into the label’s back catalogue and present ten landmark releases from across the past 25 years. Main portrait by S Simpson

The Happy Balance: An Interview With Jessica Winter

Jessica Winter takes Lior Phillips through her journey from a youth immersed in solo piano and the Portsmouth punk scene, through to the powerful pop of her new EP Limerence

An Ommadawn Chorus: Mike Oldfield’s Favourite Albums

As Mike Oldfield releases new album Return To Ommadawn he guides Gary Kaill through 13 albums that he listened to before he began making music - after which he never listened to much music at all

Shut Your Eyes And See: Félicia Atkinson Interviewed

Ahead of her appearance at this year’s Semibreve festival in Braga, Portugal, the French musician talks to David McKenna about nature, nurture and musicians as “machines that constantly need rebooting”

Bingo Bastards Break Out: Heads Down With Bad Guys

Ahead of supporting Ten Benson at the Lex on Saturday, Matt Ridout gets serious with East-London's premier metal pranksters

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New War

No Commercial Value: Nigel Ayers Interviewed

Amelia Phillips speaks to Nigel Ayers, aka industrial musician Nocturnal Emissions about a lifetime of resistance

Ken Livingstone Interviewed: Boris, The Other Boris, Music, Politics & London

As the polls close in the contest to become Labour's candidate for London Mayor, we publish an interview with Ken Livingstone on music, politics, the day Thatcher dies, and who would be better at running London: Boris or Boris?

The January Subscriber Playlist is Here!

Dispel the winter gloom! Our subscribers can catch up with all the music we wrote about last month