The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

Elizabete Balčus

Conarium

A piece of Latvian pop, full of drama and space and light.

The Last Man Standing: Iggy Pop Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Iggy Pop is bloodied but unbowed when he leaves the stage of the RAH says Julian Marszalek. All photographs courtesy of Burak Cingi

Crippled Black Phoenix & Sean Hogan Discuss Horror Soundtracks

As Frightfest begins, Josh Saco chats to Sean Hogan and Crippled Black Phoenix's Justin Greaves about the importance of music to film, audiovisual collaboration and the 'John Carpenter sound'

Cyrus Pireh

Thank You, Guitar

Released on Bill Orcutt's Palilalia Records label, the Oak Park, Michigan, guitarist takes his country chops on a wild and fuzzy ride

Mute Frequencies

Svalbard Soundtracks

Ilia Rogatchevski and Laura Rogatchevskaia create soundtracks for lost films exploring northern climes

Faun Fables

Light Of A Vaster Dark

Martin Rev

To Live / Les Nymphes

Misunderstood upon their release at the beginning of the century, these two album by Suicide's synths man now sound full of life, finds Jeremy Allen

Jamming Good: Spiders Drummer Woody Woodmansey’s Favourite Bowie Moments

During the earthly sojourn of Ziggy Stardust, Woody Woodmansey laid down the rhythm for David Bowie's mercurial backing band The Spiders From Mars. Here he talks Valerie Siebert through his 13 favourite Bowie tracks, sharing personal memories of how they were made along the way.

Never Mind The Bootlegs: Aaron Dilloway’s Favourite Music

Aaron Dilloway picks thirteen 7"s, LPs, bootleg VHS and cassettes for his Baker’s Dozen, which veers from field recordings of bigfoot to experimental classical music from the early 20th century

Sorry There’s No Punk! Captain Sensible’s Damn’ Favourite LPs

Forty years after The Damned released New Rose they're currently touring the UK. The genial Captain Sensible got in touch to tell us about his favourite LPs, from Stereolab to the Bee Gees, Soft Machine to Felt and Jimi Hendrix. Damned live photo by Dod Morrison.

Feel Like Dancin’? Jake Shears’ Favourite Albums

We mark Pride month with sometime Scissor Sister Jake Shears as he guides Ian Wade through 13 favourite records, from Elton John to Bongwater, Ween, Mr Bungle, Aphex and Ike & Tina Turner

Inhabiting The Music: Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of her appearance on The Quietus' stage at this year's Field Day Festival, Charlotte Gainsbourg takes Jeremy Allen through her favourite albums, from Portishead to Bach, Lou Reed to her dad