Jeremy Allen normally gets annoyed at people leaving notes telling him what to do. But in the case of Savages and Yeah Yeah Yeahs instructing their audiences not to wave their cameraphones around like bellends, he can get behind the cause... even if it is doomed
Michelle Zauner, driving force behind Japanese Breakfast, takes David Chiu through her life in 13 records, from foundational encounters with Motown, the beauty of Pacific Northwestern indie, and the inspiration she found in Mount Eerie and Joanna Newsom
As two major exhibitions in Norwich explore the life and work of WG Sebald, Adam Scovell looks at his writing and photographs and uncovers fears at the circular nature of history that chime with contemporary anxieties. Photographs courtesy of Norwich Castle Museum. Colour portrait of Sebald by Basso Cannarsa.
Taking in science fiction and science fact, Karl Smith speaks to the Lithuanian producer, one of SHAPE Platform's selected artists for 2017, about false distinctions between the digital and natural words and the cyclical homogenisation of art