Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
AmRep ruled the world for me for years, The Melvins, Helmet, Hammerhead… Rock music at its purest, rawest. Glenn Branca-style disharmony and ‘anti’ -chords. They weren’t even on AmRep but the cartoonish, kamikaze-metal of Zeni Geva was the one and only reason why Arabrot would go to record with Albini in the first place.
Fresh from releasing one of the albums of the year, Dan Jones of UKAEA and a number of his collaborators speak to Patrick Clarke about how the project's post-apocalyptic aesthetics are a warning rather than a manual, the line between appropriation and influence, why their extraordinary holistic live performances are more rave than ritual, and more
Michael Gira's mighty Swans play live at London's Koko this Thursday, 15th November. In advance of the show, Joseph Burnett speaks to the man himself about thirteen of his favourite albums, from Miles Davis and Gorecki to Throbbing Gristle and Pink Floyd
Legendary UK dub producer and On-U-Sound founder Adrian Sherwood recently released his latest solo album Survival & Resistance. He talks David Stubbs through a list of his favourite albums and inspirations, from Ray Charles to Burning Spear
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