Ben Lerner

Rough Trade Shops

Counter Culture 09

New Additions To Unsound

Krakow festival adds new show involving Tim Hecker plus a handful of new names

Manic Street Preachers

Journal For Plague Lovers

Van Der Graaf Generator

After The Flood

LIVE REPORT: Fat White Family At The Lexington

The Fat White Family are back and more magnificent than ever. Patrick Clarke witnesses their return at the first of two tiny Lexington shows

King Midas Sound & JK Flesh Gigs Upon Us

Kevin Martin and Justin Broadrick playing Birmingham gig tomorrow at Eastside Projects, in association with The Quietus and Supersonic Festival

30 Years On: Remembering Public Enemy’s Fear Of A Black Planet

David Stubbs takes a look at Public Enemy's classic LP _Fear Of A Black Planet_, which was released 30 years ago

Sunn O))) Detail New Album, ‘Life Metal’

The group's first album in four years is due out in April, while another will follow later in the year

Rail Replacement Rock – Jim Fry Of The Pre-New Interviewed

Jim Fry, formerly of Earl Brutus and World Of Twist, talks to John Doran about his new band The Pre-New, pop art, rock music made by estate agents and the horror of Banksy...

Taking The Peth: Rhys Ifans vs. Paddy Considine As Rock ‘N’ Roll Singers

Welsh "shagger" Rhys Ifans of The Peth and "workman like" Midlands bloke Paddy Considine of Riding The Low go head to head in our one hundred percent spurious battle of the bands. (Which was tested with good humour by Jeremy Allen.)

100 Lost Rock Albums From The 1970s – An Extract

Matt Ingram aka Woebot reckons we've lost touch with the true nature of rock music in the 1970s, a subject he tackles in his new ebook. Here is the intro and an extract on Rock Fusion

The Lead Review: Mat Colegate On The Body’s No One Deserves Happiness

With their self-proclaimed "the grossest pop record of all time" out on Thrill Jockey tomorrow, Mat Colegate explores The Body's latest offering of epic nihilism

Glo-Fidelity All Stars: Toro Y Moi Interviewed

23-year-old Chaz Bundick (aka Toro Y Moi) is a man of few words but much reverb, Ross Pounds discovers

Feminist Porn And The Impossible Subject

Hannah Gregory analyses the wealth of ideas and issues in two recent Zero Books publications, on sex, porn and the nature of femininity

Simon Jablonski’s Weekly Independent Cinema Reviews Column

This week Simon Jablonski reviews John Carpenter's The Ward, as well as The Portuguese Nun and NEDS

Flora, Fauna And Fractals: Green Man Review And Gallery

Le Homme Du Belgium/America Charles Ubaghs descends on idyllic Welsh festival Le Homme Vert and likes what he sees. All pictures courtesy of Shot2bits.net