Dannii Leivers

“Music? Horrible.”: David Yow’s Favourite Records

Although he says he doesn't listen to music, and that he's not a musician, The Jesus Lizard's David Yow nevertheless supplies a heartfelt Baker's Dozen that ranges from Motörhead to Snoopy's Christmas

Blur – More UK Shows

Four-piece to warm up for Olympic gig at Hyde Park with a series of gigs across the UK

Jazz Is My Religion: Idris Ackamoor’s Baker’s Dozen

In a sprawling Baker’s Dozen, longstanding jazz legend Idris Ackamoor tells Siobhán Kane about the way Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, Bob Marley and more have inspired his life and work

Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Albums: Alex Kapranos’ Baker’s Dozen

The Franz Ferdinand frontman distils his record collection into a top 13 favourite albums

“It’s Entertainment, You Know?” Trevor Horn’s Favourite Albums

Producer and innovator Trevor Horn guides Jude Rogers through 13 favourite albums, telling tales of how Kraftwerk led him to breaking the Official Secrets Act and tripping to Yes

Jai Paul: A Scam To Feed The Internet Sausage Machine

It wasn't just the fact that Jai Paul's music is "cobblers" that got Alex MacPherson's goat. Here he explains why the album/non-album farce is representative of the click-at-me desperation of the blogosphere

Junk Shop Classical On Lili Boulanger: Music Stories Told £1 LP By £1 LP

The chance finding of a 1960 album on a long-gone American indie label led Phil Hebblethwaite into the enormous sound world of the supremely talented French composer Lili Boulanger, who set Psalms to music and might have written a requiem for her own death in 1918 at the tragically young age of 24

Nina Kraviz

Fabric 91

My Pioneers: Santigold’s Favourite Albums

In this week's Baker's Dozen, Santigold takes Tara Joshi through 13 favourite albums from Salt-N-Pepa to the Cocteau Twins, Fela Kuti, Nina Simone and Bad Brains, and points out that while Morrissey might have gone wrong, you can't take away what his songs once gave her

Say Something! The Grand Guignol Spectacle Of The Birthday Party

In an exclusive extract from his new book, *Darker With The Dawn — Nick Cave’s Songs Of Love And Death*, Adam Steiner tracks the early days of the bad seed of Australian rock

Teeth Of The Sea

Master

Nevermen

Nevermen

Beastie Boys Track Preview

Cut from Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 now online

Rare Essences: Andy Gill Of Gang Of Four’s Favourite Records

Five years ago, following the release of their eighth album, What Happens Next, Andy Gill of Gang Of Four talked Bryan Brussee through the picks of his record collection, both albums and individual tracks

“Settle For Nothing Less”: On Ann Quin By The Authors She Has Influenced

Contemporary authors Stewart Home, Isabel Waidner, Lee Rourke, Juliette Jacques, Stuart Evers, China Miéville, and Lara Pawson reflect on the work of English experimental novelist Ann Quin, whose collection The Unmapped Country has recently been published by And Other Stories

Tuesday Lunchtime Fever: Johnny Vana & The Big Band Alumni

What happened to the stars of the 1930s big band era? Michael Jaye is in the mood to find out