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Hurtling Through The Void: Roly Porter’s Favourite Space Records

Following the release of Third Law, the producer talks Theo Darton-Moore through his favourite records associated with space travel and exploration, pieces of music that "look at things outside our own existence"

Liberation Music: Terrie Ex & Thurston Moore Live At Incubate

The spirit of punk rock is not to be found in obscure band T-shirts, screaming distortion, authentic sounding lyrics or pedal boards, argues John Doran. The real fireworks are created by nakedness and a true philosophy of liberation

LISTEN: Beak> Release Christmas Single

Proceeds from the apocalyptic new track from Beak> will go to an online resource for mental health information

‘A Thousand Braying Asses’: Kim Gordon & Churnalism’s Busy Sewer

This week's sensationalist reframing of a nuanced profile of Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon to focus entirely upon her split from Thurston Moore, writes Paul Tucker, cast light on a wider problem

Glastonbury Shares Full Lineup and Stage Times for 2025 Edition

The full stage breakdowns has revealed a number of TBA slots and potential special guests

Various Artists

Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound

Copy Of Prince Album Breaks Discogs Record

A rare pressing of Prince's The Black Album has broken the record for the most expensive item sold on Discogs

Prince Estate Shares Previously Unreleased Track, ‘Cosmic Day’

It's lifted from the forthcoming super deluxe reissue of 'Sign O' The Times'

Conqueror – John Grant Interviewed

Ian Wade talks to the inimitable John Grant about Devon, modular synths and how LCD Soundsystem make his prairie oysters vibrate with joy

Follow The Pleasure: An Interview With Hanif Kureishi

In an extensive #longread interview, Lisa Jenkins talks to Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia, Intimacy, and the films My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, about Trump, Brexit, David Bowie, and his new book The Nothing

Keen On These: Tom Chaplin Of Keane’s Favourite Albums

Following the release of their greatest hits last week, the band's singer and guitarist selects the best of his record collection

On The Hour: Parting The Beef Curtains Of News

Recently Al Denney spoke to Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee, David Quantick and the much missed Swells about Radio 4's comedic high watermark, _On The Hour_

Listening to Someone Listening: James Richards at Bergen Kunsthall

Before it travels to London later in the year, Craft/Work catches James Richards’s new installation at Bergen Kunsthall in Norway, Crumb Mahogany

Do You Think It’s Sexy? Rod Stewart Live At The O2

Tariq Goddard and Carl Neville went to see Rod Stewart live at the O2 just days after the General Election last month and were faced with a distressing vision of the past, present and future

An Explorer Of The Northern Gothic: Shackleton Live

After a night at the Highlife 1st Birthday Apocalypse in Glasgow, Daniel Baker muses on the mysterious experience of seeing Shackleton live. Picture by Tjeerd van Erve/Gonzo (Circus)

Human Elements: Adam Nevill Interviewed

Sean Kitching speaks to horror novelist Adam Nevill about victim misogyny in horror films, picking apart the myths of history's notorious psychopaths in his latest book, No One Gets Out Alive, the literary brilliance of True Detective and not being the British Stephen King