Gabriel Smith

Voyaging Further Outwards: Re-TROS’ Before The Applause

They were mid-00s 'China-rock', now Re-TROS are about-to-be-massive global postpunk acid-house industrial outliers. Patrick Clarke loves it.

Grit In One’s Third Eye: Robyn Hitchcock’s Baker’s Dozen

English songwriter and frontman of The Soft Boys, The Venus Three and The Egyptians, Robyn Hitchcock leads Julian Marszalek through his most played LPs

Behold! April’s Quietus Comics Column

With plenty to read while you're spending more time at home, it's the latest roundup of new comics from Pete Redrup & co

Das Kinn

Ruinenkampf

Frankfurt's former geriatric nurse imagines The Stranglers discovering EBM on experimental Hamburg label Bureau B

Ballads Of The Sad Boys: Why Emo Makes Sense In Suburban England

Emo sparks derision and division, even among those who claim to love the music. Yet, as Marianne Eloise argues here, it provided community and solace for alienated British teens just as much as it did Americans

The Master In Downward-Facing Dog: Sikh Painting And Cultural Appropriation

In this deep-diving long read, Gurmeet Singh explores the complex interplay of reference and appropriation in Sikh painting, Kundalini yoga, and Western art styles

Spoon

They Want My Soul

Kraftwerk Remixes Collection To Be Released On Vinyl

The 3xLP set includes archive remixes by Orbital, Underground Resistance and more

Oxygène Of Collaboration: Jean-Michel Jarre’s Favourite Albums

As he releases his first new material in eight years, the French composer, producer and laser harp maestro talks Yousif Nur through a Baker's Dozen of LPs by artists who shaped or collaborated on his Electronica albums

From A Charred Corpse: The Strange Passion Of Irish Post Punk

Ian Maleney speaks to Andy Votel and numerous musicians about the "locked down" sound of protest emerging from the Irish Underground in the early 80s

Songs Are Powerful Things: Marry Waterson’s Baker’s Dozen

Marry Waterson might have been born into a folk dynasty but that didn't stop her becoming a biker. With a new LP out and her mother and uncle's Bright Phoebus LP recently reissued, she guides Jude Rogers through 13 favourite LPs from The Beatles to The Band and Billie Holiday

The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses (reissue)

Neil Kulkarni doesn't sit on the fence when it comes to the reissue of the Stone Roses' first LP...

All In It: British Sea Power’s Scott Wilkinson On His Favourite LPs

Ahead of British Sea Power's soundtracking of Polish animation at the Barbican as part of Kinoteka Film Festival and the release of new album Let The Dancers Inherit The Party, vocalist Scott Wilkinson guides Richard Foster through his favourite albums, from War Of The Worlds to Mighty Sparrow, Pavement and more. Photo by Mayumi Hirata

Pitch Perfect: Pat Nevin’s Favourite Music

Footballer, DJ and now writer, Pat Nevin talks Richard Foster through his 13 favourite records, including the time he got the fear from Delia Smith being at John Peel's birthday party, and being asked to write lyrics for Vini Reilly

Light On The Waves: Echo & The Bunnymen’s Heaven Up Here Turns 40

Angus Batey finds permanence in a record that is often seen as a document of fleeting change and talks about "Hevvo"'s contentious reputation, slammed by Bill Drummond as "dull as ditchwater" in 45 and held up as art for the ages by Cathi Unsworth in Weirdo

WIN: Camden Crawl Tickets

We've got two pairs of tickets to give away to the summertime event, featuring Atari Teenage Riot, ABC, Grumbling Fur and more