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Dirty Songs In A Digital Age: The Live Return Of Arab Strap

Arab Strap's filthy muse was the antidote to late 90s Britpop and joyless indie rock. Now they're back two decades on Luke Turner finds that their songs of love and sex gone awry are more needed than ever. Live photo thanks to Paul Fegen

New Pathways: Takiaya Reed Of Divide & Dissolve’s Baker’s Dozen

From the mentorship of Low and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, to the world-changing experimentalism of FKA Twigs, Takiaya Reed of Divide & Dissolve picks the thirteen records that shaped her

Turin’s C2C Festival Unveils Second Wave Of 2023 Artists

Evian Christ, Avalon Emerson & The Charm, and more have joined the bill

Throbbing Gristle LPs Re-Pressed

Classic remastered albums to re-enter shops

Function Is The Key: An Interview With The Messthetics

Brendan Canty talks to Brian Coney about breaking new ground with fellow Fugazi member Joe Lally alongside Anthony Pirog in The Messthetics, as well as the future of Fugazi

Stewart Lee Selects His Favourite 13 Albums

Comedian Stewart Lee talks to Simon Jablonski about his thirteen albums of all time, including The Fall (obviously), Ted Chippington, Guided By Voices, REM (who are a disappointment) and why Miles Davis and jazz are like stand-up

LISTEN: Jlin Remixes Factory Floor

Footwork producer takes on the duo's latest single; listen to the results below

Primal Scream To Play Screamadelica Live In Its Entirety

The Chemical Brothers

No Geography

With guest vocals from Japanese rapper Nene and Norwegian singer/songwriter AURORA, The Chemical Brothers' latest, No Geography, is up there with their best, finds Ian Wade

BACK: Black Sabbath

Band return with Rick Rubin-produced album in June

DJ Hell Interviewed

For the first in a new series of articles exploring the ongoing experiments in modern German music we talk to DJ Hell about his fine new album Teufelswerk.

Bow Selector: The Full Story Of Factory Classical

Ahead of Manchester International Festival's Tony Wilson and Factory Records remembrance event on July 10, Stuart Huggett takes a retrospective look at every album released by Factory Records’ classical music imprint, including new interviews with key players in its story

Diamanda Galás Discusses Her 13 Favourite Albums

Diamanda Galás plays the one of the opening concerts of Antony Hegarty's Meltdown Festival at London's Southbank Centre tonight. In advance of the performance, she tells us about 13 albums that have been influential on her life and work

“The Horror In Music Comes From The Silence” – John Carpenter Interviewed

Horror movie auteur John Carpenter is a long time hero of the Quietus' so we were made up when he agreed to talk to Joseph Burnett about how he approaches his film music

Unspoilt By Progress: A Conversation With Black Swan Composer Clint Mansell

While Black Swan cleans up at the box office, soundtrack composer Clint Mansell sits down to tell Kiran Acharya about art, Aronofsky, post rock and Public Enemy