Ian Opolot

Lou Reed & Metallica Website Launches

Nothing to see here, please pass along

Madonna Blasted By PETA For Wearing Fur

She's voted worst-dressed celebrity

Low Culture Podcast: Jeanie Finlay On Lola Montes

It's a cinematic Low Culture podcast this month as Jeanie Finlay speaks to us about Max Ophüls' 1955 film Lola Montes

Ozzy Osbourne Reveals Parkinson’s Diagnosis

He found out about it after suffering a fall last February

Main F**king Event: Adrian Flanagan Of The ERC’s Favourite LPs

In the week of release for their second album, one of The Eccentronic Research Council's musical maestros writes us an "autobiographical chronological" journey through his life in listening

Where I’m Coming From: Visionist’s 13 Favourite Albums

From a love for choral music inspired by his grandmother, to discovering Steve Reich at school, setting up a label just to release SD Laika and seeing Cocteau Twins on Top Of The Pops 2, Visionist picks the thirteen albums that made him the artist he is today

Masta Ace Incorporated’s SlaughtaHouse – 20 Years On

Ahead of Masta Ace's appearance at Incubate Festival in Tiburg, NL, next week, Angus Batey revisits the classic LP SlaughtaHouse

LISTEN: Savages – ‘Flying To Berlin’

Hear the AA-side to debut single 'Husbands' here

Sade

Soldier Of Love

Sex Swing Announce New Album, ‘Type II’

Listen to lead track 'Valentine's Day at the Gym' below

The Lead Review: Harry Sword On Broken English Club’s Suburban Hunting

As Oliver Ho releases the debut full-length from his Broken English Club alias on Cititrax this month, Harry Sword wanders through both his discography and the explorations of the surrealist mundanity and militaristic rhythms that litter this new body of work.

US School Shooting Survivor Criticises Madonna Video

Emma González, who survived the Parkland school shooting in the US, describes music video which depicts a shooting in a nightclub as "horrible"

Incestuous Unions: Pixies’ Come On Pilgrim Revisited

Twenty-five years after its release, John Freeman looks back on a life-changing debut record bursting with darkness, death and illicit sex and brilliant pop songs

Meaning Effects: An Interview With Author Nathan Hill

Sean Kitching talks to the author of The Nix and Wellness about placebos, conspiracies, swingers clubs, and getting blurbed by John Irving

LIVE REPORT: Mastodon & Red Fang

Tom O'Boyle reports from returning metal heroes' show in Manchester

Europe Is Our Playground: Meeting The Voina Group At Roskilde

Jeremy Allen meets the direct action, politically charged performance art group that gave birth to Pussy Riot. Photos - Alexey Plutser-Sarno & Yana Sarnа / Voina Group