Tim Murray

LISTEN: ‘Kingdom Come’ Track

Check out a new track from Gazelle Twin

WATCH: New Lee Ranaldo And The Dust

New video for Blackt Out ahead of European tour

Too Good To Be True: Tom Robinson’s Favourite Albums

The erstwhile punk frontman and now radio presenter and all-round man of music distils his sprawling record collection down to his 13 finest albums

Full Clip: March/April’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed by Gary Suarez

Strong as an ox, fresh out the box, Gary Suarez reviews the best (and worst) of current hip hop albums

Black Midi Reveal Covers EP, ‘Cavalcovers’

Out today, the EP features the band's take on tracks by Taylor Swift, King Crimson and Captain Beefheart

The Crypts Of 35 Years: Tom Araya On The Anniversary Of Slayer’s Hell Awaits

More influential than _Reign In Blood_? Mark Eglinton talks to Slayer's Tom Araya about the legacy of their brutal and nasty second album _Hell Awaits_. All live photos courtesy of Shot2Bits.net

Scorched Earth: The The’s Mind Bomb Revisited

Matt Johnson may have set out to blow your mind on The The's third LP in 1989 - but the effects ended up being much more devastating, says David Bennun

France to Play First-Ever England Tour

The group play gigs in Bristol, Todmorden and London next month

A Great Many Plathitudes: The Doom Myth Of Sylvia Plath

Fifty years after her life abruptly ended, and as fresh furore erupts over a newly-designed cover of her seminal novel The Bell Jar, Melissa Bradshaw responds to the pervading myth of Sylvia Plath as the poet who was doomed to end her life

Arabfuturism: Science-Fiction & Alternate Realities in the Arab World

Arabfuturism is a new and necessary artistic movement for countering the xenophobia and racism of Europe and America, argues Perwana Nazif. Images from A Space Exodus by Larissa Sansour, courtesy of the artist

A Place Where The Unwordable Happens: The Novels Of Russell Hoban

As Penguin issues his first eight novels under their Modern Classics imprint, Mathew Lyons looks back over the career of the writer M. John Harrison once called “a quiet, unalloyed delight”

LISTEN: New Mogwai

Mogwai have announced details of their 9th studio album and a huge world tour, all the details, and new track 'Coolverine' are below. Homepage photo by Brian Sweeney.

Pan Sonics: Mika Vainio’s Favourite Albums

Our series of articles curated by Kevin 'The Bug' Martin continues with a Baker's Dozen from Mika Vainio, solo artist and former member of Pansonic. He tells us about how the likes of Suicide, Neubauten, the Alex Harvey Band, King Crimson and more soundtracked a life of working in slaughterhouses and vegetarian restaurants

Amy Winehouse

Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Keane Want Noel Gallagher To Produce Next Album

"It would be great", says keyboardist

Immersion Through Disturbance: Clint Mansell’s Favourite Film Soundtracks

The former Pop Will Eat Itself singer turned film score maestro tells Kiran Acharya about the 13 soundtracks that have inspired him most