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Different League: Mark Gatiss’ Favourite Albums
As he prepares for his Placebo-soundtracked RSC debut, the actor, writer and comedian tells Julian Marszalek why most of his favourite songs contain a strain of melancholy, and why streaming algorithms think he's Gen Z
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Rum Music for April Reviewed by Jennifer Lucy Allan
Rabid hurdy-gurdy, murky DIY sounds from Canada, a shahi baaja and a Javanese kentongan in this month's playlist from the zone.
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Mclusky
I Sure Am Getting Sick Of This Bowling Alley
Late 90s post-hardcore favourites return once more, wry wit intact, just as abrasive as ever
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Mr Vast
Upping The Ante
Wild and eccentric music from one third of Skam Records group Wevie Stonder
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Sean Kitching speaks to Brian Hageman, Mark Davies and Hugh Swarts of TFUL282 about recording at Steve Albini’s house and setting John Cage’s voice to a glitchy dancefloor banger, while offering 10 points of entry to their unique back catalogue
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The Strange World Of… Ladytron
With their eighth album Paradises out this week, Simon Price asks Ladytron founder Daniel Hunt to shed some light (and magic) upon ten entry points into the Scouse-based synth lords' (and ladies') pristine body of werk. And for top tier subscribers revelation is at hand via an essential playlist
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Outside the Box: Sarah Nixey’s Favourite Albums
In her Baker's Dozen, self-penned between the release of her latest solo album and the return of her much-loved band Black Box Recorder, Sarah Nixey charts her life in listening from Carpenters to The Cure, via encounters with David Bowie and more
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Smack Down: EYEHATEGOD Versus Iron Monkey & The Heaviest LP Of 1996
Twenty years ago New Orleans' EYEHATEGOD and Nottingham's Iron Monkey were locked into a race to produce the heaviest album ever. Dan Franklin revisits Iron Monkey's self-titled debut and Dopesick
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Ben Cardew on The Pivotal Role of Stereolab’s ‘Super-Electric’
Ben Cardew's new book, Space Age Batchelor Pad Music: The Story Of Stereolab In 20 Songs, recounts the tale of Stereolab in 20 songs that represent certain vital aspects of the band’s make up (from romance, to collage and repetition). In this extract, he looks at the idea of 'propulsion', as it relates to ‘Super-Electric’, the title track of the band’s second EP
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A Cave of Wonders: Alexander Hacke of Einstürzende Neubauten on the Record Shop that Made Him
The Neubaten guitarist (later bassist) and collaborator with Phew, The Tiger Lillies and many more opens up about days wiled away in a seminal Berlin record shop, in an exclusive extract from his new book, Blast: Distorted Memories
