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Your indispensable guide to the month's best new music

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Itinerant Big Thief associate channels “the magic of nature”

New music from Brown Spirits, North Americans, Rose City Band, Steve Gunn & David Moore, Boygenius and more

The Damned will release their new album Darkadelic on April 28

From Essex to Nashville: how a pedal steel upstart discovered bold new directions

Turkish psych dervish who wants her listeners to do more than just dance

From the Uncut archive: collaborators and bandmates separate fact from friction

As Complete Mountain Almanac, Rebekka Karijord and Jessica Dessner have written a song for every month of the year – with the aid of the latter’s notable siblings

With the 50th anniversary of Aladdin Sane almost upon us, it seems a good time to decide where that sits in the order of classic Bowie albums – and rank his entire output, 1964-2016! So here are the songs, films, live albums, ’60s cuts, hairstyles, books and much more from the world of Bowie – including The World Of David Bowie – all reviewed and ranked for your enjoyment.