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Quick catchup: Perfume Genius Seattle’s Mike Hadreas on writing new music, touring and summer fashion.

Friendly Fires interview: "So kinetic." A YouTube-a-thon with the dance pop trio who’ve just released their bold and brilliant second album ‘Pala’.

Quick Catchup: Gatekeeper Duo who play infinite drums for the never-ending night let us know where they are.

Ellen Allien's Guide to Berlin B-Pitch Control boss Ellen Allien takes us round the techno mecca she calls home.

Gang Gang Dance interview: "Always evolve." Across the world with the band releasing the astounding ‘Eye Contact’ this week.

Holy Other interview: "Moving around." We speak vortexes and bedrooms, dreampop and upswings with the producer of infinite majesty and one of the year’s best EPs.

Grimes & d'Eon interview: "Everything is gained." Steve Kerr meets two of Montreal’s most exciting new pop stars to chat about their split LP on Hippos In Tanks / Arbutus.

Comment: Listening to music in Mubarak's Egypt Tamara remembers her teenage years in Cairo. Featuring corruption, bad metal and laser shows.

How to dance to Chicago footwork A handy how-to for those wishing to move to some of the most exciting dance music in the world, Chicago footwork.

DELS's guide to Ipswich An interview with the UK rapper, in which he tells us about the places that shaped him.

Jackmaster's Top 10 Royal Wedding Selections What Jackmaster would play if he was booked for the Royal Wedding of Kate and William.

Trim interview: "You just gotta be true to yourself." Becoming Real interviews the renowned grime MC from E14 / Roll Deep.

Bullion interview: "Just pure feeling." The reluctant hip hop-star on humour, Robert Wyatt and his new not-LP ‘You Drive Me To Plastic’.

Comment: What we can take from Record Store Day – and what we can leave Buying music in person is awesome. But after Record Store Day’s annual spendathon, we should remember there’s more to life, and music, than record shops.

Dan Avery has a quick drink with In Flagranti Stopmakingme meets one half of the London/Switzerland based duo to chat tailoring, punk attitude and their new album ‘Worse For Wear’.

Cover up: Kode9 and the Spaceape We play the Hyperdub head and his partner-in-rhyme some records in the first of a new-ish feature series.

Egyptrixx Interview: "The death of music regionalism." Globe-trotting tales from Night Slugs’ most foreign correspondent, Egyptrixx.

Former Ghosts interview: 'Soft, understated and really beautiful.' Soon after coming off tour with Zola Jesus and Xiu Xiu at the end of last year, we interviewed Freddy Rupert of Former Ghosts, who frankly talked through his open and complex sonic world.

Live broadcast: Stream Lil Silva live at GETME! Lil Silva’s big and bashy set at his EP launch on the 18th March, stream-able in full right here.

Film Club #5: The grotesque Inspired by Tyler’s Yonkers video, Henry Powell looks at seven examples of the “Urgh” urge in contemporary music video, including Fever Ray, Planningtorock and Tool.

Quick catchup: Mount Kimbie A few words from the road with the ‘Crooks & Lovers’ duo.

Comment: In praise of the chain store As HMV falters, John Twells of experimental label Type Records explains why the death of the mass-market record shop is a tragedy for us all.

Fantastic Mr Fox interview: "It’s a very obsessive way of working." Will Orchard travels to Manchester’s leafy suburbs to see how the young producer behind some of last year’s strongest EPs creates his sounds.

Nicolas Jaar interview: "Ghosts that appear inside the silence." Nicolas Jaar discusses the silent way and the thoughts behind one of the year’s most distinctive albums, his majestic ‘Space Is Only Noise’.

Other people's bookshelves: Daniel Blumberg from Yuck Daniel from the excellent rock band Yuck chooses some books off his shelf worth your time.

Glasser interview: "The thing that cannot be controlled." How a furious imagination and a few sleepless nights created one of the scene’s brightest voices.

Comment: No Being Weird Stephen Pietrzykowski of Tough Love has had enough of the scene’s wierdo one-upmanship.

Ghostpoet interview: "I needed more space." The hard head and tender heart of Obaro Ejimiwe’s world.

Esben and the Witch interview: 'We have our stamp'. With their debut album ‘Violet Cries’ out on Matador, the Brighton trio discuss landscapes, atmospheres, and self-producing from a small room on the seafront.

Will Saul: 'The labels are a mirror' As Simple Records turns 50 with a double EP from Will Saul and Tam Cooper, listen to a mix from the label founder, and read some of his thoughts on vinyl, collaboration, and the future of dance music.

James Ferraro interview: "The city of dream." The “killer nerd” from New York speaks about his latest release on Olde English Spelling Bee, and discloses his childish fantasy to live like a teenager on Mars.

CREEP interview: "Oh my god, so good!" Lauren Dillard, one half of the brittlest new band in the world (whose new single, Days, with Romy XX on vocals, is absolutely terrific) talks to Karley Sciortino about her plans and pop.

Manchester report: Selective Hearing clubnight Will Orchard meets Hugo Monypenny, the man behind a night at the centre of MCR’s bass-music boom.

When Saints Go Machine interview: "There is no barrier." Brooding night-time pop from Danish four-piece releasing their debut EP ‘Fail Forever’ on K7 today.

John Roberts interview: 'In and out of harmony over time.' The Berlin-via-Ohio producer releasing on Dial discusses the imperfections and ideas behind last year’s perfect ‘Glass Eights’.

A Love Letter to Cassie Tom Lea of Local Action on why he fell for Cassie Ventura.

Koreless interview: "Never bangers." Ele Beattie heads to the city when the sun drops to hear a boat-builder’s bare, spare beats.

Technique: Terror Danjah's 'Undeniable' A track-by-track break-down of the grime producer’s cinematic album.

Blondes interview Meredith Monk: "Touch is what we’re in danger of losing." Merok/RVNG Intl duo meet the legendary and hugely influential composer to talk about the transformative power of music, the changing shape of the downtown scene and tortoises.

Gold Panda interview: "I don't know where music fits in. But it does, somewhere." A summer’s chat about ache and the country with only man surprised Gold Panda is popular.