A QUICK ONE

Commemorating 40 years since Unknown Pleasures, the latest in our Ultimate Music Guide series covers both Joy Division and New Order. Stephen Morris introduces an issue blending insightful new reviews with entertaining archive features, as the accidental pop pioneers venture from Manchester to Ibiza and beyond. It’s in UK shops now…

Following on Nov 22, adjust your heartbeat to 9/8 time for our Ultimate Genre Guide to the golden age of UK Progressive Rock. Genesis, King Crimson, Caravan and many more join a hearty celebration of flute solos and side-long suites…

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International Anthem mounts something of a takeover of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Inventive drummer

Makaya Mccraven plays Village Underground (Nov 19), spiritual jazz soothsayer Angel Bat Dawid is at Kings Place (Nov 16), while trumpeter Jaimie Branch plays Church Of Sound (Nov 22)…

It looks as if spokenword tours are the new punk. Following Nick Cave’s celebrated Conversations shows, John Lydon has announced a Q&A tour for autumn 2020 to coincide with a new book called I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right. Pre-empting the hecklers, Lydon himself commented, “I could be shit, I could be shite…”