As 2017 comes to a close, Jake Oliver reflects on the albums that have stood out the most to him over the last 12 months

Perfect for playing with your housemates

With the sequel to Blade Runner, a modern film noir first, science-fiction second, released this month, Lucas counts down his favourite neo-noirs

All good things must come to an end — it’s our last print issue of the year! Let Joe Casson’s selection of album closers help you to wipe the tears away

The Hindu festival of colours is celebrated from India to Platt Fields Park. Charlotte Ridout recommends five rainbow records for this occasion

Brocha Goode suggests five Terry Pratchett books that are an excellent entry point to Discworld

In unprecedented times of bad and ugly, it’s important to keep an eye out for the good. Ben Lomax picks out his top 5 songs both good in name and good in nature.

Charlotte Ridout lists her top 5 songs by LGBT+ artists

Tara Bharadia is already anticipating the buzz of summer – and the workout that preceeds it with this weeks Top 5

Brocha Goode recommends five graphic novels and comic books for those who don’t like superheroes

Some of the best songs ever written have sat proudly at the top of their album’s track listing, after all, the opening track needs to sell the rest of the album to the listener

Eat with your eyes

“2016 is gonna be MY year”, you said on January 1st, and chaos descended thenceforth

Films to get you through this winter

Finding yourself out of the loop when your musical friends talk classical? Stuart Grantham has compiled an introduction to catch you up in no time

Myriam’s anime picks

With the death of Leonard Cohen, Jack Ashworth shows us the songs that have looked at the passage into ‘that great gig in the sky’ with more nuance

The concept of a spoken word song seems almost contradictory and yet these songs are arguably some of the most powerful and emotionally evocative recorded, writes Katie Shepherd.