ROLO TOMASSI
Rolo Tomassi compress hardcore angst into smart missiles, spark off scene wars and tear up any pit you set in front of them

INSIDE!

LADYFEST
Founded in Olympia in 2000, Ladyfest has since grown into an international network of festivals offering spaces for women to share, create and unite.Plan B celebrates Ladyfest's achievements, and finds a movement as keen as ever to attack hegemony and question hierarchy — even when that means looking in, not out

FAUN FABLES
Radical Theatre meets primal ritual in the fantastical story–songs of Faun Fables

GIANT SAND
Howe Gelb's venerable country veterans Giant Sand might have swapped Arizona deserts for suburban Denmark, but his music still explores night landscapes and distant canyons, in search of something precious

MICK BARR
As part of Plan B's series on musical visionaries operating on the periphery, we meet Mick Barr, avant–garde axe hero atom-smashing the disciplines of minimalism and shred guitar through his outfits Octis, Ocrilim, Orthrelm and new black metal project Krallice

PLUS!

Telepathe, Justice Yeldham, Extra Golden, Metronomy, Grouper, Trencher's tour diary of Israel, a Phonica playlist, Fight Like Apes, Tittsworth, Psychedelic Horseshit, Music Time Forgot: The Gits, Coming Soon + Joker

LIVE:Daniel Johnston, Santogold, The Bug, Efterklang, Indietracks, Indian Jewelry, Jaguar Love, Wild Beasts

ALBUMS:Arabian Prince, Fujiya and Miyagi, Alias, Arbouretum, Ballboy, Capricorns, Cats in Paris, Agaskodo Teliverek, Kimya Dawson, Roll Deep, Volcano!, Brain Jonestown Massacre, Sic Alps, Ten Kens

REISSUES: Suicide,Tighten up Vol 1 Gang of Four, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Carole King, Nadja

MEDIA:Wu Chess, Heavy Metal In Baghdad, Josie Long, Bonfire of the Brands, Deathtripping: The Extreme Underground

CAN I GET A YES PLEASE?