New releases from Shabaka, Squeeze, and Roswell Road

IAN SINCLAIR looks at how we are made to swallow, without question, the porkies fed to us by the mass media

IAN SINCLAIR welcomes a mainstream scholar to the ranks of left-wing critique of US foreign policy

New releases from Bill Callahan, The Delines, and Beck

New releases from Pat Metheny, Greazy Alice, and Momoko Gill

New releases from Keeley, Lucinda Williams and Ye Vagabonds

As liberal commentators puzzle over the Prime Minister’s record-breaking unpopularity, the reasons remain glaringly obvious to everyone else, says IAN SINCLAIR

IAN SINCLAIR revels in the reissue of great recordings by one of the most recognisable and radical voices in British music

New releases from Van Morrison, Tyler Ballgame, and Dry Cleaning

New releases by Porridge Radio, The Cribs, and Bjorn Meyer

On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR

From pop anthems that take on patriarchy to masterful Gaza-themed Oud-playing, IAN SINCLAIR picks his best albums of the year