Keeping the freak flag flying

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Had Robin Holloway published Music’s Odyssey—described by its author as “an invitation to the glorious long voyage of Western classical music”—30 years ago, he might well have got away with it. By day

Puscifer ’s driving forces Maynard James Keenan and Carina Round discuss soundtracking the end times and why we all need to put down our phone and pick up a glass of gin.

Kerry Fowler suggests the best books to curl up with this month

Farting! Deadpool! Muggles? Puscifer might have delivered their darkest album yet, but they’re not skimping on the humour that’s been their brand since day one