In The New Hot Press: St. Vincent Leads The Electric Picnic Charge!

The Masseduction singer talks to Hot Press about remixing Maroon 5 and Cardi B's latest chart smash, getting personal on advice from Taylor Swift, and seeing Jack White play her guitar design on SNL. Oh - and receiving a mosh-pit injury at Nine Inch Nails.

Our huge 24-page feature on Electric Picnic also includes extensive interviews with alternative-rock band Garbage, Irish up-and-comers Pillow Queens, comeback kings The Kooks, hip-hop comic Abandoman, and indie-dance heroes Friendly Fires. We also have 2FM's Stephen Byrne talking about the rise and rise of Kendrick Lamar, Paul Nolan looking at how N.E.R.D's melodic genius and punk edge made them on of the most essential acts in pop, and Stuart Clark reliving classic interviews with Massive Attack. We also select the ten must-see Irish acts at the most homegrown EP ever, including Picture This, Walking On Cars, Versatile, Kojaque and much more.

Elsewhere on the music front, Ed Power meets with emerging songwriter Sean OB, Peter McGoran talks to American electro-pop singer Eleanor Friedberger, and Pat Carty sits down for an in-depth discussion with Nathaniel Rateliff.

In the Hot Press interview, Jason O'Toole goes the whole nine yards with Sean Spicer. As White House Press Secretary, Mr. Spicer was given the thankless task of explaining President Trump's thought processes to the world. Following a series of major howlers - including the Presidential camp's inflation of the figures at Trump's inauguration and his comment that not even Hitler sank to using chemical weapons - Spicer eventually left the stage. In an in-depth, six page interview, he talks about life in a bizarrely dysfunctional administration.

In a special feature, we also take a look at the Craft Beer Revolution in Ireland. These are heady days for Ireland's craft brewers, with new legislation likely to spark an increase in taprooms, and some exciting rock'n'roll-related activity. Hot Press brings you the latest from artisan pioneers and gives our pick of the country's best craft beer bars.

In our film section, Alva White talks to Aml Ameen, star of cracking new thriller Yardie. He opens about his role playing a Jamaican gangster navigating his way through the criminal underworld of '80s London. The gifted actor explored the method approach to his role and having Idris Elba as his director.

In our book section, Kevin Worrall talks to writer and academic Emilie Pine. Pine's Notes To Self is a challening collection of essays exploring a variety of issues, ranging from body image to her father's alcoholism.

In our extensive Frontlines issue, we take an in-depth look at Pope Francis' visit to Ireland, and the questions that remain unanswered by the Catholic Church. Our reporter Kevin Worrall asks tough, straightforward questions to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin about the Irish Church's attitudes to sex, and Jason O'Toole talks to Fianna Fail TD Lisa Chambers, who is calling for the Pope to apologise to abuse victims. Elsewhere, Alva White talks to the woman who was behind a groundbreaking survey which revealed fascinating insights into young Irish people's attitudes to porn.

On top of that, we also have interviews with the likes of Milton Jones, Cruachan, True Tidesand Pure Grand, three pages on All Together Now Festival, and all the usual previews, reviews and news that you'd expect from Hot Press, including coverage of the newest releases from Anna Calvi, The Coral, Travis Scott, Interpol and more.