Next week, The Quietus hosts a panel at Hull City Of Culture about the perils of trying to survive as a musician in London, and music scenes that are thriving across the UK. Here, international music man and Sheffield stalwart Adrian Flanagan of The Moonlandingz tells us a thing or two about the North-South divide, snazzy donuts and the importance of bickering.
Forest Swords' debut album channels the atmosphere of his home region of The Wirral into music of elemental, dubbed-out grandeur. He speaks with Joe Clay about drawing inspiration from his surroudings, doing it DIY, and how his music interlinks with other creative disciplines
Tim Burrows speaks to the all-female 70-strong Lips choir at their recent gig with Goldfrapp about the importance of creating autonomous spaces of song in a sexist and nasty age. Photographs by Hayley Hatton, live picture by Christie Goodwin
The Quietus finally has a grime column! In the first instalment, Tomas Fraser witnesses an epic DJ set by Slackk at Peckham's Rye Wax and reviews new tracks from Dark0, the infernally young DeeCee and Ruff Sqwad stalwart Rapid. There's also a look at the imagery of Wot Do You Call It, who provided this photograph of Rapid