Alasdair Roberts

LIVE REPORT: The Can Project At The Barbican

Sean Kitching attends a worthy celebration of one of the all-time great bands; The Can Project held at the Barbican. All pictures, Mark Allan/Barbican

Outernational Funk Disco YouTube Playlist

Here's a playlist that talks in the internationally understood languages of funk, disco and psych

Fake Bono Strikes Again

Impostor plays acoustic set in Miami restaurant

Unsound Adds More Names To 2019 Bill

LOFT, Shackleton & Zimpel and Matmos are amongst the latest additions to the Kraków festival's line-up

LIVE REPORT: Soundscapes

Suzie McCracken reports on the recent series of painting soundtracks commissioned by the National Gallery

Objekt

Flatland

The Weirder The Better: Buzz Osborne Of Melvins’ 13 Favourite Records

Melvins founder King Buzzo takes tQ through a list of his thirteen favourite records, from Tom Waits to Butthole Surfers via PiL, Pixies and The Who

LISTEN: Cold Cave Cover New Order

Wes Eisold covers NO classic at tQ's behest

Not The Greatest Dancer: The Return Of Altern 8… And Crez

Not many 46-year-old professionals moonlight as dancers for early-90s rave acts; however, with Altern 8’s popularity enjoying a resurgence, Martyn Cresswell didn’t need to be asked twice to get back on stage. Words: Scott Oliver

More Names For Raw Power

Saturday night headliner Melt-Banana added to the line-up alongside six others

Recurring Dreams: Pauline Murray Of Penetration / Invisible Girls Interviewed

Ivor Southwood speaks to Pauline Murray of Penetration and Invisible Girls about punk rock, Martin Hannett and suspicion of celebrity

Armageddon Hits! Joe Elliott Of Def Leppard Baker’s Dozen

Roaring rock titan Joe Elliott of Def Leppard - DEF LEPPARD - talks Harry Sword through his guiding audio lights, from Bowie to glam to punk and back.

Devin Maxwell

Timebending

Between coarse strings and nervous flutes, the Utah-based composer may be screwing with the whole space-time continuum

You Got Soul: Norman Jay’s Favourite Singles

After releasing his latest Good Times compilation last year, the DJ talks Yousif Nur through the early musical experiences that shaped his taste, from northern soul nights to crate-digging for 7"s, in picking his top 13 records

LISTEN: Introducing Sissel Wincent

Peder Mannerfelt's label lines up the debut EP from Swedish producer Sissel Wincent

Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble On The Joys Of Scottish Hillwalking

Our Quietus At Leisure series brings you Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble's guide to hillwalking - complete with solitude, serenity and flesh-eating midges. PLUS - see the video for his new single 'Roll Along', which is out now