As Blondie prepare to release their 11th album Pollinator, Ben Graham talks to Debbie Harry and Chris Stein about Warhol, William Burroughs, the need for a focussed opposition to Trump and why Debbie wishes she'd been even more outrageous back in the day
Philip Anschutz, an ultra-conservative multi-billionaire, is making a fortune on counterculture via the tours and festivals he promotes. The profits indirectly benefit some grim causes - but what can we do against it, asks Joost Heijthuijsen
Former Blondie bassist and world expert on the occult Gary Lachman talks to David Moats about participating in rituals, Mick Jagger's flirtations with magick, the Freemasons, and why there's more to the occult than being a drug fiend like Aleister Crowley
In her Baker's Dozen, self-penned between the release of her latest solo album and the return of her much-loved band Black Box Recorder, Sarah Nixey charts her life in listening from Carpenters to The Cure, via encounters with David Bowie and more
Dirty Projectors' sixth album, Swing Lo Magellan, marks a shift from the meticulous structures of their previous albums towards a more direct and heartfelt approach to songwriting. Chad Parkhill discussed this transition with lead Projector David Longstreth
On Olga Bell's new album Krai, the Brooklyn-based composer and singer explores the imagined hinterlands of her home country of Russia. She speaks with Ed Power about childhood memories, working with Dirty Projectors and why the album is a work of sonic fiction
Preparing to spend a few days amidst baking heat and baked Europeans, the Quietus staff run through a selection of anticipated highlights from next week's Sonar Festival in Barcelona, from turbo-charged grime and kuduro to blazing techno and industrial pop