Ahead of their performance at Supernormal Festival next weekend, Russell Cuzner meets Manchester-based duo part wild horses mane on both sides to discuss their deeply meditative improvised music, and how immersion in the moment leads to new mindstates
As he releases new Magnetic Fields album 50 Song Memoir, Stephin Merritt doesn't delve into the past for his Baker's Dozen list but instead gives tQ an A-Z of some contemporary favourites, from Japan to Marc Almond, bawdy cockney songs and the BBC Radiophonic Workship. Pic by Marcelo Krasilcic
Melbourne's Laura released their latest album Twelve Hundred Times late last year, which found their sound moving further into its own distinctive space. Nix Lowrey caught up with bassist Andrew Yardley to talk artwork, Mad Max and survival in the outback