Oxbow

LISTEN: New Xiu Xiu Single

Californian pop experimentalists return; share single from forthcoming new album

Don’t You Be Afraid To Lie By Me: The Strange World Of… Bert Jansch

Folk at its rawest is often bloody, uncompromising stuff, and Bert Jansch was one of its magical practitioners. Add fiery guitar-playing, a voice hewn from Edinburgh stone, original songs full of lyrics fabout the darkest sides of life, and you get one of music's most fascinating characters, argues Jude Rogers

INTERVIEW: Despacio

We get an update from 2ManyDJs’ Stephen Dewaele on what he, brother David and James Murphy have planned when they bring their mammoth soundsystem back to London next month

Thirteen Prayers: Kamasi Washington’s Favourite Albums

Before he embarks on a summer of touring following his excellent 2015 album The Epic, the saxophonist and bandleader makes some difficult decisions to give Paul Smith 13 albums that affected his musical approach

Faulty Towers: The Grand Budapest Hotel Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan books a suite at the Grand Budapest Hotel, but is Wes Anderson's latest a room with a view in scenic Venice or a Travelodge in bleakest Nuneaton?

The Pastels

Slow Summits

Capitalist Realism Author Mark Fisher Dies

He was 48

Sound In Space: Paul Smith & Peter Brewis Interviewed

An arts festival commission has become a new album with a bit of Maxïmo Park, a bit of Field Music and a lot of string quartet. Before they play three dates this week, Nick Hutchings investigates

Deradoorian

Find The Sun

The new album from former Dirty Projector Deradoorian proves enlightening and confounding in equal measure, finds Rob Hakimian

Jason Pierce Turned Down Spacemen 3 Reunion

He was offered £2 million, he says

Love Time: Exploring Can Drummer Jaki Liebezeit’s E-T Rhythm Theory

Can drummer and rhythmic innovator Jaki Liebezeit sadly died earlier this year, but the sounds and pulses he created will continue. In this Quietus Essay, John Payne takes an in-depth look at the theory behind the noise

Kate Bush Shares Rare Video

The video for Kate Bush's 'The Man I Love' is officially shared for the first time since airing in 1994

Punk Band’s Music Mistakenly Pressed On Beyoncé Vinyl

Due to a pressing error, music from Candian punk band Zex recently found its way onto vinyl copies of Beyoncé's Lemonade

PREVIEW: Bish Bosch: Ambisymphonic

We get a first taste of Scott Walker's new multi-channel sonic experience ahead of its premiere in Australia later this year

Test Dept Play New Cross

Racket imminent in SW London