The Art Of Noise

Jeremy Allen On Mick Harvey’s Intoxicated Women

In the fourth (and supposedly final) instalment of Mick Harvey's Serge Gainsbourg albums, Jeremy Allen finds a fitting culmination to an unprecedented 22 years of dedication to the deceased French icon – not just a satisfying end, but a promising jumping off point, too

INTERVIEW: Neu! Reekie! Talk Edinburgh International Festival

As his avant garde arts collective Neu! Reekie! prepares for a huge show at Edinburgh International Festival this month, with Edwyn Collins in tow, poet Michael Pedersen talks returning to the live stage

Dawn Of The Living Dead: Electric Wizard’s Dorset Roots

This June sees the publication of Come My Fanatics: A Journey Into The World Of Electric Wizard by White Rabbit. Here, author and tQ writer Dan Franklin explains the genesis of the book and gives us a glimpse into the crepuscular Wimborne, the town in Dorset where 'The Wizard' first coagulated into a rural world of biker gangs and drugs...

Songs For You: Lucy O’Brien’s Ten Essential Karen Carpenter Tracks

From early solo singles to deep cuts and stand-out moments, Lucy O’Brien, author of *Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter*, dives into lesser known tracks as well as a few more familiar favourites

Mutazione

Italian Electronic & New Wave Underground 1980 - 1988

Wooden Shjips Sign To Thrill Jockey

William Doyle Releases New Album In Aid Of Mind

Brighton-based artist William Doyle, found on these pages numerous times as East India Youth, has released nine new, mostly instrumental tracks in aid of the mental health charity Mind

The Books I’ve Loved: Christiana Spens

Novelist Christiana Spens talks to The Quietus about her favorite yarns

Residents Thwart U2 Concerts?

Protests may have hampered tour schedlue

Monkey Slay, Monkey Do: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes Reviewed

What do you call a gorilla with a machine gun? Mat Colegate has all the answers

Fuck The Police: A Musical Sentiment From NWA To Ferguson

With police violence against African Americans once more dominating the news, Paul Rekret goes back to NWA's 'Fuck The Police' for an analysis of rap's musical counter attack

Communities In Time: Jazz On Film

At the EFG London Jazz Festival, Michael Appouh reviews two films about jazz in the UK and beyond, We Out Here: A LDN Story & Blue Notes And Exiled Voices

Planningtorock Announces New Album

All Love's Legal slated for release in February 2014

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WATCH: UFOmammut ORO Trailer

Watch a trailer for the second of Italian band's mighty ORO albums

UK Music Venues To Take Part In Safe Reopening Trials

The Events Research Programme will launch in April with the help of volunteers